queensland Castnet Bonuses!!!

[kiara_poltegerist]

Went castnetting this evening with AngGoLee before a session of fishing. Managed a 60cm+ salmon in the castnet, and finally managed to convince him that it was possible to get them in the castnet there regularly . wahaha. thx for the help bringing it up mate! .. your turn next!

fishing wasnt too good, a cattie that went ballistic with AngGo's live prawn, screaming off, another huge salmon that wrapped me around a pontoon , but yea, good trip overall. the bannana prawns are up the river again, so yeaa .. good spirits all around . managed a 40cm flattie in the castnet yesterday too, C&R'd it.

saw something funny lol - a possum swimming about in the river. didnt know they could swim! [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/salmon1.JPG

[kiara_poltegerist]

another look at the threadie [img size=375]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/salmon2.JPG

[kiara_poltegerist]

viperon's bz with his exams, so i'll post his big prawn pix for him. not too bad.. 17cm to 19cm. [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/edprawn1.jpg

[kiara_poltegerist]

19cm one [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/edprawn2.jpg

[Brian D]

Who needs a line and hook. Well done you lucky bugger.

[Feral]

yeah, I'd only bother with the cast net!

[kiara_poltegerist]

haha, thanks guys! just plain luck i guess. found out by accident that they like to congregate at that particular spot on a rising tide at night. they dont seem to be put off by my constant castnetting either too! normally get 1 every 2 or 3 sessions, but hey, i'm not complaining .

[Angus]

Nice one man.

That was probably a water rat not a possum.They get big!

Angus

[Oceandonkey]

Gee mate you seem to have it sussed out.

Nice fish is it hard to pull in?

iv only ever got hardi head in my net before. Maybe if i actually used it : )

[kez]

wat do u reckon would be the best time for the bananna prawns

[bootyinblue]

Check out those prawns! Few minutes in boiling water, cool them off, bit of rock salt sprinkled over them and tuck in.

Can almost take the sweetness now..

[novrain]

great catch kiara

from what i gather, u fish near st lucia.. let me know when you go out again and i'll come by for a fish too.. i live nearby

[kiara_poltegerist]

kez wrote:

wat do u reckon would be the best time for the bananna prawns

er, depends alot on the tide and water conditions mate, and on your location on the river too. from what i've managed to learn about my part of the river, the salinity is very important, if the fresh is down, the prawns go back down. i prefer a rising or dropping tide.

[kiara_poltegerist]

Oceandonkey wrote:

Gee mate you seem to have it sussed out.

Nice fish is it hard to pull in?

iv only ever got hardi head in my net before. Maybe if i actually used it : )

not too hard to pull in, just making sure that they stay in the net is abit more tricky, i've had a few drop out of the net on the way up.

[kiara_poltegerist]

Angus wrote:

Nice one man.

That was probably a water rat not a possum.They get big!

Angus

haha, ic ic, i was soo tempted to chuck the net over him lol, he looked soo funny in swimming back and forth in front of us.