oz_brett Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Hi Guys Every summer on the new moon we try prawning, have been to Windang, Narrabeen lakes and the Entrance the most we have ever caught was bugger all "just over 1 handfull". This time my wife wants to use the boat and prawn from the boat (I think she is avoiding getting wet) where is the best place Local to Sydney to go and are the techniques any different? we are using prawning light & net 1 hour after the high tide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srxwat4 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Hi Oz , I was told you can do it at the Rip bridge on the Central coast , as the tide rips out all the prawns are washed to the surface . I have only tried it once and did no good but I may have gone at the wrong time .All I got was an undersize lobster !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz_brett Posted January 13, 2010 Author Share Posted January 13, 2010 Hi Oz , I was told you can do it at the Rip bridge on the Central coast , as the tide rips out all the prawns are washed to the surface . I have only tried it once and did no good but I may have gone at the wrong time .All I got was an undersize lobster !! Thanks srxwat4 looks like I have talked my way out of taking the boat now, saves a lot of work for a couple of prawns. now its just work out where to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle18 Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Windang and the Entrance bridges. Talk to the local shops in each area they will tell you when. Dont be late getting there as its a carpark of boats when they do. Take an extra anchor and a heavy anchor so you position your self right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Hi Guys Every summer on the new moon we try prawning, have been to Windang, Narrabeen lakes and the Entrance the most we have ever caught was bugger all "just over 1 handfull". This time my wife wants to use the boat and prawn from the boat (I think she is avoiding getting wet) where is the best place Local to Sydney to go and are the techniques any different? we are using prawning light & net 1 hour after the high tide. Brett you shouldn't have to drive all that far away from your place, you could anchor the boat and walk thru the shallows along the sand flats where you pump the nippers up from the bridge at Tom Uglys, it only takes me about forty five minutes to get from my side of Campbelltown to the boat ramp. Most experienced prawners wade sand flats from the deeper edges following the flow into shallower water each time in that order..In this case anywhere the water is flowing in towards the houses otherwise try the appropriate edges of the sand flat and when you are just off the sand flat at the bay end work in close along the houses there ..If you do alright early and want to fish some of the prawns, I'd give cc bridge a miss and motor off and get in a couple of more hours of the run out tide and drop a few into the deep water a few hundred metres out into the bay from the third runway . Cheers jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz_brett Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 Brett you shouldn't have to drive all that far away from your place, you could anchor the boat and walk thru the shallows along the sand flats where you pump the nippers up from the bridge at Tom Uglys, it only takes me about forty five minutes to get from my side of Campbelltown to the boat ramp. Most experienced prawners wade sand flats from the deeper edges following the flow into shallower water each time in that order..In this case anywhere the water is flowing in towards the houses otherwise try the appropriate edges of the sand flat and when you are just off the sand flat at the bay end work in close along the houses there ..If you do alright early and want to fish some of the prawns, I'd give cc bridge a miss and motor off and get in a couple of more hours of the run out tide and drop a few into the deep water a few hundred metres out into the bay from the third runway . Cheers jewgaffer Good Suggestion jewgaffer I do remember once fishing under the bridges having prawns flicking around the boat, and the location is perfect as I have to pick up the nephew from beverly hills long the way. Now the only concern I have is working out where the shallows are that your talking about as Ive never done anything along the banks of botany bay other then launch a boat. :-) Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 (edited) .... the only concern I have is working out where the shallows are that your talking about as Ive never done anything along the banks of botany bay other then launch a boat. Brett Brett, you often see people pumping nippers in the large sand flat area in front of the Sylvania Waters houses at low tide just down to your left as you cross Tom Uglys Bridge.. Any of the dead end streets down from the boat ramp under the bridge will give you access and you can walk right out to the water's edge at low tide and start pumping up a supply of nippers. If you have a boat with you, at that stage of a prawning night, leave the boat on the trailor in the car park and have the front of the car facing Botany Bay where you can walk back to it easily. Launch the boat, warm up the motor and throw a sand anchor out about 30 metres or so from the waters edge, and fish back towards where you pumped for nippers.. As the tide starts to ripple over the pumping area, fish nippers and large pilchard tails back towards the area where you made a mess as you pumped and have a flathead session before you start your prawning... While the tide is still coming in you could shoot off into the little alcove where the hole in the wall boat ramp is, it's just a bit further down from the other one on the point... tie up to the white pole opposite the mouth of the ramp itself which indicates deeper water back towards the run in to the boat ramp... The white pole is nicely centrally located more or less to fish nippers for bream towards the the bay end of the alcove where the moored boats end...On high tide motor back to the sand flat and start your prawning..When you have enough prawns drop a few rods into the area opposite the third runway and may as well fish the rest of the run out tide... So that's pumping for nippers, fishing for flathead, fishing for bream, prawning, fishing live prawns opposite the third runway all in the one session. Brett you've almost got the quadrella Anyway Brett, it would be a good idea if you take a look in the day time around low tide and work out where you're going to bring the boat in on high tide to do your prawning...you could either anchor and wade or tie up or beach the boat in front of one of the houses with enough water under you and walk back and start wading...People are likely to pull into the jetty alongside the boat ramp especially when the prawns are running... Cheers jewgaffer Edited January 14, 2010 by jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz_brett Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 Now that sounds like a perfect night out only I dont see me fishing all 4 stages in the one night, wife and son will both get bored b4 the prawns come on unless I go early and they meet up with me later. What ever happens thats the location this time so much closer! Thanks again Jewgaffer. Cheers, Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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