Long Weekend at Pin

[kingtin]

Nice to meet you too mate and the family too.Together with Ross and Bev you folks the nicest people i can think of to land a hand to.See you next time.
George
by the way i did it for a beer

You should've come later George................you dipped out on brandy and mud crab Hope you enjoyed your feed of tailor.

kev

[Coast Runner 540]

Hey Kingtin - as with the others, mate that is one hellofa set-up mate. That crab is a true snodger and the catch from the young fella makes for a good (alebit cold) weekend.

Hey Johno, maybe we should organise a long weekend with the kids somewhere?

Cheers,
Puff

Yes I agree Puff, Friday August 31 would be a good 3 days (Gold Coast Show Day). I think Kingtins spot or around the south eastern side of the same island would be good.

What do you think?

Johno

[BAT]

Isn't sinking pots illegal in QLD.

[kingtin]

Isn't sinking pots illegal in QLD.

Crab pots and dillies

In tidal waters, when fishing for blue swimmer crabs, mud crabs and spanner crabs no more than four crab pots or dillies (or a combination of pots and dillies) may be used per person. Crab pots and dillies must be marked by an identifying tag bearing the surname and address of the owner. When not fixed to something they must have a light-coloured surface float attached, not less than 15 cm in any dimension, with the name of the owner clearly inscribed on it.




"When not fixed to something"


You could interpret that any way you wish and argue it in a court of law.



ie two pots joined together with a length of rope (it's easier to grapnel the rope between the pots than a single pot. IOW, they're "joined" to each other.


or:



sink a pot and tie it to a mangrove root.



kev

[kingtin]

Meant to add that the idea of the float is not to identify the owner of the pot to fisheries (I think), but to identify the position of the pot to boaties.

This weekend we "salvaged" 7 pots opposite crusoe that had been in the water a considerable time (barnacles and borers on the floats) All of the pots were buried and were released by us tying the rope off to the tinny and moving in circles. Not one of the floats had a name on it so we considered them "fair game".

The owners of these pots would likely decry the "thieving b*stards" that took their pots, when in fact, they weren't taken but were placed by their owners in positions that enabled the tide flow to move 'em.

The 7 that we "salvaged" did not show at high but only at low. The ropes were either too tangled or short to sit on the surface at high.

Us being "thieving bastards," we actually removed a "hazard to shipping" caused by those who don't seem to have the faintest idea as to how strong the flow is at the Pin.

kev

[charleville]

Great post, thanks Kev.

Your pictures are always a delight to see.

[kingtin]

Great post, thanks Kev.

Your pictures are always a delight to see.

Thankee koindly Sir

kev

[BAT]

Thanks for that Kev, always wondered how to get around that one.

[BAT]

Meant to add that the idea of the float is not to identify the owner of the pot to fisheries (I think), but to identify the position of the pot to boaties.

This weekend we "salvaged" 7 pots opposite crusoe that had been in the water a considerable time (barnacles and borers on the floats) All of the pots were buried and were released by us tying the rope off to the tinny and moving in circles. Not one of the floats had a name on it so we considered them "fair game".

The owners of these pots would likely decry the "thieving b*stards" that took their pots, when in fact, they weren't taken but were placed by their owners in positions that enabled the tide flow to move 'em.

The 7 that we "salvaged" did not show at high but only at low. The ropes were either too tangled or short to sit on the surface at high.

Us being "thieving bastards," we actually removed a "hazard to shipping" caused by those who don't seem to have the faintest idea as to how strong the flow is at the Pin.

kev

Hey Kev I do a lot of sand crabbing in the broad water, when I drop my pots I then move away where I can see them and fish so I can watch them. It is quite common for boats to change coarse when they see my floats and drop of the plane and go within 1 metre of the float obviously looking for the legal markings when they see them they power off! Must be their take on "fair game".

[kingtin]

Hey Kev I do a lot of sand crabbing in the broad water, when I drop my pots I then move away where I can see them and fish so I can watch them. It is quite common for boats to change coarse when they see my floats and drop of the plane and go within 1 metre of the float obviously looking for the legal markings when they see them they power off! Must be their take on "fair game".

Yeah mate, we sit on Crusoe and watch others do that. We also sit and watch the pots roll by

What I mean when I say "fair game" is the ones that have obviously been lost for a long time..........the floats are covered in algae, barnacles, and borers and quite often the ropes are covered in tackle Those we find out front of crusoe have swept down from further up where folk have set them too far out from the bank and the current takes 'em. Invariably, they are buried in the bank between kalinga and crusoe and we lift 'em mainly for the challenge of getting 'em up, (you should hear the cussing) but also to remove the hazard. They're nearly always useless 'cause they get twisted when pulling out of the sand. 9 out of 10 have no tag and bait pins instead of decent keepers. I can honestly say that we've never lost a pot other than 2 that we couldn't locate..........when you sink 'em at low, the location looks different at high

I strongly believe that the vast majority of pots that are "nicked" down there, are simply lost to the current. We watched 14 roll past our campsite one day, butt you daren't 'arrest" them 'cause it is classed as "interfering".



kev

[BAT]

Yeah mate, we sit on Crusoe and watch others do that. We also sit and watch the pots roll by

What I mean when I say "fair game" is the ones that have obviously been lost for a long time..........the floats are covered in algae, barnacles, and borers and quite often the ropes are covered in tackle Those we find out front of crusoe have swept down from further up where folk have set them too far out from the bank and the current takes 'em. Invariably, they are buried in the bank between kalinga and crusoe and we lift 'em mainly for the challenge of getting 'em up, (you should hear the cussing) but also to remove the hazard. They're nearly always useless 'cause they get twisted when pulling out of the sand. 9 out of 10 have no tag and bait pins instead of decent keepers. I can honestly say that we've never lost a pot other than 2 that we couldn't locate..........when you sink 'em at low, the location looks different at high

I strongly believe that the vast majority of pots that are "nicked" down there, are simply lost to the current. We watched 14 roll past our campsite one day, butt you daren't 'arrest" them 'cause it is classed as "interfering".



kev

Got to agree with that, picked up floating pots km's out to sea of the GC.