I noted in the 1770 M&G post that there is plenty of talk about catching prawns while we are there.....
I havent done any prawning before so the question I have to ask is, how do you catch them, (if anyone says livies I will know you are taking the pi$$and how do you know where they are? What sort of water, habitat do you look for?
Polydriver
usually in the upper reaches of the rivers along the deeper banks & deeper holes.
using a cast net. there are more numbers around rocks & snags in these areas however damage to your cast net is probable. other than sometimes seeing prawns flick in the wake of the boat on the shore, it is just pot luck. expect to be very f#**king saw for days afterwards as it is hard work if you are not used to it.
...not only do you end up sore - but you and your boat can get very dirty. The smart thing to do is to use some sort of container (wide but not too high) to drop your net into after each cast - saves about 80% of the mess in your boat.
The smart thing to do is use someone elses boat
I have tried boxes, tarps etc and still end up with a mess.
Never really been able to escape the mess. But it's all worth it when you get a good feed of fresh prawns.
I normally target them in the gutters leading from the mud flats into the channels on a falling tide. Just motor up a creek, and cast at any gutter, can generally get a fair few prawns off most gutters
Southwind SF20 'Piscatoreous'
Savage 14ft tinny "About Time'
Low tide, deep hole. I have found that they move around too much at higher parts of the tide. Targetting them at low is alot easier. This year I have been lucky enough to get them all year, just ass I guess. But you gotta put the time in. And once you've worked em out (there location, tides etc) its just a matter of working them.
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Dave
Castnet, off sandbar on runout tide.
Regards, Tony
When they are running you can see them on your sounder.
At night if you are in the right place you can just shine a bright light in the water and scoop them out with a scoop net.
use livies
use livies
Use them for Livies you mean. [smiley=2thumbsup.gif]Originally Posted by jeffo
use livies
Nothing like the anticipation while feeding line out to a whopping 8 inch long tiger prawn swimming away from your boat with 6/0 hook just nicked through it at sun up.
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They usually dont get too far.
An 8 inch tiger prawn wouldn't get far away from my boat at all!!!
In fact he wouldn't even get over the side!!
Regards, Tony
Same with me tony!!
lmao foxy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A draw string cast-net (mono) and a large plastic container is the go. Try the small gutters on the mud flats first then look else where.
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