Prawns

[Benny 78]

can anyone tell me where i could cast my net to get a feed of prawns northside or bris river....land based?

I know they get them from the sandgate pier, but can anyone tell me what time of the year they are there?

I have just bought a net and I am stinging to use it.

Cheers
Ben.

[Gigantor]

Benny,

Have seen some reports advising that prawns have been in small schools around the Pine River near the bridge at the highway.

Tend to see landbased netters working the pontoon at Deep water bend.

Early April is usually the peak prawn season. But this can change due to weather patterns.

General indicator is seeing lots of boats at the mouth of the various creeks etc. I'm on the northside and tend to see them at the mouth of Cabbage Tree Creek, Kedron Brook (Nudgee Beach), on the eastern side of the Houghton Highway near the main channel, out the front of Woody Point and also around the Pine River bridge at the highway. These are very much "boat" spots.

I've never really chased prawns from land, except for the southern side of Kedron Brook - though I paddled across in my kayak.

Cheers,

Pete

[Tinn]

Up the river from the highway bridge in the pine river early mornings you will see others chasing them there. Sould be able to get a few

[Benny 78]

Thanks guys.
Guessing we need a bit of rain to get things moving...

[Gigantor]

Benny,

I think the rain we've been getting over the past month or 2 has been very good for the prawn cycle. I think that is why we are already starting to see them. Probably need more hot weather to really kick them along. Time will tell.

Good luck.

Cheers, Pete

[Freeeedom]

They're still quite patchy on the northside. I tried cabbage tree creek and the Pine River yesterday ( in all my usual spots) and only managed half a kilo of very small greasies. Good bait prawns but not really worth cooking. A number of guys were workiong the Deep water Bend pontoons but I don't know if they were getting anything. The river trawlers were working right in front of the pontoons and the deep hole above the freeway bridge so I think you'd need to get up the river a bit where the river trawlers are not allowed to go. We really need some heavy rain to flush them out and concentrate them in the lower reaches of the creeks
Cheers Freeeedom
Cheers Freeeedom

[Just_chips]

Be careful throwing off the pontoon at DWB, the tide sweeps the net onto snags at either end of the pontoon. The regulars will throw at one end and walk along with the tidal flow as the net sinks to the bottom and pull it back in before it hits the snags. There is a snag at each end of the pontoon.

Cheers Kev