queensland Banana Prawns

[Master Sardines]

:woohoo: There's a few banana prawns showing up around redland bay and islands. Get your nets out and let us know how you go.

Cheers Steve

[fishguru5]

sunday

[rayke1938]

Thanks for the heads up.I have just spent the day getting my bay boat ready hasnt been used since I took Dino Thready fishing.Started first kick.

Cheers

Ray

[fishguru5]

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[Master Sardines]

rayke1938 wrote:

Thanks for the heads up.I have just spent the day getting my bay boat ready hasnt been used since I took Dino Thready fishing.Started first kick.

Cheers

Ray

Your welcome young fella! (there has been some quality)

[rayke1938]

Lots of small ones in the Marina but too small for the net. I will venture further afield over easter.

Cheers

Ray

[sehrguht]

I got 3litres or so out of deepwater bend on sunday from about 20 throws. no real size to them though, around 4-5inch average

[Master Sardines]

rayke1938 wrote:

Lots of small ones in the Marina but too small for the net. I will venture further afield over easter.

Cheers

Ray

Get out of the creek Ray,biggest i caught today was 21cm

[Master Sardines]

[webbfunk]

Nice haul...

Is there any burelying involved, or just hit and miss with the cast net?

[Master Sardines]

webbfunk wrote:

Nice haul...

Is there any burelying involved, or just hit and miss with the cast net?

Thank-you.. Wish we could just burley them up... It's not hit and miss, you have to find them like any other fishing. I zoom on bottom, and up the gain on the sounder.

[Gad]

also when your travelling look in the wash of your boat you will see any jumping out of the water as you pass over them.

nice hauls fellas

[Freshy]

There was quite a few picked up at Deep Water Bend today off the pontoon at the ramp...

I'm working nights atm and always pop down to the Bald Hills ramp, throw on the high beam and see them jumping everywhere!!!

Will get my first cast net this week and have a throw when I get the boat out again on Friday... mmmm, lets hope for a feed of prawns. Mouth watering stuff!!!!!

Brett

[Eug]

they are coming through with the cooling weather, we netted about 5L worth in about 30 minutes earlier this morning. we left them with still heaps more left.

[Damien2Rad]

I'm keen to head out and get some, probs down at the powerlines or some thing this week end.

I'm gonna just head down to one of the points in the Redlands (spoilt for choice out this way) and see how I go some time this week with out the use of the boat.

Best prawns I had were from my first cast net when I was 16, from the Noosa River.

[Master Sardines]

Got a couple yesterday with a lizard bycatch :blush:

[Eug]

those are good sizes!!! nice one

[straddiebrad]

i got 6kg took me 5 mins and 120 dollars on straddie last week cooked :laugh: :laugh:

[Master Sardines]

straddiebrad wrote:

i got 6kg took me 5 mins and 120 dollars on straddie last week cooked :laugh: :laugh:

you a funny bastard Brad... Good 1 matey, made me laugh :laugh:

[Master Sardines]

So are any of you lads makin your way down the bay islands? must have been 70 boats here Sat & same Sunday. The season is just about over. I'm heading out again tomorrow, Seem to be in and around the hole at Macleay Is. Baggin out every trip, get ur bums here before there gone. Say hi to me, have a blue afo sticker on the port stern of my tinny 445 dory.

Cheers Steve

[marty]

I was there Sunday in the pack - although I was told Saturday was a lot easier (always the way). A few people I respect think this season may go for another month yet - would be good if it did!

Was a bit crazy on Sunday - saw a guy pull a knife out and threaten to cut the lead line off someone's net. Some of the people in the pack don't have much respect for others

Marty

[Master Sardines]

lmao might have been one of the ferals from my island... nothing like a bit of boat rage.. tis sad :s

[marty]

living on russell must be great in regard to prawning - I imagine most people would know where the pack was that day?

also must be extremely convenient to be able to see the pack from the comfort of your car?

we have to keep our ear to the ground and try to make an educated guess on where the prawns where caught the day before, then make a decision on where to launch (jacobs well, cabbage tree or redland bay) then start driving around sounding, casting and looking for the pack.

marty

[Eug]

might give it a hit this coming weekend

[Master Sardines]

marty wrote:

living on russell must be great in regard to prawning - I imagine most people would know where the pack was that day?

also must be extremely convenient to be able to see the pack from the comfort of your car?

we have to keep our ear to the ground and try to make an educated guess on where the prawns where caught the day before, then make a decision on where to launch (jacobs well, cabbage tree or redland bay) then start driving around sounding, casting and looking for the pack.

marty

Right you are... Sometimes I go for a ride on my motor bike and see where the boats are from top to bottom of island and can see down to cabbage tree point and all western side of island. Having local friends call to let me know where there at too.. and my wife catching the ferry to work texts me and lets me know how many boats are out....

Aswell we have a boat ramp on the eastern side and were only 10 min from jumpinpin, and 15 to jacobs well...all too convenient..

[Do$tylz]

^^^... jeez... got it toughg don't we

[RyanG45]

mate a friend and i went out last weekend just off the boat ramp at redybay every night at around 7-8 oclock and each night atleast getti 10l and we did that for 3 nights ended up with 27L of pranws

cheers ryan

[Master Sardines]

Do$tylz wrote:

^^^... jeez... got it toughg don't we

sure are

well done Ryan, thats not too bad for an hours work between two

[daveylad]

RyanG45 wrote:

mate a friend and i went out last weekend just off the boat ramp at redybay every night at around 7-8 oclock and each night atleast getti 10l and we did that for 3 nights ended up with 27L of pranws

cheers ryan

How about dropping some of a Peel Island on saturday night I'll shout you a beer

Dave

[Davo_Dinkum]

we should be able to get prawns and squid around peel at night .

lazy mans way .

a light and a small mesh landing net

[Master Sardines]

giday ppls, was out again today and caught this one at the power lines. Can anyone identify it? Not my daughter modeling it

[marty]

that is what I have always referred to as a leader prawn - I think official name is black tiger prawn

don't get many, but when you do they are always big!

[Master Sardines]

Thanks Marty, i thought they were leaders too