Come on poodroo. Theres nothing like being amongst it gettin dirty, drinking cans covered in muddy water and sorting through bullrouts and leatherjackets. Bring it on!
Come on poodroo. Theres nothing like being amongst it gettin dirty, drinking cans covered in muddy water and sorting through bullrouts and leatherjackets. Bring it on!
Good on ya mate to put in the effort.I got 2.5 kilos at marks rock before another 20 boat showed up .Also around the 6th and 7th green marker.Just coming back when i saw birds diving like crazy and coming up with a prawn in their beak.
George
At Heaven's gate a soldier stood,
his story ready to tell,
St Peter said, 'no need my son all is understood,
Go right in cos you've already served your time in Hell'
Lol Creek Vermin. Yeah I have to agree that it gets me every year. As soon as we hear the prawns are coming in we are always out there doing it. It is good fun. Might even buy myself a new net this year. I got diddled the last time I purchased a new net. It was on special supposedly so I took advantage of the saving and went to use it for the first time and it was so poorly made that I immediately started to lose all the weights off the bottom rope. Not impressed I tell you. This time I will be sussing the quality out a bit more closely.Originally Posted by Creek Vermin
Poodroo
Ahhhhh I don't want to hear that story. 2.5kilos!I got 2.5 kilos at marks rock before another 20 boat showed up .Also around the 6th and 7th green marker
I tried again last night and said to myself that I had to get at least the same amount as the previous night. I tried and tried and ended up coming up 3 short.
Not even a dozen.
Gave up in the end and went home.
I think I need a proper prawn casting net. I think I am losing a lot as I can feel them in the net and then once I get the net out of the water.................Nothing!
A few holes in the net now. Problem is, once I buy a new net it will probably get tashed in no time and there goes a $100 prawn cast net down the drain.
Got a couple with really long nippers. Can anybody Cast (pun intended) any light on that type?
Also got a couple with what looked like they were carrying eggs. Put those ones back though.
Is is supposed to get better closer to the full moon?
Last edited by paulez2; 29-03-2007 at 08:26 AM.
Tried again yesterday further down from Carbrook. There were 2 Prawning Trawlers working the area. I thought this was a good sign that they were there in good numbers but alas it was very dismal. I have also been finding that once it gets dark they seem to disappear.
Last edited by paulez2; 30-03-2007 at 07:30 PM.
The Prawns seem to be coming on now. Got almost 2 kilos in 3 days. Doesn't sound like much but that was throwing a castnet from the bank for an hour each afternoon.
Last time I was there a passing trawler saw me throwing my net and did a U turn and dumped his net right in front of me and started trawling. The bastard is lucky I didn't have some rocks or heavy sinkers on me. They have the entire river and they do shit like that.
My father was down from Toorbull yesterday and I decided to take him out chasing some prawns as he's never gone after them before. Headed to Cabbage Tree Point and looked around for other boats. Had no idea where to go in that area as I've never been there before, so basically didn't see anyone else casting and too much wind. We did have a look around the power lines area where I believe some are caught, but saw no one else.
Decided to pull the pin and head back to Tingalpa Creek, a bit more local to me. Ended up with 3kg in about 3 hours which put a smile on the old fellows face and a good feed for two families. A mixed bag of size, but some god size amongst them and a few bags of bait. All in all not a bad day. I've just bought a net off Bob and it is the duck's nuts. Catches much better than my old sports store variety.
Cheers steve0
Tuesday wasn't too good at first. We tried the popwerlines . Nothing there. We gave up headed home. Saw Nugget and 2 other boats going for it at Pitts rocks gazebo. I knew we had to join in cause Nugget knows his fishing. After a couple of throws Got some good size prawns 6" long. (Thanks Nugget!) prolly got 2 kg.
He got his TV footage at the pitt rocks gazebo there. I didn't appear on the channel 10 report though. (Must a bin too ugly). Today we joined the 40 or so boats at tip of Macleay island and opposite Kararagarra. Hard work for not too many. Still it beat mowing lawns at home. Some guys did well, and a few yellow coats were there in the mix too.
I've been getting a few large tiger prawns in the river. The size and number of the bananas has dropped a little though.
Largest tiger I got was 7.5 inches!
Previous record broken.
Make that 8.5 inches.
Now that is a big Prawn!
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