river prawn run 2011
Submitted by Snappie on Fri, 2011-05-20 09:53
Hi Guys, been a pretty dry start to the winter and have gone for a prawn a few times this year without almost any luck. I have been fishing from a jetty but not sure how the guys in the boats are going. any updates would be good but i haven't seen or heard of any good catches yet. hopefully things change when we finally get a few consecutive days of rain!!!!!!
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scotto
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sfa
went out earlier this week and got a whopping 3 prawns for 4 hours work. same for last week.
Snappie
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sounds similar to my
sounds similar to my efforts!!!!!! glad to hear im not the only one
sarcasm0
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Yep, Even diving for them
They are really thin on the ground. Quite a few of those mantis shrimp things though.
Bryan
Snappie
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are they any good to eat??
are they any good to eat??
holth
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Old man got 30 on
Old man got 30 on wednesday.
This rains certainly going to help. Next tides they should start to fire.
He also mentioned he got afew mantis shrimp.
Paul
Bodie
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yep quiet last night, someone
yep quiet last night, someone at the ramp said they got 40 wed night.
No real tides for 2 weeks now (unless you go tomorrow or tonight).
Next week only has about .2m tides.
Aaron Santos
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what methods do you guys in
what methods do you guys in boats use to catch them, is it just bright light and nets?
Still trying to catch fish!
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parksey
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What ever you do dont use a bright light as it make the praws dive deep.
I found the best light to use is a hand held spot light with a defussed work light type beam, they call them a tractor lamp beam. You can get the Hella spot lights for about 60 bucks from coventry's and the new beam insert at the same time I think they were about 20 bucks. Well worth the money.
I have been going prawning for some 20 years now and tried all sorts of lights and found this to be the best way.
My ol' man can hold the spotty in one hand scanning for prawns, a dab net in the other hand with a beer and still catch prawns at a full poles length standing on the bow of the boat!
The Dabbing poles are hard to find but easy to make and you can buy the nets from a fair few places. If you look hard enoung you may be able to find a mono net they heaps better than the old cotton and a shyte load lighter throgh the water.
Good luck let us know how you go next set of tides should be good with the last few days of rain.
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honsu chin
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Bright lights....
Yes agree not having a concentrated bright light. Best to go for a wide spread of light, so you can spot the prawns from a bit of distance and not at the last second.
We stock the dab nets. 72" drop net with 2pc 3m long pole.
clay
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Saturday Night Prawns
Went for a dab from the boat Saturday night. Got around 40 but had to work hard for them. Thought they would have been running a lot better.
For a cheap underwater lighting option - 12V Halogen's sealed with silicone in some PVC pipe. They seem to have just enough light so as not to spook them too far away, and they have a 60 degree beam for good wide coverage. Costs about $20 to setup.
Bloody big lump here 25.20.703S 131.2.000E
parksey
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Sat Night Prawn
Hey Guy's just wondering where abouts are you anchoring?
I always anchored to the side of the old channel closer to Lewin Launch ramp found this to be the best spot directly behind the channel marker and can swing the boat in and out of the channel.
Then you have the others guys on the rocky bay side channel does anyone go there?
I havent been for two years now since I sold my boat :(
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gibbs
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I is best to anchor, drift or
I is best to anchor, drift or cruise slowly?
Bodie
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Anchor.
Anchor.
Bodie
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did see a boat cruising
did see a boat cruising slowly the other night, too busy watching for prawns and ran into a channel marker! had to get towed back in.
gibbs
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hahaha what the
hahaha what the