Prawning on the Swan.
Submitted by soupster51 on Tue, 2007-02-20 13:20.
Hi All,
Just after some experiences from anyone that has dived for prawns in the Swan River. I have been only doing it since November last year, trying to get down to the river at least once a week. I have really noticed that the catches have dropped right off since Christmas. In Nov and early Dec people were getting 1.5 - 3kgs a dive, at the moment if you catch a kilo you seem to be doing exceptionally well. Anyone know why this may be so? I have heard that the first big winter rains will push prawns out to sea and that when this happens the prawning will pick up. Any ideas would be great. Cheers,
Scott.
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SamC
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hey scott, got no idea bout
hey scott,
got no idea bout that one mate..
have u got any ideas where i can go scooping for prawns in the shallows?
heard of any draggers gettting any?
i need some bait
cheers
sam
h0ju
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ive heard around aquanis
ive heard around aquanis college and salter point in the canning river is meant to be a hotspot for dragging...tho ive never done it.
dogsoldier
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I can remember everyone used
I can remember everyone used to dragg net at Matilda bay has that generally fires really well
Tight lines and clear sky's
Adam Gallash
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Rains
Yep, always heard the rains were good for the prawns and the crabs.
We used to drag Matilda bay as well in the old days, used to get a fair feed too. Not too phased about eating much out of the river these days thou...
Kal
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hey how are the prawns going
hey how are the prawns going at the moment ,going to hit bicton during the weeek ,just want a little heads up
max199
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I
I used to go regularly with my cousin just Nth of Bicton baths infront of the pens from the little beach there.Pretty popular spot. I found generally now that it's getting colder at nights with the first rains is when the big pups come out to play.Not too many but of good size.You must be there just as the sun is setting OR later when most of the other divers have been and gone because it gets pretty stirred up down there.I used a 5mm semi-dry wetti which was soo sweet. Had to use one more block of led though,(3lb).ALSO I went when the tide was coming in so the vis was alot better than when it was running out.Make sure you take your catch bag(CRAY) so when you see some blue swimmer crabs you can nab them as well.Be careful of the claws as they still hurt with a diving glove on.I use a welding glove over it.They taste superb out of the river.If you need a partner Soupster51 just PM me and I'll show ya if ya want.
Another place to try is near Aquarama. In the shallows at times there are XL prawns so all you need is a mask and fins to snorkel the shallows. At both spots I recommend using a normal torch ie. One that does not have a LED bulb as the white light emmited from the LED torch doesn't "light up" the prawns eyes nearly enough as the normal diving torch does. This is important especially when the prawns sit under the sand and only have there eyes out.GOOD LUCK and HAVE FUN. MAXY
swoffer
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Bull Sharks ?
Sheesh , havent you guys who dive at night in the river and worse still walk around waist deep in the gloom ever heard of Bull Sharks ?
Kal
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yep ive heard of them there
yep ive heard of them there pretty good eating too.
max199
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Bull sharks?
What are they? As I drag myself across the floor to get my walker! If you feared alot of things in life, wouldn't it be pretty boring so to speak. So in other words don't ever go in the water? It just doesn't work that way. MAXY