Seeseacol 381 Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Planning on going out in the boat Wednesday with my brother primarily to seek out some crabs around the Brighton area weather permitting, seen a fellow come back with lots last week from the region so they are there somewhere ? The problem is the tides look rubbish on the day, and worse the next day, but the forecast is good for Wednesday..... do Crabs rely on tide much to be available from the boat using hoop nets ? ........... if you were in my shoes would you go despite tide or wait till the following week ? Panga and Cranky243 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackmac 307 Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 They do seem to march as the tide moves but you will still pick up a feed on most tides if you are in the right place at the right time. Seeseacol and hoopsy 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lofty64 1,309 Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 I say go matey if you get crabs you do , if you don't , well I bet you will love being on the water anyway , and you can have a play on the bottom and troll and squid and list goes on.........I am just jealous , as my boat is being repaired , but tomorrow I will pick my baby up ...cant wait .. as I don't know about crabs a whole lot , I think you will do ok ..... Seeseacol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Day on the boat is better then a day on land... hoopsy and Dad 25 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
archerfish 685 Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 "To crab or not to crab" - this is not another "morality" question, is it?!! Cheers af Cranky243, Seeseacol and jackmac 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Panga 1,484 Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Planning on going out in the boat Wednesday with my brother primarily to seek out some crabs around the Brighton area weather permitting, seen a fellow come back with lots last week from the region so they are there somewhere ? The problem is the tides look rubbish on the day, and worse the next day, but the forecast is good for Wednesday..... do Crabs rely on tide much to be available from the boat using hoop nets ? ........... if you were in my shoes would you go despite tide or wait till the following week ? Just do it Colin as Softy said better to be out on the H20 and you will get a good # mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
seagypsy 1,182 Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 I'm going to head out on Wednesday for a look. I'm sure you'll pick up a feed. Might even shoot across the gulf for a look at a few drops. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Seeseacol 381 Posted February 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 V goodly, I'm convinced, I'll go....now the next decision will be to take out the legal 3 crab nets + fishing gear for a Squid or two, or take out the max number of nets and leave the rods home....why is life so difficult to decide Trying to get my head around the legal limits on Crabs from a boat in Gulf of St Vincent ? So, it's 20 per person per day from shore, got that but I'm a little confused with boat regulations, some of the google links seem unclear.... for 2 people on board is the boat limit 40 per boat , or is it 60 ? ...or does the 60 per boat only apply if three persons are on board ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackmac 307 Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Yep 20 each up to 3 people. Seeseacol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Seeseacol 381 Posted February 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Yep 20 each up to 3 people. Thanks mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Panga 1,484 Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 V goodly, I'm convinced, I'll go....now the next decision will be to take out the legal 3 crab nets + fishing gear for a Squid or two, or take out the max number of nets and leave the rods home....why is life so difficult to decide Trying to get my head around the legal limits on Crabs from a boat in Gulf of St Vincent ? So, it's 20 per person per day from shore, got that but I'm a little confused with boat regulations, some of the google links seem unclear.... for 2 people on board is the boat limit 40 per boat , or is it 60 ? ...or does the 60 per boat only apply if three persons are on board ? 3 nets / person so this means if you have say 4 people you can have 12 nets But max crabs allowed is 60. If there are only 2 people = 6 nets and 40 crabs. lofty64 and hoopsy 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hoopsy 697 Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 with the amount of crabs around atm mate u will still get them with no tide movement if they start too slow down move 100 meters and try again 3 is plenty if ur not putting them on buoys..then fish for gar or use squid heads and its a natural berly for thge KGW lofty64, Panga and Cranky243 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScaledUp 33 Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 Got a pile last week albeit a lot further north than Brighton. We arrived right at the peak of the tide and were into them straight away and for the next couple hours Seeseacol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Savage 297 Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 wish i had the day off to head out today how did you go Seeseacol? Seeseacol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Seeseacol 381 Posted February 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 wish i had the day off to head out today how did you go Seeseacol? Did OK, but no great haul, posted in Metropolitan fishing section Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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