Basserman Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 (edited) went out yesterday and set a few crab pots and have a flick around started the day with mirror conditions and a nice sunrise headed the 30mins some 18km upriver to set the first couple of traps and see how the bream were going got a couple of bream on the unweighted squiddgy bug and small surface lure but all i was able to find were the small ones checked the traps for nil so back down river a bit and set the traps in spot H then ran back down river some more to set a couple of other in the main river and have another flick this timei had the 1/20 TT head and a wiggler one and proceded to find a few flathead here and there tide was at the end of the run out so checked again and nil again but that didn't suprise me considering the crabs like the tide comeing in so across to the other side of the river and uped to a 1/12th nitro and a gulp minnow in smelt found the flathead alot more willing on this appempt and found myself with 7 nice flathead in the bag for dinner and started to release them all (i only keep flathead form 40cm-60cm) was getting on by the time i did this so decided to do the long run up river to spot H again and pulled the pots up to find a nice buck and a leagal jenny back down river to pull the other pots up and bring them in for the day but managed a nice buck down river re set the pots and decided i will give them a hour and fillet the flatties while i waited (with the knife i found floating up river) pulled the pots in again without another score but a nice bag of the 7 flathead fillets and 3 crabs so far so back up river to yet again find spot H has worked for me with another two bucks so i decided i will do the right thing for the jenny and release her good day on the water again with the mid north coast produceing pic1; son and myself with the crabs and a plate full of flathead fillets pic2; sink of cooked mud crabs Edited February 7, 2006 by Basserman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jewel Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 YUMMY!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLastCast Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 That is a darn good feed you have there Basserman! And the little'un looks pretty excited too! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basserman Posted February 7, 2006 Author Share Posted February 7, 2006 yeh the boy is always happy with anything to do with the water and the best thing about the whole lot is that he loves to eat fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbofisho Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Good to see he's into his fishing ing allready! Great feed there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewnut Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 now thats a feast fit for a king, well done what waterway do you fish on the mid north coast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefin Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Boy do they look good!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well done. Howard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarlinMadness Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Boy O Boy, they look wickedly tasteful. I remember my parents used to make Mud Crab Pizza! I hope they tasted as good as they look! Cheers Marlin Madness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy4x4 Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Ohs, that brings back memories of family holidays to the bottom end of Tasmania. Flatties and crabs. Good haul you have there. I'd be happy with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest madsmc Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 That's an excellent catch Basserman, well done. What style of hook do you use for the Squidgy bug when going weightless? Worm style or something else? Shane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basserman Posted February 8, 2006 Author Share Posted February 8, 2006 the water way was either the camden haven or the hastings or the macleay i can't remember too clearly but all three have a good population of muddies and sand crabs alike yeh i rig the bugs up on a size 2 gamma worm hook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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