Tingalpa Creek crabs

[hodges4]

Spent the morning crabbing Tingalpa Creek upstream of the bridges. We use pots with fresh fish frames.
Very dissapointed as we did not get even a sign of crabs. No legals, no undersize and no jenneys. Nothing whatsoever.

Does anyone have any idea why not. I would have thought we'd at least see some small ones.

John

[snagking]

Thats strange.
My dad and i used to get heaps just on fishing lines, might be all fished out

[chief]

Unreal John ,I thought you'd have to be in with a show. ??

[tailorboi99]

How long were your pots in?

[hodges4]

Pots were in about 8:00am, checked every hour or so and pulled about 12:00.
Just can't figure why no underies even.

Has there been a release of fresh water from the dam or a sewerage overflow from the treatment plant recently?

[plaztix]

Its all the poo they pump into it.

[CreelReaper]

Mate the creek can be like that.....you have to experiment a bit and spread your pots over a large area. Once you have found them it should be good though. You might have to go a fair way up the creek at the moment as we haven't had much rain.

[pwessyg]

need to go up on corner before the boat yard mate be sure to keep them in viewing distance,every time i leave my pots in that creek without watching they get raided,and leave them in for at least 4 hours before checking them

[hodges4]

Thanks everyone for your replies.
I'll give it a go again in a couple of weeks to see if there's any improvement.

John

[nicko_]

Mate me and my dad set the pots up there about 3 nights in a row, just setting them late in the arvo and back at first light. We just kept getting huge jennies and only just under bucks. it was pretty disappointing but i suppose thats the fun of it.