Prawns (please dont use capitals)

[..::Penn::..]

can anyone give me advise on cast neting for prawns near indooroopilly. and also times and tides to go.

PENN:woohoo:

[Cowfish13]

Try not to use capitals in your thread name. Makes it look like you're shouting. Also you would probably get more responses in the "fishing" category or similar. I would move it but I don't moderate this forum section

Can't say much on the actual question as I don't really go for prawns or live in that area:(

[bogan]

try jindalee. mostly mudflats, not many rocks.

[jeff f]

runout tide,night time,the more moon in the sky the better

[..::Penn::..]

thanks for that jeffB)

[jeff f]

should be plenty out there tonight

[..::Penn::..]

just got back and scored around 80 prawns:woohoo: and more mullet then i know what to do with:ohmy:

[Mack_attack]

Nice work mate jeff was right, where abouts if you don't mind sharing?

[..::Penn::..]

at indooroopilly some were:P

[Gad]

..::Penn::.. wrote:

at indooroopilly some were:P

Hey Penn,

Just a generous tip,

prawns come and go,they don`t camp at spotX,you got where you are through others sharing their knowledge with you,that you asked for.

[..::Penn::..]

were i go i always get prawns:P

thanks for the tip though

[flatty_catcher]

..::Penn::.. wrote:

just got back and scored around 80 prawns:woohoo: and more mullet then i know what to do with:ohmy:

I find that hard to beleive

Dan

[..::Penn::..]

wat:huh:

[shortie]

flatty_catcher wrote:

..::Penn::.. wrote:

just got back and scored around 80 prawns:woohoo: and more mullet then i know what to do with:ohmy:

I find that hard to beleive

Dan

Why its highly possible.

[flatty_catcher]

why ask for info around indroopilly then say you caught 80 prawns at indooroopilly,and that you always catch prawns there?? lol

Doesn't add up, excuse the skepticism if your telling the truth I just hope this isn't one of the fabeled indro bridge threads like some guy saying he landed snapper at indro bridge and Cobia.

Like I say if your telling the truth then my apologies.

Dan

[uglyfish]

flatty_catcher wrote:

why ask for info around indroopilly then say you caught 80 prawns at indooroopilly,and that you always catch prawns there?? lol

Doesn't add up, excuse the skepticism if your telling the truth I just hope this isn't one of the fabeled indro bridge threads like some guy saying he landed snapper at indro bridge and Cobia.

Like I say if your telling the truth then my apologies.

Dan

COBIA at indro bridge WTF baa hahahahaha

[noname]

tell em e's dreamin, . maybe 8

[Eug]

not to be rude, but it sounds like a brag fest more than anything. the guy asked for some advice and hints, instead you just rub it in his face.

better off not replying to the thread if you have nothing constructive to contribute.

[uglyfish]

threadybuster wrote:

80 prawns atm would realy realy surpize me.

well be suprized cos i got a 1.5 kgs of prawn the other night,not huge but great bait

[uglyfish]

yeah in one spot,of the bank as well

[flatty_catcher]

must have been thick that night

I tried oxely creek and westend (fair few times now) with out even a little prawn so you guys must be going hard, love to see the pics of your catch too on the kilograms o prawns your haulin in..

[strikepro]

dont worry if they dont believe you about the prawns mate. i got a squire at ftp and they dont believe me

[uglyfish]

might go again this arfo storms pending

[Death Ray]

Where's ftp?

[shortie]

Fig Tree pocket

[shortie]

flatty_catcher wrote:

must have been thick that night

I tried oxely creek and westend (fair few times now) with out even a little prawn so you guys must be going hard, love to see the pics of your catch too on the kilograms o prawns your haulin in..

Either that or they KNOW what they are doing.

[flatty_catcher]

shortie wrote:

flatty_catcher wrote:

must have been thick that night

I tried oxely creek and westend (fair few times now) with out even a little prawn so you guys must be going hard, love to see the pics of your catch too on the kilograms o prawns your haulin in..

Either that or they KNOW what they are doing.

LMAO Good call, maybe your right

Dan

[uglyfish]

heavy storm rain might flush em out some more

[..::Penn::..]

ever since i tried the day i asked the question i caught at least 10 prawns.

then i went at night and got around 80B)

near walter taylor bridge

[..::Penn::..]

its closer to jindalee bridge

[kiara_poltegerist]

lol. it's really amusing to see soo many people taking the piss on this thread. now i understand why soo many good ppl have moved on. the bloke was just asking for advice on where to get prawns and after he announced that he got 80 prawns he copped a truckload of flak for it. what a load of rubbish.

is 80 prawns hard to believe? lol.. i think whoever thinks otherwise should trawl the previous forum reports abit and look up the castnet reports. then i highly doubt that you would believe that some of us used to get plenty of 20cm prawns in abundance just upriver of the city lol. how about filling up buckets with prawns? hehe. too good to be true? lol. then you obviously havent been doing the right thing. i'm no prawn expert, there're other members of this forum who regularly get kilos and kilos of huge prawns in the castnet.

and about the indooroo bridge.. since it seems that noone has anything useful to contribute to this forum anymore, i might as well do my part.

go to the floating platform under the indooroo bridge at nightfall or after dark, with the tide half full or close to full, incoming or outgoing doesnt matter. castnet on either side of it along the first half of it. do chuck your net further up in the opposite direction of the tidal flow to compensate for the current, and close up your net before it reaches the platform. i stick my hand in the water to hold the net away from the platform as i pull it in to avoid scraping it.

heaps of prawns there. i've found that prawns there dont go much more than 15cm, but they're there in abundance. do stay away from the first metre of the platform when you're casting, especially the left side as there's a load of mangrove roots there that will catch your net.

and no, i dont want an economics lesson on the opportunity cost of catching prawns under the indooroo bridge or some other whatnot.

[AFO]

kiara_poltegerist wrote:

the bloke was just asking for advice on where to get prawns and after he announced that he got 80 prawns he copped a truckload of flak for it.

Some good points raised. I would just like to remind people (as per our site rules) to:

[li]Keep in mind that Brisbane Fishing Online is a family orientated fishing community[/li]

[li]Our purpose is to share, help and support others[/li]

[li]Always display a positive, friendly attitude[/li]

[li]Be respectful of others opinions[/li]

[Mak]

aquarium passage around mid december to march

banana prawns, dusk to dawn

[kriso]

from what a few people have told me that after the big rains head to the mouths or lower regions as they flush out when there's been a decent fall. as for the dicussion on prawns being caught in the same spot have seen it done and has worked for me, the numbers vary though.

[dhess]

Caught a few hundred at pontoon at Newstead 2 nights ago. Didn't keep a single one as they were all smaller than 10cm.

Does anyone know how long before they grow to a decent size?

[Do$tylz]

jeez.. i haven;t looked at this thread since it started but it looks like it went downhill

It is possible to have a "prawn spot" in the Bris river. I have a spot in Yeronga that ALWAYS produces. I'm only ever there for half an hour cast netting for prawns but that is enough to supply me a nights worth of fishing.

And as Kiara has said (mind you good to see you posting here again mate ) there are large prawns around the river. I have seen and done it with Kiara almost a year ago.

Look through some old threads guys.

[jeff f]

biggest prawn i've got in the river was 220 mm point to point i stuck it on a 8/0 and swaped it for a 126cm thready good value

[Death Ray]

jeff f wrote:

biggest prawn i've got in the river was 220 mm point to point i stuck it on a 8/0 and swaped it for a 126cm thready good value

Here's one I caught many year ago. Don't know how big it was. But the biggest Iv'e ever caught. Missus made me throw it back. Check out the bright red legs on it... [img size=400]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSCF0126.JPG

[Mak]

big bugger indeed

[shortie]

kiara_poltegerist wrote:

lol. it's really amusing to see soo many people taking the piss on this thread. now i understand why soo many good ppl have moved on. the bloke was just asking for advice on where to get prawns and after he announced that he got 80 prawns he copped a truckload of flak for it. what a load of rubbish.

is 80 prawns hard to believe? lol.. i think whoever thinks otherwise should trawl the previous forum reports abit and look up the castnet reports. then i highly doubt that you would believe that some of us used to get plenty of 20cm prawns in abundance just upriver of the city lol. how about filling up buckets with prawns? hehe. too good to be true? lol. then you obviously havent been doing the right thing. i'm no prawn expert, there're other members of this forum who regularly get kilos and kilos of huge prawns in the castnet.

and about the indooroo bridge.. since it seems that noone has anything useful to contribute to this forum anymore, i might as well do my part.

go to the floating platform under the indooroo bridge at nightfall or after dark, with the tide half full or close to full, incoming or outgoing doesnt matter. castnet on either side of it along the first half of it. do chuck your net further up in the opposite direction of the tidal flow to compensate for the current, and close up your net before it reaches the platform. i stick my hand in the water to hold the net away from the platform as i pull it in to avoid scraping it.

heaps of prawns there. i've found that prawns there dont go much more than 15cm, but they're there in abundance. do stay away from the first metre of the platform when you're casting, especially the left side as there's a load of mangrove roots there that will catch your net.

and no, i dont want an economics lesson on the opportunity cost of catching prawns under the indooroo bridge or some other whatnot.

I think the point has been missed here.

Its not the fact that people were scepticle of the catch.

However it is the point that they were sceptical of the catch after advice had been given and not reciprocated.

Why come onto the forum ask for help and then respond to the same question asked by you with "At Indooropilly somewhere"

Now this is definatelly not what AFO is about.

I cant understand why people would take from the site but refuse to guve anything back.