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Really struggling this year to get any crabs in any numbers. The last couple of years have been shockers for me maybe crabwise which I have put down to our poor wet season.

My last 4 trips with the kids

Mickets x5
Leader x 3
Lizzie x3
Lizzie x3

Most of them have been 50-60%.

What's your experience been like?

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Went to Leaders a couple of weeks ago. Got two crabs from 4 pots, both bucks, but wasn't really "crabbing", just soaking pots while we went for a fish, only pulled them on the way home. Not full, but enough for a feed.

Have been getting a couple of decent bucks up the back of west arm in the creek on the right. Was on the building tides last weekend though, would be interesting this weekend.

have hit shoal bay and leaders over the last month - 4 from shoal bay 3 from leaders. Very poor but it's still early in the dry

Got 10 from 4 pots at mickets saturday

Crabbed Leeders a week or so ago over 4 days, didnt crab hard, but had a few pulls, only managed 3 crabs, let them soak over in SWA one of the days and got 3 good bucks from 1 pull. all were onlu 50-60% as well. Speaking to Brian at Leeders, said the creek is empty of crabs and everyone is doing it hard, said he has 5 pros working from his base, but they have an agreement that they wont crab leeders, not that it matters. All pros have been doing it hard out that way, catching SFA, and probably cause they are hammering further afield, they arent making to the creeks. Seems they all agree that the Shite wet seasons are having a big effect.

I put ten pots into Woods about 3 or 4 weeks ago, Doughnuts. I'll be waiting a bit longer till my next trip i think.

Shoal bay last few trips 10 to 12 crabs every trip only out for few hrs last trip crabs were smaller but they were full

Shoal Bays going alright........

Nice Scott

What's the water like with these big easterlies ?

Very good catch Scott.

shaggs wrote:What's the water like with these big easterlies ?

Alright going across, pretty average coming back. Seen it a lot worse out there though.

Just had a feed of chilli crabs. Body's full as, but claws pretty empty. Weird.

Got the parents coming up in June so will give my pots a go for the first time this year then

SWA pretty hit and miss ATM. I haven't had much luck out of Leeders Creek. Woods inlet is pretty consistent for me.