Stanage Bay Ep1 - Mud Crab Mistake - We made a huge mistake!

[@saltwaterfishingnq]

That was wild boys, one of those nightmares you have waking up in cold sweats haha but I gotta say it in a dad voice "wear shoes"
Glad your all OK

[@FishSource]

100% agree 😂 not the best situation. The next trip we did up there we all bought shoes!

[@saltwaterfishingnq]

@FishSource sorry forgot to say new sub here too! Yew 🤙🏽

[@FishSource]

Thanks heaps!
We also have a new video every Friday at 6:30pm for the next four weeks! 5 total for the Stanage Bay Trip 👍🏻

[@robtaylorshotwater]

Heavy situation lads but cool heads and quick thinking stopped it getting worse . Well done.

[@FishSource]

As Dayne said they were almost done because they were worn out. We would have been heading home after dark!

[@andrewreis8877]

Old Vonny that used to be at the bait and tackle shop had hand drawn maps of all the rock bars. Look on google earth and you’ll see them all, then picture the tide 6 metres lower and there are rocks everywhere.

[@EmbraceTheCourse]

Can’t believe the amount of hype around stanage, place is flogged out. You won’t get much with those cheap pots in the big tides. Too many pro crabbers now.

[@FishSource]

We only crabbed because the wind offshore was too strong, the next episode we spent offshore and it was awesome.

[@user-bs9gw6fy7c]

Its definitely very very very overrated

[@rohanrivett8636]

No good fellas, if I were you I'd try the new Sea map reveal! It's an sd card that you put on your gps/sounder! It's got amazing detail of depth change and what to look out for!

[@FishSource]

Yes we use relief shading but it doesn't have estuaries. Afterwards we did noticed its marked as a hazard on the normal maps, we honestly just didn't check it. Our biggest problem was the rocks were not out of the water when we hit them and the rocks out of the water were about 20m away. Really just a poor decision all round.

[@simonkiegerl7061]

All the gear know idea 😂

[@FishSource]

I will admit mistakes were made 😂

[@simonkiegerl7061]

@@FishSource all good lads Ep2 was great 👍

[@FishSource]

@@simonkiegerl7061 thanks for watching!
I'll admit we aren't the best crabbers but we sometimes get lucky and find fish.

[@user-bs9gw6fy7c]

You left a very good crabbing and fishing area for very mediocre crabbing and poor fishing. That is a mistake

[@FishSource]

Coffs is fantastic for both yes but we don’t get coral trout or other northern species here in Coffs.
This day the weather wasn’t great offshore so our backup plan was crabbing.
Watch the next episode and you’ll see why we went north!

[@user-bs9gw6fy7c]

@@FishSource I live in Rockhampton. Fish out around the Keppels, never caught a coral trout ever. As for crabs, I go to Yamba every Christmas as the crabbing there, Mud and sandcrabs is way better than anything I can find around Central Qld. NSW also has spanish mackerel. I cant find these off yeppoon anywhere.

[@FishSource]

@@user-bs9gw6fy7c I can't speak for Rocky but there's a heap of trout off the islands around stanage, watch our second episode (and the rest) as we find a lot of trout!
We don't really travel up north to catch the same stuff we get here so we don't usually chase crabs or spanish macs. But I agree the mid north coast is a fantastic location for all fishing!

[@user-bs9gw6fy7c]

@@FishSource Still a bit far to the islands for my 4m boat. I cant afford a bigger one as I don't work in mining or construction. So i'm restricted to about 15km

[@FishSource]

Yeah a bigger boat does help! I took my boat once and it was 4.6m, did hexham, marble and percy in some pretty windy and wet weather but we made it. Not sure i'd try in a 4m boat though!