More Pine River bream

[Freeeedom]

Same old story - launched at Deep Water Bend about 5.30a.m. and went chasing prawns. Got about 120 greasies and 3 bananas by about 7.00a.m. Anchored up on the rising tide and put out a live bait in case there was another jew about and fished the bream using the live prawns. Got a quite good run of bream during the first half of the rise but the quality deteriorated as the tide got higher. Caught about 30 bream - kept 8, a couple of reasonable fish (34 and 31cm) amongst them. Lost a couple of herring and silver biddies but I think only to bream. A couple of slightly larger poddy mullet went untouched for about an hour and a half. Conditions became difficult when the tide turned with the wind gusting 20 -25 knots against the run out tide, so I quit about 11.00a.m.
Plenty of live prawns in the aquarium for the next trip!
Cheers Freeeedom

[loophole]

great work going out in this crappy conditions we have at the moment..
im going to throw the net for some prawns tonite..
intreted in how your keeping them alive as i mite have a go at it myself i've got a few tanks lying around

[Freeeedom]

Forgot to put the pics in
Cheers Freeeedom

[loophole]

now its an even better report.

so its as easy as that ay just filtration an airation?
have you added any salt to the tank?
ive got a 6 ft which is my aus natives setup i mite try chucking a few in there.
love them scats i have a nice school in my tank aswell.

[Freeeedom]

Hi LoopHole - no I don't add any salt. The tank is filled with water from the Pine River where they were caught. Each time I have some live prawns left over from a session I change the water in the rubbish bin just before I get the boat out and that gets them home in good condition. I then use that new water to change about half of the water in the aquarium. Haven't had any problems yet - fingers crossed!
Cheers Freeeedom

[snasman]

Hey m8 taking water from the Pine ?? I bet the filter needs changing almost daily for the first few days. I had my first sunday off in ages yesterday so I went and batteled the crowds and the skiers and the jet skiers to go chase some prawns did no good and reminded myself why I dont go down there on weekends,good to see your getting a few,cheers Snas

[Dirtysanchez]

Good stuff Freedom, sounds excellent, and I like that tank idea
Thanks for the post / photos

[Freeeedom]

Hey m8 taking water from the Pine ?? I bet the filter needs changing almost daily for the first few days. I had my first sunday off in ages yesterday so I went and batteled the crowds and the skiers and the jet skiers to go chase some prawns did no good and reminded myself why I dont go down there on weekends,good to see your getting a few,cheers Snas

You're not wrong Snas. It takes a while to get the water clean. I didn't put any new water in today until after I'd taken the pics - that way you can see the prawns. Although with the high tide when I came in the water wasn't too bad actually.
Cheers Freeeedom

[Pistol_P]

That tank looks great freeeedom.

Do you not put sand on the bottom as the prawns bury themselves in it...?????


Pete

[Freeeedom]

That tank looks great freeeedom.

Do you not put sand on the bottom as the prawns bury themselves in it...?????


Pete

Hi Pete

Not particularly - it's just an old tank in which I use to keep a giant redclaw I caught in North Pine Dam. It's been standing empty since he died of old age, so I decided to try to keep some of my bait prawns alive rather than freeze them. The prawns tend to bury themselves in the gravel at night and become more active during the daytime. The banana prawns (when I have any) like to sit up on top of the rocks and the filter and there's a shrimp (the ones with the long skinny nippers) that lives under the rock, thus avoiding recapture for the last couple of times.
Cheers Freeeedom

[Silent]

Wow interesting pets you have got...
How could you feed them?

Byway nice haul of brims...

[Fish_gutz]

hey freedom , great report and top pictures just wondering where you have been having the most success with the greasies for bait ? near the bridge or up near castle hill? the holes in my net must be too big as I haven`t caught a prawn in the pine since last season. I`ve also been getting a couple of the darker scats with the red and black in them up near the shit pipe when chasing herring lately.Cheers Andrew

[o bag]

nice scats, got a heap in my tank(s) now, its good becuase nothing seems to eat them, they are well left alone, atleast you got bait for next time as well

[Freeeedom]

Silent - they eat the normal fish food you feed to other aquarium fish quite happily, as well as fighting over any of the prawns that die.

Fish_gutz - near the bridges

Cheers Freeeedom

[o bag]

Fish_gutz- if ya catch those red and black ones, they are worth a bit of money if ya get a few of them, so if ya can convert, do it to fresh and often aquariums will take them in exchange for goods or maybe even cash, if ya cant convert still give it a crack, and thats why they are called scats...they like poo