tipper wrote:Booney wrote:tipper wrote:ok, for those of you that have been Raking for crabs at low tide.
how long before the low am i aiming to be in the water?
used to go all the time as a kid, but was going with the old man, and i never remember now when i should be aiming for, lol. the few times i have gone as an adult i feel like ive stuffed up my timing. is it an hour before low? an hour and a half?
On the incoming ideally. Slack water either side of the low for half an hour so I've be venturing out on low tide and following the tide in.
thanks Boon.
i have a day off next week and was thinking ill take the kids out, although ill wait and see what the algae is doing before heading over to the other side of the gulf.
even if i dont catch anything, it will be good exercise, ill get to relive my formative teenage years, and as a bonus, get to see the kids freak out when we find some
might actually toughen them up a bit
in case anyone cares, went out yesterday, had the girl drive us over to Yorkes, got some hours up on her L's. it was downhill from there
didnt catch a thing (nothing worth keeping anyway)... while getting ready to head out i stepped on something and now have a nice cut on the sole of my foot... came back in and the battery was flat in in the old patrol as we left the headlights on...
however, was still a great day, better than being at work, got to spend some quality time with the kids, and got lucky with some people turning up just in time to jump start us, so we werent stuck for very long. all in all ive had worse birthdays, which just tells me ive set the bar really low in the past
