queensland This was really weird!

[Dan23]

Something really strange happened last night. I was throwing a line in under the Indooroopilly Bridge using a few bait packet prawns which were pretty small. Anyway, my rod started twitching with a consistent rhythm so I yanked on it to try and hook whatever was having a go at it. Didn't feel like I hooked anything but had a bit of extra weight. So I brought my bait in and thought to myself, wow i can't remember my prawn being so massive. This thing was giant like the size you'd buy at a seafood store. Then when it started flicking its tail I realised that I had thrown out a frozen prawn then somehow managed to foul hook a real one. I need to get a cast net if that is the size of the prawns in the river.

Post edited by: Dan23, at: 2007/05/22 18:52

[johnsonMAN]

WOW! Never heard of that before

How big was it?

Did u peel the prawn or put it strait on the hook?

[James W]

thats priceless:lol: :lol:

[Dan23]

It was the biggest prawn I've ever seen that wasn't in a seafood shop. I forgot to mention I rehooked it closer to its head and threw it back out. Something took it but I didn't manage to hook it Probably just a catfish anyway. That was all I caught last night. I'm gonna get a KT Salmon soon though! [img size=300]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/prawn-bd39af371e904890a33072569426e0cd.jpg

[adventure_angler]

if only you had then upgraded to a nice fish on the live prawn...

-nelson-

[Bud]

That's gold.

[Dan23]

Yeah, sucked that I was there on my own so no one else can verify my story.

[Tim a]

I believe you!

Theres an incredible amount of prawns there.

[Dazzamcgee]

Mate, are u sure there aint any drums of toxic green waste leaking in to the river????:ohmy:

[Dan23]

Yer, I'm a bit suss on the water in the river still. Btw anyone know if this is a sooty grunter. When I caught it I thought it was a small Jewfish at first. [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/grunter.jpg

[pcsolutionman]

its definatley not a sooty grunter looks like a small jew or tereglin to me

Lee

[ellicat]

Certainly not a sooty. Looks like a little jew but could possibly be a puttynose perch.

[Dan23]

Going by this it looks like I have my first Brisbane river Jew.

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[Dazzamcgee]

Maybe a \"Brisbane jew\" but doesnt look like any of the jews ive caught.....

[Big_unit]

Top story ;)

Looks like a Jewie to me.

Cheers

James

[Crusty]

Nice one. Did you catch the jewie under the inrdro bridge too?

[Dan23]

Nah, I got it last night off that pontoon where the boat ramp is behind the Indro Golf course. Caught a bigish Cattie too. Would have been about 60cm. Put up a decent fight on light line.

[Gordo]

lol great story. That reminds me, when i went out fishing at Boggy Creek i saw heaps of prawns. I wish i owned a cast net. Any keen cast netters out there its worth checking out

[obone]

Yeh i have been cast netting around the Fig Tree Pocket area and I usually get a few big prawns every time. Did you catch anything on it cause i was thinking about using one for bait but haven't yet. Did u catch anything else under the bridge?

[Angus]

Hey mate.

It could be a small jew but id call it for a putty nose perch. Still cool to see them in ever increasing numbers.

And although lots of people are scepitcal until they see them thats a pretty average size bannana prawn for the river. I have been cast netting with Troy and Jordan before where literally KG's of them have been caught. One of there parents was doing laps in the car to take buckets of them away. Also they are my favourite bait for the river.

Also if your chasing KT Salmon, i would change you hook type. I would personally reccomend something rounder like a circle hook, or at least a large suicide ot live bait hook. This will both hold your baut better and improve your hook up rate.

Angus

[rayke1938]

Also if the prawn is still alive hook it down at the tail end so that it can flick. The flicking will attract the fish.

Ray

[James W]

im sure that is a jewie....there is a similar looking fish that doesnt get much bigger than that, found in the mary river in marybough called a river perch...but im sure that is a young jewie....good to see:)

[ellicat]

It's definitely an orthodox yellow-finned silverside.:S

Great fun to catch.

Post edited by: ellicat, at: 2007/05/23 15:49

[James W]

aww com'on ellicat, the nostrils in a orthodox yellow-finned silverside look nuttin like that of the fish in the pic.....or do theyyyyyy:unsure:

[blue_mako]

It's a River Perch, related to Jew but only get to around 30-35cm max. It has the wrong jaw construction to be a Jew and Jew normally have faint spots on their back as well as a purple tint. There has been quite a few reports of River Perch captures lately from the River which is good.

Troy

[roobs]

i reckon it's a putty nose. but it's the right time for jew so i could be wrong.

[ellicat]

jimmybob wrote:

aww com'on ellicat, the nostrils in a orthodox yellow-finned silverside look nuttin like that of the fish in the pic.....or do theyyyyyy:unsure:

Yeah JB I think you might be right...they're said to be longer. I'm not going there though - my profile pic won't fit on the site:P

[Dan23]

Angus wrote:

Also if your chasing KT Salmon, i would change you hook type. I would personally reccomend something rounder like a circle hook, or at least a large suicide ot live bait hook. This will both hold your baut better and improve your hook up rate.

Angus

Thanks for the tip I'll take it on board

[AlsHilux]

G'day Dan,

There are plenty of prawns in that stretch of the river. I regularly fish at the fig tree pocket boat ramp just down from the indro bridge and always net a bunch of prawns. They're good for bait, just wish the good species outweighed the local eel population so they lasted a little longer.

Some ok toothies in that area too (well, when it's warmer).

river prawns eat ok too.. well at least they taste like prawn and i'm still alive and my a. hispidus loves them.

cheers,

al

[Dan23]

I might have to suss out that fig tree pocket spot. maybe I'll see you there. will I recognise you by the snake?

[AlsHilux]

nahh i wish work would let me take the snake home.. but there aren't enough local cats to keep a 14kilo olive python fed in kenmore.

but if you do come down, i'm the guy sitting on the esky with his rods hanging off the front of a.. (wait for the shock) white hilux 4x4. My names al, say g'day or give us a yell if you wanna go for a fish down there sometime, i'm always keen (but not always available.. bugger).

[ellicat]

Dan23 wrote:

I might have to suss out that fig tree pocket spot. maybe I'll see you there. will I recognise you by the snake?

PMSL

[Dan23]

Yeah, I'll give you a heads up if I'm heading down. Got about a 70 hour week coming up so might not get a chance for a bit though. Only about 40 years left till retirement.

[AlsHilux]

i'm with you on the 70 hour work week. got a full time day job and a full time night job try to squeeze in hours at the ramp when i can.. oh and if you didn't learn from the indro bridge, take plenty of mozzie repellant because when the sun goes down if there is no wind you'll get munched something fierce.

[Dan23]

Yeah, I bought a can of tropical strength repellent. Works a charm. Only made that mistake once.

[slider65]

The prawns are like that everywhere at the moment, I was fishing up at schultz's on sunday morning at low tide and there were prawns jumping everywhere including into my yak