Hi Raiders,
I recently started crabbing on hand lines from my kayak in Brisbane Water, and was able to take home quite a good feed every time I was out in summer. When I was doing my research on what time of year blue swimmers are active I found an old saying - in month with "R", meaning May, June, July and August are no good as crabs hibernate and don't eat anything.
I went to Brisbane Water on a boat with my friend last Monday and to my surprise we caught two big male blue swimmers on prawn, of course totally unintended as we we fishing for bream & flathead. The crabs were cooked and were full of delicious meat.
So my question - is it normal to catch them in winter or we just got lucky?
Thanks,
Roman