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Happy New Year all.
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Steve coming up on the 30th Huy could not wait any longer. Will only be there for the one night and returning in the early morning.
Was nice to meet you tonight Norm. You hopefully have a good feed of prawns. I got about 1.2kg tonight.
Also found where flatheads are setting ambush
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Gonefishinginoz I don't need the perspex thanks.
norm
No worries
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I have some unused sheets of plexiglass if you want someI am after lexan polycarbonate for the lens, I replaced my windscreen on my boat so I will go and see if he has scrape so I can make better lenses, as the lexan is so dear,
norm
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I also suggest you make an extension to the pole so you can stick it in the sand and have your two hands to handle the net
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Nice one norm, I like the 90 degrees handle. I was thinking to clamp one to my lamp cuz long term it was tiring my wrist
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Just come back from the store with red and green aprons and girls wear big boots.
12v LED lights and PVC fittings, youtubed an American sight gigging for flounder and seen how to make a light.
I think I can make 4 for the price of 1 bought from a tackle shop.
Will keep you posted.
Are you talking about this?
My cousin and I just made two of them out of pvc and transparent pvc.
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I saw someone using one of these!!
Why stop using them?
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Nice stuff Koalaboi. I guess the circular shape of theeq bucket helps creating less drag.
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Hahaha and add a gps like the drones so it can follow you.
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We are now talking about the aero dynamics, the prawns have no chance.
Lol
If you didn't like physics at school better not go prawning with us haha.
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Lots of good ideas. Thanks guys.
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Yeah huy Marvin and Ray spent hours designing the originals. Lots of test runs. If they are too heavy in the front where a battery might go they nose dive in strong current.
They can tip sideways if too tall in windy conditions.
With the boogie board set up I think they cut a hole for the box and set it in the board creating like a rudder.
So they eventually went to the insulation material so they could shape it to their special needs
Have a talk to Marvin. He's seen them all. You don't wanna loose your prawns man. Lol
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Yeah I bet they did test many variances. The boogie board is definitely not wide enough. Another lesson learned today: don't use spray paint as the solvent in it will melt the polystyrene!
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Wanted to share a bad experience with the floating station. I have put the net holder at the back of the station and today a gust of wind caught the net and made it capsize. Managed to save all the gears but wasn't happy.
So that made me thinking and I did a bit of test and having the net holder in near the center is more stable. Having it at the back made it pivot easily as there is no much surface behind the holder. Having it in the center only makes the station slide back instead of flipping over.
Another solution would be to use some kind of ballast glued under the board.
Or if you want to overkill it you can make two mini outriggers hahaha
Good lesson: allow more space behind the net holder.
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They are breeding!!!!
We must organise a night in Feb or Mar ?
Looks good!
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If you do then please share the results and any improvements.Nice setup, might even try making my own
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Having joined @Stapo on several occasion for prawning, I had a close lookat Steve's and his prawning buddies awesome looking DIY gears, from PVC lights to custom homemade floating prawning stations. I started prawning with an Alvey shoulder bag which works a treat for slow evenings but when lots of prawns are swimming it can become a hassle and when wadding into deeper areas you need to becareful the critters don't swim out.
So I wanted my own floating station too! The ones from Steve mates are made of polystyrene sheets cut and glued together and look really neat, painted and all. But I wanted to go as cheap as can be and managed to make one for $0 (almost). Here are the materials:
- a boogie board from the neighbourhood (council pickup)
- a veggie foam box found lying near the beach (people throw all sort of things on the beach, sigh)
- some 40mm pvc tubes (off cuts)
- a 20mm pvc tube (off cuts)
- some glue, I used Shelleys Liquid Nails but I reckon their All Clear should work too. If you use another type of glue do some test first as some might melt the polystyrene.
I started by placing the foam box on top of the boogie board and with a knife I traced the contour of the box onto the board. Then I removed the box and carved into the box to make an indentation of about 1cm deep. Then put some glue inside and placed the box on. I placed some heavy stuffs in the box to add some pressure to help the glue. After two hours in the heat of the garage the glue started to dry off and I then cut the foam box's lid to make a separator in order to have to compartments for the box, one to hold the prawns and one to hold drinks, batteries, tackle, you name it...
I then trimmed the accessories compartment down by about 12cm so it is less deep for easy accessories access. The 40mm pvc is then cut to height and glued at the back for holding the scoop net. The 20mm one is glued at the front it will be the rod holder for my pen fishing rod.
As it is, it is very useable already. I might do some paint work later:
Yesterday evening I went trying the stuff out. As expected the prawning was dying off and I caught just enough for using them as livies. The floating station worked a treat and I could also store the fish I caught: tailors, breams and whitings. The only flatties I managed to hookup managed to escape my fingers. I'll get him tonight. And will try to remember taking some pictures of the fish too...
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Narrabeen lakes can be productive. But can be crowded too. Try avoid the crowd by going early. Launch at caravan park where parking nearby is free.
Right in front of caravan park there is a hole where u can get good blackfish. If you walk on the flat you can get to the channel to get flatties. With the yak paddle to the inner bridge for flatties too.
More spots on this article:
http://www.fishraider.com.au/fishing-articles/narrabeen-lakes.php
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To add to it, they get the biggest shock of there life to be swimming, swimming, swimming n bang, treble hook in the back getting pulled side ways.
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Becareful as this might be considered as jagging which is illegal in nsw
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Great work man. They also nice fried. I also noticed there is time of the day where they seem busy eating something on the rocks and weeds that they would ignore bread above them or right at their nose, and other times where they would go mad for bread.
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Hey everyone dont wanna give up too many secrest but if anyone if interested in prawning on the coast hit me a pm. I have caught in excess of 3kilos this whole weekend and im taking 2 fri night 3 kilo both sat and sun and then 1 or 2 kilo on monday. No offence but its soo much better than the entrance. We hit it up sun night got probably abiut 15 prawns in an hour then decided to go yo our spot and got 3 kilo in 4 hours.
Hi mate
Nice catch you have.
I believe each location fires up differently depending on time and conditions. You might find out that on specific night your spot might give you less prawn than The Entrance. That's why it's good to know more than one spot. Couple of weeks ago when I went with Stapo to The Entrance he caught 8kg in maybe 4 hours and I got 4kg in 3 hours (not bad for my 2nd time).
From what you showed us, I think your spot is a great alternative spot for those who prawn the area. Thanks.
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Glad you're OK man. The more we approach holidays the more I'm questioning going on the yak because of people like them on the water.
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I'll be there. Come on down. Can't promise anything. You can catch them one night and nothing the next. Thanks guys.
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Like fishing. You need to persist and come at different time different conditions, take notes and find a pattern.
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I thought about stocking and bird nest but as far as I understand it's still classified as trapping which is not allowed... So hand lines with hook only unfortunately.
You're probably right.
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My prawning setup
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Wow, thanks for the badge Donna. I wasn't so much mentoring Norm but more making sure he was safe while out in the current, Steve and Marvin are the main mentors, could never thank them enough for all the knowledge they shared with us.