Stapo Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Hi Raiders Haven't posted a report for a while as over the holiday period my wife broke her leg and I done my back,well that's another story. The Entrance was fishing well before we got all that rain,there were nice flat head and plenty of prawns. At the moment the water level is dropping but it might take until next weekend before it get back to normal,on the run out tide as expected the water is very dirty and lots of weed.Saying that there is still some nice fish around. The run in tide with the cleaner water from the ocean seems to be working the best for the flatties from the bridge to Pelican Island. Floating Poddies in the run to the sea on the run out tide will also produce some nice fish.If you can get right out past the rapids near where the run meets the ocean is the best spot. Some big fish have been reported in the North channel under the bridge late afternoons No prawns at the moment the water is too dirty.Here's some photo's of what we did catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris 2v Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 looks like a great feed well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catchin Jack Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 That the cleaning table at western ramp in channel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stapo Posted February 10, 2013 Author Share Posted February 10, 2013 Yes the cleaning table at the boat ramp near picnic point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Nice.... Prawns and flatty!!! I take that any day. Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbdshroom Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 That is stack of prawns! When I saw that picture it reminded me of what you see in the hops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shole01 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 looks like a good size toolooks bigger than the ones i was getting up there a month ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockyred Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I'm heading up there this weekend but staying around wyong. Im taking my boat up. I was going to anchor up in a channel amd scoop prawns. Do you think it would be worth while giving it a shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolforjesus Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Hi mate, great feed of Prawns you got there. Do you mind me asking what you did with them prior to cooking, did you pop them in the fridge to put them to sleep? I'm new to prawning, and want to know the best way to look after them after catching Cheers, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stapo Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 First of all I'm not sure if prawning is classed as fishing and I do apologise if I have posted this in the wrong spot. Mpala yes this weekend could be worth a go.There will be only about 20%moon and low tide is around 7pm so you add say 3 hours for the difference in the lake and you should be able to prawn till around 10pm. Hopefully the water will clear up. The hot spot for a boat would be on the Northern side under the bridge near where the steps run off the bridge to the water. The prawns come out of the weeds and it is a bit protected from the North Easterly winds, also you could have a fish where the lights of the bridge reflect on the water. Chris, I have spoken to a couple of pro's and they cook the prawns on the beach where they catch them using the lake water and the secret ingredient, brown sugar. The sugar caramelises the shell for easy peeling and sweetness. I keep the prawns alive till I get home, put the prawns in a bucket of fresh water to drown them ( to get rid of any sand etc. ) add a handful of rock salt and brown sugar to the pot. When the pot boils add the prawns ( don't overcrowd the pot ) when the prawns rise to the top and float just give them 1 more minute then take them out and cool them in ice water or in the sink. If you don't cool them down they will keep on cooking. Add some more salt to taste then eat them. Do them in small batches, change the water if it gets dirty, wait until they completely cool before you put a lid on the container and refrigerate as they will steam and the heads go black cheers Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bharris Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I was just on fishing world mag web page and seen that a person wearing waders got drowned there last night take care raiders Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eholdn Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 there is some soft spots in the sand walking around in the lake there while the tide is running out, you can sink almost a foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockyred Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Thanks Stapo. If the rain holds i'll get out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolforjesus Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Thanks Mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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