Prawning
Submitted by Sea Hunter on Sun, 2020-05-24 17:03
I've been fishing for many years but never contemplated prawning. There is such little info on recreational prawning, particularly in the Southwest. I figure you lot would be a wealth of knowledge. Topics to cover could be: tides, moon phase, general areas to look and target, favourite gear and everything else i failed to mention.
squalis
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Date Joined: 23/11/14
prawning
What method are you looking at, dabbing with scoop net at the surface along the river from a boat or land structure. The traditional method where a couple of people drag a larger weighted net along the river floor. Please be more specific.
Francis
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Date Joined: 17/06/08
I've tried once in
I've tried once in dawesville - anchored the tinny in the cut at night on an outgoing tide after some rain (which is my understanding of the right conditions) but got nothing. Then headed to a little beach near the boat ramp and ended up getting a good haul of river prawns walking the shallows using the dab nets. At first I was disappointed because I was hoping for king prawns, but the river prawns were still good (albeit small) !
Not sure if the bigger king prawns are common in mandurah or not...
Ive also seen people dabbing for them off/under the bridges in mandurah. But again I think they were river prawns, not king prawns.
Bryce Day
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Date Joined: 01/06/15
Have done it down south,
Have done it down south, drag net, need to wait for the rains. Next few days could be good!