oysters

[chris srsc]

Can these be found in our water ways..if theres oyster leases, youd have to think they'd be around in the wild so to speak

[fishpod]

Most reefs in the bay would have oysters but I don't know what the regulations are, plus it's too bloody cold to go diving for them ATM

[Scraglor]

Also looking for jewie spots, and land based kingy spots

Seriously though, I think you will find oyster spots quite difficult to pry out of people Good luck, if you get some let me know!

[BIG GAV]

We had some guest speakers last night at our club. Pretty sure they were from apyac. And have recently created limestone reefs in both port melbourne and corio. Apparently the limestone reef is thriving and has a lot of oyster and mussel growing on it.

You can't take either from anywhere apparently. It was pretty insightful. Apparently the whole north end of the bay was packed with reef back in the day, scallop dredging ****** that up n after the scallops were gone they chased the oysters..

They had two tanks of local water one with oysters one without n man they really do filter the water quite well hence there reason to want to create these limestone reefs!

[BIG GAV]

I learnt that it's illegal to pick mussels off a pier leg or pylon etc.. Not that I ever have but I never thought it was illegal

[eddyt]

I learnt that it's illegal to pick mussels off a pier leg or pylon etc.. Not that I ever have but I never thought it was illegal

It's only in port phillip bay coz it counts as the intertidal zone. It's ok everywhere else

[Lightningx]

I learnt that it's illegal to pick mussels off a pier leg or pylon etc.. Not that I ever have but I never thought it was illegal

I didn't know that either! I often see this old guy using a long scraper pole to collect them from the pylons around port Melbourne.

[chris srsc]

I learnt that it's illegal to pick mussels off a pier leg or pylon etc.. Not that I ever have but I never thought it was illegal

It's only in port phillip bay coz it counts as the intertidal zone. It's ok everywhere else

on one of charlie micaleff's fishing show, it clearly shows him getting a few mussels from the bay to go fishing..


thanks for the info.. looked up that theres no minium size and a bag limit of 50.. ill be hunting them this weekend i recon...

i thought oysters were only available at shops...lol.. thats a joke by the way..

[mingle]

There are a few places around WP that hold oysters along the shore.

Not sure about PPB - I guess most areas would've been cleaned out by now...

The problem is that some people don't know how to limit their catch and will strip the entire area, rather than taking a few.

Cheers,

Mike.

[Lightningx]

There are a few places around WP that hold oysters along the shore.

Not sure about PPB - I guess most areas would've been cleaned out by now...

The problem is that some people don't know how to limit their catch and will strip the entire area, rather than taking a few.

Cheers,

Mike.

I know what you mean. Last time when I went to one of my favourite spots to fish I saw dozens and dozens of sea urchin and abalone shells. Tiny ones big ones just any size and heaps and heaps of them just dumped there.