baiting live prawns

[sax]

Gday,

Just wondering what the best technique to bait live prawns is?

cheers

[flatty_catcher]

I hook them in the end of the tail.

some hook across the tail, but I just bait them as you normally would start to bait a prawn and bring the hook out early.

are you getting any in the River lately?

Dan

[rayke1938]

Just pin them through the tail so that they can flick and jump around.

Try not to go through the vein as that seems to kill them.

Cheers

Ray

[chubbstar]

Depends on how big the Prawn is... If it's fairly small and fishing for Bream and the like, I'll put a small hook through the tail.

If it's a large Prawn and I'm after bigger game Thread fin or Jew I'll snell a coule of 3/0's together and have one through the tail and the top one through the Prawns back, just under the shell. If you try the same way make sure you have enough line between the 2 hooks so the Prawn can still swim unhinderd etc.

Ellicat has a photo of how I do it, He uses it as his avtar sometimes;)

Jayson

[sax]

yeah i got some yesterday at jindalee in the cast net.

I was hooking them through the tail.

I pierced the soft underside and then out through the top shell. I was wondering if there was a better technique as a few got pinched straight off the hook. I was also finding they werent moving around much or staying alive long, but i think that could have been due to the strong current.

when baiting them though the tail do you do through the flesh of the tail or through the fin bit?

[planetfonz]

allow this wacky prawn to demonstrate where i hook the lil buggers!

[img size=150]http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp44/planetfonz/Insanity_Prawn_Boy.png

thats a good prawn!

[flatty_catcher]

I also hook em like this,especially if they are huge

planetfonz'z method is good too, if a large fish like a thready or jew hits it, they will just gulp the lot.

hmm bugger, seems the files uploads playing up, oh well

[sax]

thats beautiful fonz, i cant even imagine why you have that image on hand!!

so you go across the body just under the shell then?

when in a strong current they seem to just straighten out and not flick around alot, i guess its best to just try use them in a more sheltered spot??

[planetfonz]

haha i have time to kill and google images handy!

yeah deep enough it won't pull pull out when casting and close enough to the outside of shell so it won't make the prawn too disabled..

[sax]

i got a nice google flick.

like this you think?!? [img size=225]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/prawnhook.jpg

[planetfonz]

you boys should get a photobucket account as it makes for super easy image posting!

[chubbstar]

planetfonz wrote:

allow this wacky prawn to demonstrate where i hook the lil buggers!

[img size=150]http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp44/planetfonz/Insanity_Prawn_Boy.png

thats a good prawn!

Top half looks like a trouser snake:blink:

Jayson

[sax]

that is one unhealthy trouser snake.

id be making a doctors appointment if i was you...

hahah jks bud

[sax]

i just set up a photobucket account...

which file do i copy over into the image bit??

[kriso]

the img tag i think

[sax]

cant post image, so here is a link to a baited prawn.

i cant believe i just wasted 15mins of life trying to post this image...
/>http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp15/sax_one/prawnhook.jpg

[planetfonz]

its very easy .. click the Img button and put your link into the gap between the 2 sets of brackets wooo

[img size=150]http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp15/sax_one/prawnhook.jpg

eg -- img size=150 http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp15/sax_one/prawnhook.jpg /img

i removed the brackets of course

[Nitris]

i love ur prawn pic from b4 fonz.. :laugh:

[ellicat]

chubbstar wrote:

Depends on how big the Prawn is... If it's fairly small and fishing for Bream and the like, I'll put a small hook through the tail.

If it's a large Prawn and I'm after bigger game Thread fin or Jew I'll snell a coule of 3/0's together and have one through the tail and the top one through the Prawns back, just under the shell. If you try the same way make sure you have enough line between the 2 hooks so the Prawn can still swim unhinderd etc.

Ellicat has a photo of how I do it, He uses it as his avtar sometimes;)

Jayson

Supertuned Chubbstar style -

[jakhunta]

man thats a nice sized live prawn what fish could resist that.

[werewolf]

What the heck are you wasting a prawn that big for bait! A dozen or two of em at that size and you have a good feedB)

[chubbstar]

werewolf wrote:

What the heck are you wasting a prawn that big for bait! A dozen or two of em at that size and you have a good feedB)

There is a lot more to gain from large Prawns than just bait and eating. I was told by a mate that he has a great deal going for just 1 Prawn that size.

No names mentioned:P

Jayson