tide'n'knots Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 (edited) gday raiders I had an RDO today and decided to go for a fish late this afternoon for a couple of hours in the harbour, all in all it was pretty quite but I managed a huge blue swimmer on a prawn! a new raider record at 112mm from front to back and the nippers outstretched were a whopping 83cm across! I took a photo with a spool of line for catch of the month! Edited June 1, 2011 by tide'n'knots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 gday raiders I had an RDO today and decided to go for a fish late this afternoon for a couple of hours in the harbour, all in all it was pretty quite but I managed a huge blue swimmer on a prawn! a new raider record at 112cm from front to back and the nippers outstretched were a whopping 83cm across! I took a photo with a spool of line for catch of the month! Good on you for getting out and about best way to enjoy an RDO Great work on the blue swimmer,should make for a really great feed NEw raider record chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cut_loose Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 That's the biggest blue swimmer i've ever seen ! Well done Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holly1 Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 gday raiders I had an RDO today and decided to go for a fish late this afternoon for a couple of hours in the harbour, all in all it was pretty quite but I managed a huge blue swimmer on a prawn! a new raider record at 112mm from front to back and the nippers outstretched were a whopping 83cm across! I took a photo with a spool of line for catch of the month! your very brave to go out in the weather we are having at the moment - well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catchin Jack Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 That's a nice crab mate. Been some big ones around of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 I'd hate to step anywhere near that monster in or out of the water cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike82 Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 I'd hate to step anywhere near that monster in or out of the water cheers You would loose a leg! Nice crab! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Warren Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 You certainly are keen with yesterdays rain. Congratulations on the crab. Thats a stonker!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DanT Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 woooahhh nice blue swimmmer! i once got a blue swimmer on a prawn also, but no where near that size! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooker435 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Nice crab there pete, I must take one for a feed one of these days as I have caught a couple decent ones none of that size but usually give them away!!! good work!!!! Regards, Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Nive blue swimmer Pete, that would have gone down well with a beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadamson Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Well done pete thats the biggest blue swimmer i have ever seen.cheers Stephen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Great Blue Swimmer mate! I just wanted to show mine off as well caught 3 years ago on the mighty Hawkesbury River on a bloodworm of all things! It felt like I was bringing up a brick from the bottom until it started to give me some curry when it saw my ugly melon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spence Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Any meat in it though, the last couple i have picked up have felt very light and have let them go....interesting to see whether it's full or not. mine were in sydney and water bit cold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 YUM!!!!! Baz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan.widz Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 (edited) Good effort mate, stonker crab there!!! big ones always seem to be caught on line rather being trapped. Edited June 2, 2011 by Prawn Star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRED-ATOR Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 THAT CRAB COULD BEAR HUG U!! AWESOME CATCH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickman Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 thats huge mmmmmmmmmmmmmcrab on bread and butter aaaaaaaaaggggggggg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 That's one helluva blue swimmer crab tide'n'knots not only absolutely worthy of a Fishraider record and congratulations on landing it. What a magnificent meal it's going to make. Cheers jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPSGT Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Any meat in it though, the last couple i have picked up have felt very light and have let them go....interesting to see whether it's full or not. mine were in sydney and water bit cold As long as the shell isnt soft they usually have a lot of meat in them. If you turn the over and you see orangish bands running through the whites of their legs this means the crab is just about moult and will be crammed full of meat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafferty.Rules Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Well done!! That's a once in a blue moon catch!! - I'm envious.......... Thank goodness for RDO's!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashwaaz Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Wow That's a big blue swimmer and to get it on line. Well done mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooklineandsinker Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 congrats on your record pete that must have brightened your day even better by line too cheers mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tide'n'knots Posted June 5, 2011 Author Share Posted June 5, 2011 congrats on your record pete that must have brightened your day even better by line too cheers mick thought it was a lump of kelp at first but luckily I decided to get the landing net ready just in case it was a crab, the hook fell out of it when it landed on the floor of the boat! best lump of kelp I ever caught! pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captin Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Thanks tide'n'knots for taking my record away from me!!! Well done. I'll do my best next season to get it back, will be tuff at 112mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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