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    cuppla crabs(muddies)

    with the wind going to blow its ring out all weekend and my son wanting to go crabbin the call was made to try and catch a few muddies landbased...give the oldman a call and told him i was going to hit the rock wall at manly.....he was just as keen as my youngfella....picked the oldman at 5 and headed down which only took 2 minutes as he lives at lota....put the dillies in but was only bout a foot of water over the dillies and you could see the corks still floatin...at 6 went and checked the dillies we got 1 keeper but bout 20 crabs all up in the dillies....then at 7.30 the rain started and the wind blew so we pulled the dillies to get another 2 keepers and about 5 throwbacks....pulled the dillies and went home.ended up with a good feed....used fish frames for bait

    cheers rosco
    will add pics tomorrow
    p.s they measured 17.5cm,16.5cm and 15.5cm
    Last edited by rosco1974; 24-05-2009 at 08:54 AM. Reason: spelling,add pics

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    rosco, nice work landbased muddies can't get any better than that and it keeps the young fella keen as well. Gee u must love your chilli crab ur killin em this season good work.

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    been a while since i have got muddies though.....muddies and beer for lunch...nice

    cheers rosco

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    Nice work mate,

    We used to catch a lot of muddies that way. As you are aware you don't need much water to catch quality muddies.

    This is meant in the nicest possible way, but you'd better off using wet newspaper then mangrove branches to seperate your crabs. The DPI will have your you know whats in a vice if they catch you with them. It's illegal to have mangroves on you even if they were already seperated from a tree.

    Great catch again and enjoy the feed

    Bermo

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    thanks for that bermo but they where down there last nite and didnt say anything bout it....but you are prob rite in what you are saying..i usually use a wet towel to seperate them but kept it dry in the car....
    cheers rosco....
    p.s think they where after the asians at the end of the rock wall

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    Nothing like a feed of muddies specialy in this colder weather
    JT
    VHF CHANNEL 21
    CALL SIGN : JT OR SC552(social club member)

    There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot

    I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges

    Up here we Use Hussar as baits for real RED FISHS (SHSIIFDER)

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    No dramas Rossco,

    Ive seen a guy get pinned once for it at the boat ramp. He claimed he didn't know, and the DPI guys response was "you do now"

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    Quote Originally Posted by bermo82 View Post
    No dramas Rossco,

    Ive seen a guy get pinned once for it at the boat ramp. He claimed he didn't know, and the DPI guys response was "you do now"
    i think it depends on there mood at the time they check you....only had that 1 little branch and there where broken branches all over the ground down there....felt like 40 knot winds with the rain squalls...like i said they where more interested with the asians down the end

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    Bloody hell roscoe you certainly know how to catch crawly things. Top effort and enjoy the beer and muddy. Ben

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    cheers blooey.....where i went is where anyone can go....no secret just drive up the road near the rq pull up and throw your pots or dillies in off the rocks....just have to give it a go...think it will get better in a few days when the water clears a bit ...
    cheers rosco

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    yeah great catch, yum beer and mud crab

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    yeah i heard a bloke got done after he had caught mangrove pods in his castnet that dropped on the floor of his boat by fisheries, they must have been in a real shitty mood that day
    nice muddies

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    Good muddies, I'm still waiting to catch a decent one.

    Peter

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    peter,give it a go where i got them....give directions in the post above
    cheers rosco

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