Using traps for prawns

[Sea-Dog]

I found a vid on you-tube of a bloke in Canada, using what look like fine-mesh crab pots for catching prawns. I wonder what he uses to attract them?

Is this legal in Qld?

[tunaticer]

Many yrs ago i had a std wire crabpot and the bottom rusted off it and all i had to replace it with was budgie wire.
Every time that pot went in the river i would get a dozen or more large shrimp or cheribin lookalikes. Excellent for getting a feed of crabs and a bit of fresh live baits.

[Blackened]

G'day

Good idea, legalities would be worth looking at. The dpi site has all the info there.

Dont you love it? prawning with some metallica's sabbra cadabra playing in the backgound

Dave

[JOE BLOW]

They look like shrimp to me not prawns. It looks like a lake or maybe a river if you watch the backround in the video, but you still have to admit thats a great feed there.

[Sea-Dog]

They look like shrimp to me not prawns. ........

That's the same as Dolphins/Porpoises or Crayfish/Lobster isn't it?

Same type of creature, different names.

I'm just wondering if it would work here.

I have had a look at DPI website and can't find anything that would suggest any particular methods are not acceptable - only catch limits.

I'm open to correction though

[Nowhere Bob]

I think you'd be right, but it does open up debate on what is a trap.
tidal waters.
Contrary to intuitive interpretation "Fish" includes prawn & crab and you are not allowed to trap fish. You are however allowed to spear fish - so you can spotlight & spear crabs, if you can return U/S & jennys unharmed. (IE not 'ventilated' by a spear)
There is a specific exception allowing you to trap crabs in specified gear Muddies & sandies in dillies or pots, Spanners in specified dillies.
So theoretically the estuary cod & prawn / shrimp that go into your carb pot must be released.
Legislation is a funny old thing sometimes.

[timddo]

You can catch prawns using those oprah house yabby pots. Just check them every 5 minutes or so. Works a treat in the rivers, Usually catch around 1kg of prawns or the prawns with claws o them. Best time is high tide coming down.

[mudskipper]

they use drop side dilley's at gladstone off the walves with great success-- i think i've seen them at bcf. old time method was to tie a bone in an old kerosene tin perforated (10-20 ltre) and hang it off the bridge (logan river at waterford) - was fairly common to pull a tin up full of prawns. i've seen small bugs come from a crab pot with fine mesh in the bottom in the bay. pot/traps have been used for years, but i think the same rules apply as crab pots-- best to check.