arpie Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Hi guys Was paddling around the oyster leases this morning when I saw what appeared to be a crab trap just inside one of the leases. It was tied to the external wall, so the owner doesn't need to actually go in to retrieve it - just heave it out over the fence. It had a mullet carcass in it as bait. No name tag or float on it. It was fairly shallow water & I could see something moving in it, so I pulled it just out off the the water to see how many crabs were in it. The answer - NONE! But there were 3 nice bream in - one over 35cm! Talk about an easy way to catch bream?? What is your opinion of this practise? Is this just a bycatch? Cheers Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradludwig Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 (edited) Hi guys Was paddling around the oyster leases this morning when I saw what appeared to be a crab trap just inside one of the leases. It was tied to the external wall, so the owner doesn't need to actually go in to retrieve it - just heave it out over the fence. It had a mullet carcass in it as bait. No name tag or float on it. It was fairly shallow water & I could see something moving in it, so I pulled it just out off the the water to see how many crabs were in it. The answer - NONE! But there were 3 nice bream in - one over 35cm! Talk about an easy way to catch bream?? What is your opinion of this practise? Is this just a bycatch? Cheers Roberta Hi Roberta. As a young bloke I worked on the hawkesbury leases and that looks like a fish trap similar to one we used.Im pretty sure we were allowed to have a trap on each lease back then.As kids we used to love to see a few decimated trays when we got to a lease because we new we would get a good feed when we lifted the trap! We caught everything from mostly bream and your beloved blackis to crabs and even a small lobster once!So being as it was tied to the lease id say its the same thing. Cheers Brad... PS we didn`t even bait our trap back then (Ah the good old days when the HR was alive!!!!) Roberta Edited August 26, 2007 by johnno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Its not uncommon to get bream in crabtraps like that Ive seen it quite a bit up in queensland when we used to do a lot of crabbing Estuary cod was another commonly caught in crabtraps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDiko Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Ive caught a Bream once in a cone trap. Just a bit to big to fit between the netting. Under legal so went back to swin another day. IFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luringbream Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 I'd take it as a by-catch. We have caught all sorts of critters in our hoop nets when crabbing. Small port jacksons, rays, a 91cm hammerhead, flatties, snapper and octopus!. We even get a heap of starfish. DAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1990 Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Iv seen, flathead, flounder being caught in traps oh and also crabs hehe. cheers james Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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