queensland river prawns

[brisfisher]

hi all,went down to west end to chase a few threaddies this morinin.it was lookin good as the river was full of prawns,so i was hopin the threaddies wernt to far behind:) managed to round up bout a kilo of good sized prawns within the first ten casts.within 10minutes of puttin a few live prawns for a swim i was on,felt like a good fish until it tore through the leader:angry: shark!good to see there stil around but not what i was after.after that it was a long wait between fish but the catfish were happy to play...very fustrating.finally hooked sumthin witha bit of go,slowly the familliar golden glow of a threadfin rose out of the murkey depths.only a little fella but it was what i was after:)tried to release him but the hook was right down his throat n after 10minutes of swimmin him he kept floatin belly up:( he wasnt gonna swim away and was well ova legal size,so looks like im havin threadfin for dinner tonite...

cheers brisfisher [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/Picture_001_AFO-d011109b06b209b7f549f9771e7dba59.jpg

[pinkey]

Nice work mate! Im might get up and chase a few these hols!

[Mick]

Nice fish ... how do you rig your live prawn..? do you use a sinker?

[Cowfish13]

Nice fish mate:cheer: And great sized Prawns:)

[brisfisher]

cheers,hook em through the tail and try to use the smallest sinker possible.enough to keep near the bottom

[Mick]

Thanks...

[big dyl]

nice catch:)

nice sized prawns....

[uglyfish]

where abouts is west end????i went down to the colmslie the other night got some massive banana prawns...bout 1.5 kgs

[Dan23]

Nice haul, I saw some prawns jumping around at Newstead last night. They must be coming on now. That means Threadies!!:woohoo:

[flathead]

Sweet nice work mate good to see that there is still a good amount of prawns in the river nice thready to

[Angus]

Nice work indeed Brisfisher.

Thats the first threaddie I have seen for a month or so.

Well done.

Going to be a great feed with those prawns as well!!

Angus

[brisfisher]

thanks 4 da replys fellas:)n yeah its was a good feed,went down a treat...by da way west end is near southbank(map1 in da refidex),its not a bad place to fish for the land based fishos.lot of pontoons n jetties

[Angus]

Yeah I agree. I used to do a lot of fishing opposite at Toowong.

Also around from West End in Yeronga there are some sweet little actual sand beaches on "The Esplanade". I have caught loads of vermin there and saw a guy catch a 60cm ish Jewy on a live mullet when I was verminating.

Angus

[namyau]

interesting i may have to try over that way. ive tried near the milk factory at sth bank but current was too strong for my gear.

[kriso]

did you get the prawns netting off the pontoon beside the boat ramp?

[brisfisher]

kriso wrote:

did you get the prawns netting off the pontoon beside the boat ramp?

sori mate,im not sure which ramp ur talkin bout:huh: got da prawns behind the bbg rowin club,on the sandy patch nxt to the bbg boat ramp.hope this helps:)