Redclaw at Fairbairn Dam, Emerald Qld

What ya using for bait?? Is it true Sunlight soap or Rockmelon skins work??

Bow and Nan,
Are you getting plenty, or do you have to work hard for them??
Do you need a permit to catch redclaw or be in a boat on the dam, if so where do you obtain one?
Bill

Hi Bow & Nan,
We just joined up here for a look and found there's a few other Bushtracker Owners lurking around the site.

How have you guys been since we last chatted at Dumaresq Dam at Armidale??
See you're into the Redclaw....our "TIP" is get a 600ml water bottle and bung a few 10 mm holes in it with your cordless drill and then go to the shop and buy a bag of dog food...not any dog food but Pal Meaty Bites and half fill the water bottle screw the cap back on and chuck it in your opera house trap...We tried all the vegetable peels and soap the like and got nil.....but on the same day got 13 Redclaw in the trap with the Pal Meaty bites....
"Worx4US".

We're currently in Armidale doing the motels here....beautiful time of the year with all the colour on the trees.....We have another 10 days in Armidale and then our next motel job is back in Rockhampton......however we have 6 weeks to get from Armidale to Rocky and we're leaning towards a route due West to Cameron Corner, a bit of Gold Detecting at Tibooburra/Milparinka and then on to Innamincka, Birdsville, Boulia, Mt Isa, Gregory Downs, Adels Grove, Lawn Hill, Burketown, Normanton, Karumba, Undara Lava Tubes, Chilligoe, then South to Charters Towers, Belyando Crossing and Clermont for some Gold Detecting and then on to Rockhampton...that should do it......

Hope to bump into you again.... on the track...
Cheers
Rick & Julie

Rick & Julie
Dog & cat food they tell us will do, but we're not getting any. They say share farming is the problem.
Leaving Fairbairn heading north out of the cold. Who knows where Black Betty will stop next. Maybe we'll see ya along the track ay. We may be along that way to.

Cheers
Greg & Gail