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Tuesday 31 January 2023

JANUARY FLIES PAST !!

 


G'day All,   Australia Day haz come and gone along with all of January.

The yot iz back in Rockingham after itz trip to Rotto with Cameron. The local seafood iz taking centre stage with plenty of mussels, whiting and lotz of crabs when you look hard, our trip to the Swan River waz a bust, yielding no sized crabs! So we kept the boat hooked up and the baitz in the nets and set off for Mandurah and itz bountiful crab supply. We came back with 15 good sized blue's. Itz really the chilli /garlic mussels that shine! they are a pain to clean but itz worth every minute when you end up with a pot full of these monster molluscs.

Cameron and I headed for Rotto after 2 dayz crabbing with Big ash. We targeted whiting and squid with good sized whiting making the menu but no squid were found. We headed out to the back end of Rottnest to try and find a Dhu or 2 here we suxceded with 1 dhu, 1 snapper and 1 black arse making the trip worthwhile. Lotz of drinking and eating plus a gr8 thyme sharing these experiences with Cam.

Itz now Demersal Closure for Western Australia with the Govt in itz infinate wisdom shutting down all boat fishing for 6 months of the year. This is devestating to our boating plans with no bottom species on the "legal" menu.
However lotz of lateral thinking means we can still fish but 4 different species. In amongst the new rules those in Govt have reduced the legal limit of hooks per line down to 1 unlike our standard rig that has 1 large hook and 2 smaller hooks "snooded" together.
The sneaky bastards!
This once again reduces you chance of a hook up.
W.A.y  2 many rules!