Had a thought on the soft shell. Perhaps they can not be measure accurately due to distortion in the animal when grappling with a 10.5cm female.

Howed everyone go today? I got down to koonya at about 1030 after not getting home till 3am last night, didn't look as inviting as I hoped and went back to work lol.

nothing nothing at all i went down to dive the schanck in the morning on sunday, get down there with all my gear,
see its rough as anything all for some asian on the rocks to say "you dont wanna go out to rough. you die" i was like i know man chill haha as he pulls in like 50 of the smallest fish i have seen. i told him all about how he isnt allowed to catch them and he got all defensive saying he will put them back and i was like its too late hahah. then i went for a dive at koonya where i saw 2 others out the back and i got f*** all! haha not sure if it was anyone from here but i hope they did better than me!.

Menzies)_ (ps im a little bit intoxicated right now) GOOD luck all!

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Around 12? That was me and Claire. Got our bag of crays but a hard days work!

Looked so good out there this arvo.. Surely someone got out the back today?

mating takes place just after the female has moulted and is still soft. This is the same for most crustacea.

i know a few got pulled in the west. This was my best. Not great conditions.

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Roughly how long do you guys reckon u need to be able to stay down to pull them out comfortably? I have only tried once n about 5m of water and 1. I wasn't able t look in to many places and 2. I was knackered from the constant diving down.

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Pulled plenty in 30-40 sec. If your struggling find good ground in 3-4m water. Take your time picking likely spots and rest longer on the surface between dives. Being relaxed is paramount. You'd be surprised how big a cray you'll find in shallow water. A bit of fitness helps but not essential, practice is the best.

Thanks Blacky! I've heard that some areas are great within 3 m depth once you get your eye in and work out which rocks are more likely to hold them u can bag fairly quick. Would it be fair to say that shallower water the rocks wouldn't be as under swept as deeper (on average)and easier to reach them? I know when on bubbles most of the places they have an easy getaway back where u cannot reach.

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Fake with the left punch them in the face with the right!
10-15 seconds lol
oZ

All this cray talk is killin me!

I've never even seen one, but I'v only been diving for approx. 8 months.

So best places to look are like ledges, in between rocks and caves?

Getting myself a torch this week

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Dived Koonya for at least 3 hours last night, found 2 crays couldn't for the life of me get them out
Saw a school of snapper as well.

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