Worth getting out of bed for...

[Short Fuse]

I launched the tinny at Shorncliffe a bit before 6 this morning and headed out looking for a few prawns. I was heading in the direction of the fleet off Nudgee when the water erupted around the boat. Prawns were skipping in all directions so I was pretty quickly into gear and the first cast resulted in around 3 litres of good sized prawns in the top of the net. The next cast also saw a nice pile of prawns come aboard. It was pretty obvious that a bag limit would not be hard to achieve, so I decided to sort each cast and only keep the better quality prawns.

In the end, in less than an hour, I had put the net away and had a bit of a cruise around watching the antics and some of the hauls coming onboard some of the boats was truly impressive. I saw one guy bring a football sized pile of prawns up in one cast. I would be surprised if anyone failed to get their bag limit there this morning. I was back at the ramp just after 7am.

A shot of the catch in a 10 litre esky.
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A sample of the catch without trying to find the biggest ones.
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cheers

Jeff

[Shagga]

What a great feed and in record time. Well done.

[Seahorse]

Good on ya Jeff. A good sandwich there mate

[2DKnBJ]

Well done mate. It's a bit easier on the shoulders when they are thick

Cheers Dazza

[Scott Ashe]

Well done mate.

[kingcray]

nice Jeff. Sure is a lot of fun when they shower up like that.
Cant wait to head to work in the morning and watch all the boats turn off at the nudgee exit ... :(

[Seahorse]

I am heading out thursday Dean but not prawning. Might try Woody for snapper then chase few flatties.

[Short Fuse]

Thanks all. Its a shame that each trip is not as easy as this one. No strain on the arms at all, when I would have been lucky to throw the net 30 times for the haul.

Found out today that I am very popular with the family, especially when once they realised that the majority had already been headed and shelled.

Got a nice prawn curry on the stove and its just about ready to be dished out.

cheers

Jeff