Banana Prawns good haul

[dayoo]

These good sized banana prawns were caught last night off the bank by my fishing buddy Frank the fishing machine and his prawning mate. Frank said that they were not plentiful as he and his mate had to work bloody hard for about 5 hours with only a few prawns per cast. The prawns are not properly schooled up and the secret of success is know what stage of the tide is working best for the area you are prawning. Work the area methodically and don't cast into the same spot for at least 10 minutes.

The prawns should improve further over the next few weeks around Moreton Bay and its tributaries.

This will be the last estuary report I post due to unwarranted and negative comments from the fish kissers but I will concentrate on offshore reports in future .

Good fishing and prawning to all you estuary fishos who fish for a feed.

Cheers
Barry


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[marty+jojo]

Hey Barry,
Looks like you and Frank have got a few good feeds there. I hope i did not upset ya mate, i was only taking the piss, no hard feelings.
Marty.

[poundalead]

Good onya Barry,
I'm heading out tonight for a prawn hopefully they are as big as those snodgers!
By the way don't worry about a few d!$%heads who spoil it for everyone else keep posting!!!!
Cheers Benny

[dayoo]

Hey Barry,
Looks like you and Frank have got a few good feeds there. I hope i did not upset ya mate, i was only taking the piss, no hard feelings.
Marty.

Marty

You're OK mate its the tossers on another thread who riled me.
I will make up a buddy list of like minded Ausfish members and only make my reports available to them in future and share some knowledge gained over 40 years of fishing SE Qld.

Cheers
Barry

[Fish_gutz]

nice feed of prawns Barry, don`t worry about the others you`ll always get one or two who like goin against the grain. Cheers Andrew

[Leighton]

dont be shy on the reports Barry, that is a cracker haul of Prawns.
If you have been fishing SE Qld for 40 years you deserve to take as many feeds of Prawns as you like

[lifestyle]

Please keep the reports coming don't let them win. I enjoy eating fresh water barra and i will continue to post and eat with in the law and regulatings. as i am sure you also do.

[Chuckmeister]

Don't let a few get to you. Most people here are helpful and have well-balanced opinions and it's good if they remain the majority, keeping this a worthwhile site. Moreover, these same people are responsible fishermen who want nothing more than to protect that which they enjoy. So what if they take a few fish home, most people don't care. It's only a few self-righteous people that openly criticize every perceived 'injustice' against our tasty piscatorial friends.

May I also add, that I'm sure that there are pure catch and release fishermen out there who couldn't give a rat's backside that a couple of fish are taken home by someone.

Cheers,

[Shagga]

Nice catch Barry. Hope you enjoy eating the number 1 prize of the ocean. Well that's my opinion.

[marty_z]

Nice haul mate. I am with the others - keep the reports coming. It is photos like yours that keep those of us that struggle to get a kilo hopeful one day we can do just as well. Unfortunately it is always the many that suffer because of the few >:(

BTW - I release the majority of the fish I catch but always keep a Flattie for dinner that night. Yes I have been known to preach C&R but only on my own posts. As long as people aren't breaking the law, it is their right to keep fish, and I won't be knocking them for it.

Marty

Does Frank the Fishing Machine need an apprentice ;D

[sid_fishes]

b arry, mate i have never done the prawn thing here, did it with my dad about 35 yrs ago. pls dont let some stupid ####wit stop you from what you do, and share with us the rewards by pics and info. i would love to know how and when you can catch them and like you post a few pics here where poeple can enjoy cheers mate ian

[dogsbody]

Barry pm me your address and I'll be round with the garlic and butter. I'll test a few for you just to make sure they're OK. ;) Good score.


Dave.

[the gecko]

Weve already lost too many informative and helpful posters to thickheads.......dont let em win. Tell us who they were and we will gang up on em.......that sort of stuff is just not wanted around here.

Martys attitude is perfect, discuss it on your own thread, but dont push it on others.

I hope you reconsider in time.

As for the rest of us, we should use the 'report' button more often. Mods cant keep track of all the threads, they need help.

cheers
Andrew

[_Dan_]

I guess its the old saying "jealousy is a curse"

Nice work, but they come and go, in time they will p off the annoying people and the prawns.. ;D

[dnej]

Hang in there Basser.Dont give in to a minority,or they win.
Ignore them ,and they loose,and they hate it
David

[Mark-P]

Well said to all the above, & keep on doin what you doin ( Informing )
Cheers

Mark

[The_Outlaw]

Damn. Nice haul Barry.

Don't worry about the "greenpeace fishing club" mate, because opinions are like a**holes, everyone has one.

Frank, your definately a machine. You would have come in handy to give me a hand with the damned shark last week.lol.

[Greg P]

Barry - top haul mate

mmm winter is on the way - prawn and scallop curries

[BAR UP]

Hey Barry, in the words of "CHOPPER REID" harden the F$#K up. Mate you have had more support from AUSFISHERS than negitivity. Older or Maturer man like yourself would have heard worst than this lot can muster up. So "HARDEN THE F$#K UP"!!!!!!!!. Peter Close. AKA BAR UP.

[gaintsquid]

Superb feed there to Frank and his mate, great effort. Cant wait till a few turn up around the middle brissy.

[BAR UP]

Weve already lost too many informative and helpful posters to thickheads.......dont let em win. Tell us who they were and we will gang up on em.......that sort of stuff is just not wanted around here.

Martys attitude is perfect, discuss it on your own thread, but dont push it on others.

I hope you reconsider in time.

As for the rest of us, we should use the 'report' button more often. Mods cant keep track of all the threads, they need help.

cheers
Andrew
Andrew, what is the report button??, Thanks Peter.

[liltuffy]

Frank - NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO don't stop reporting.

Call me a meat fisherman, I don't care. I feed myself and my family and keep what's legal - I love eating seafood.

If you want to let them go that's your business, if I want to eat them that's mine.

Craig

[wags on the water]

Nice feed of prawns Barry. Maybe I should learn how to throw a cast net properly then go and find some of those big prawns.
Cheers,
Wags

[dayoo]

Superb feed there to Frank and his mate, great effort. Cant wait till a few turn up around the middle brissy.

Mate they are there now. You must be going on the wrong tide and time of day.
Middle Brisbane prawns best from low tide for about 2 hours right on the edge of the drop offs to about 2 metres from the bank. As for the time of day you can figure it out from my previous posts.

Cheers
Barry

[gaintsquid]

thanks mate, but by middle brissy i meant the middle brisbane river up around jindalee, My bad for wording it poorly. I havnt realy given it a good go latly, but about 15 throws of my 12foot top pocket net last time only resulted in about 3 or 4 prawns (or less), where as times before in this same little spot last year, we usually got 1 - 5 every cast (landbased and not the greatest prawning spot though) and i havnt seen any prawns skipping around the surface for a long time. Im thinking it should be anytime they start heading upstream in good numbers, last year when they were realy going people were getting kilos upstream to past kookaburra park. Maybe all the fresh has delayed them from comming upstream more?

[mod5]

Andrew, what is the report button??, Thanks Peter.

This http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/images/buttons/report.gif is the report button that you will see under the posters details on the left. If you wish to report a post click on it and fill in the details

[Lapras]

Barry,

I can only reiterate what everyone else is saying, don't give up the reports or the seafood dinners. As a struggling fisherman this forum doesn't just teach me - it lets me share in others success and that includes knowing that someone got to take their catch home and share a meal with family and friends - there is something very special about serving up food you have caught yourself.

Keep posting and teaching, you just have to look at the replies here to know that there is ground swell of support for your view and the need for your experience.

Whatever you decide, I hope the positives of this forum are what you remember rather than the negatives.

Dave

[indian man]

thats a shame mate i love reading your reports whish i could catch a prawn in my castnet what a nice haul

[mamu]

come on Baz, I was only taking the piss, not having a shot. There is a big difference, Half your luck with your prawns, I say.

My net now decorates the rubble at Marks rocks and upgrading to a "top pocket , yellow raincoat special" 400 footer is out of my reach right now. So eat and enjoy!
(do blue m&m's do the same things? ):)
m

[dayoo]

Thanks for the support guys. As I mentioned previously I will concentrate on offshore reports as Frank and I have a heavy offshore program planned for the next 6 months with lots of trips planned on the weapon "Alexander" and "Baitrunner" as well as an appearance at the Rainbow Beach Fishing Classic.

Also Frank the fishing machine is getting a bit agitated that guys are starting to follow him to his prawning spots and has requested that I limit my reports on his activities around the estuaries so that he can get some elbow room.

Finally the catch and release guys are not so prevalent on the offshore reports and those that post replies there do so in a respectful manner.

One last thought ... Maybe the moderator can give the catch and release guys there own site or button on the chat board so that they can annoy each other rather than the majority of fishermen who fish within the regulations set by Fisheries.

Cheers,
Barry

[B_E_N]

note to self, sew lead line back on net....

was at a nice japanese restaurant last night and had the best tempura prawns i think ill ever eat, seeing that esky full of nice prawns is making me drool

[Birdhouse01]

AWESOME - well done!

[big moose]

Top haul there guys and I agree with everyone else if some topsser doesn't like what he sees on a fishing forum maybe they should join a commo pinko tree huggers forum.