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Although still early in the season, the combination of rain, run out tide and a few early reports was enough to convince me to go for a look. Worked from Jacobs to Rudy Maas for no luck and ended up around the Lagoons in the Logan. Managed to find a few but they were very scattered - one or two every other cast. Tried a few spots further up river for similar results.
Turned for home and luckily for me the wind had shifted easterly so I didn't have to bash into the southerly on the way home. When I came into Rudy Maas there were about 5 boats casting around the moored boats. I started watching my sounder and saw a few markings that could have been prawns so I had a cast. 5 prawns - best cast of the day. This kept me around for a while and I managed to get 2 or 3 most casts, but I was fairly knackered by this stage. After a while they thinned out a bit so I gave it away.
Ended up with just under a kilo - enough for a feed for my wife and I. Certainly nothingto barg about but reasonable for February
To be more specific all the prawns in the Logan came from around 2 metres or less, whereas I was casting in 6 metres around Rudy Maas. Also the tide had just changed to run in when I got the Rudy Maas.
Nice one Marty, Its report like this that remind me its not just a half dozen throws & your done. The sore mussles that go with chucking the net for hours on end are all part of it.
I,m please you managed a feed, nothing beats fresh prawns!
cheers
Toppy
Hi all can you see the prawns on the sounder and if so what sort of shape do they take I prawn the Pine River and have a sounder but have not noticed any thing on the sounder when i have been getting prawns
Kev.
I was down the logan very early saturday morning -not much to tell all the way north to eprapha(never remember how to spell it) creek Pulled the boat out and went a little north to another creek that producers early. ended up with 4kgs. still hard work but got a feed
Put a nice hole in my net on a rock bar, so off i go to Bob for another net me thinks
michael
4kgs put's my effort to shame - nice work MichaelG.
I said to my mate if we don't get a decent run of prawns this year I will definitley drag the boat further north - can't stand another year of watching guys bag out from the pine while we get nothing.
And yes Toppy, the muscles are sore and the boat was a mess - took a good hour to clean (I forgot to take the container to drop the net into after each cast!)
Nice work on the prawns, you sick of jack fishing already . They are certianly hard work but there is nothing like the taste of a prawn you caught yourself thats for shore
I never get sick of Jack fishing, but sick of fishing for them for no result. I think we were spoiled with our catch rates over January and are expectations are too high now
Freddies,
On the weekend I had two "shows" on the sounder and only in the deeper water. When they were off the bottom they look like a cloud moving across the sounder. When on the bottom they were either three or four pixels high building blocks, or three or four pixel wide thicker lines on the bottom. This is the first time I have really seen them on a sounder.
I came out and back into Horizon Shores on Sunday. On the way out there were a few small boats - some only rowing so must have been locals - casting between the moored boats and the island on the east side just North of Rudy Maas . When I came back ay about 5.00 there were boats still there and I saw one net shot that must have had a kilo of prawns in it . They were real close to the moored boats .
That is exactly were I was, although I was gone by 5pm. I had a feeling they would still be running after I left. As the boast thinned out, the prawns probably schooled up better allowing those better results.
John - you finally found a seafod the missus likes to eat
Dale
Just to clarify - 4 hours was probably more driving and looking than casting. I sit at a desk during the day so there is no way I could throw for 4 hours straight. In fact, I am really feeling it in the back and shoulders today!
Keep your posts coming - they give us gold coasters something to strive for. That Pine river sure seems like a great prawning spot - when does the prawn run usually stop in the Pine (we usually get them till early May down here)?
I have been wanting to try Prawning for a couple of years now but have never known where to go.
Today I finally got a tip as a good friend of mine caught some on the weekend.
Off I went this afternoon down to the river, and low and behold got my first lot of prawns. Only a dozen in just over 1 hour. A couple of very nice sized tigers amoungst them.
Will probably spend the each week now for the next month or so to see if I can do better. Am told that around the full moon is best.
Over the years the prawns seemed to have thinned out a lot. I remember when Scalem and I hit that area first time the prawns (and the yellow coats) were absolutely everywhere. But now we seem to work harder and harder for less. Hopefully it will be different this year. Would love to see a good feed of them for a change. Starting to think the best thing to do is get together and put in $20 each and buy $40 (normally what we would use in fuel at least) of fresh prawns from the local seafood shop. Guarranteed a good feed at least and stay a hell of a lot cleaner in the process.
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. They are certianly hard work but there is nothing like the taste of a prawn you caught yourself thats for shore
