Lakes entrance - prawning / fishing

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Re: Lakes entrance - prawning / fishing

Post by Joker91 » Wed Jan 19, 2022 1:18 pm

Thanks for sharing mate!

Does the wind direction and speed etc. make a difference for prawning?

Ok a seperate note, if you are surf fishing down at lakes entrance, you would want north winds?

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Re: Lakes entrance - prawning / fishing

Post by Sebb » Wed Jan 19, 2022 1:48 pm

Joker91 wrote:
Wed Jan 19, 2022 1:18 pm
Thanks for sharing mate!

Does the wind direction and speed etc. make a difference for prawning?

Ok a seperate note, if you are surf fishing down at lakes entrance, you would want north winds?
North northwest.
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Re: Lakes entrance - prawning / fishing

Post by re-tyred » Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:51 pm

The less wind the better prawning.
Salmon fishing you want northwesterly and calm sea.
There has been salmon in the lake around Kalimna jetty. They are generally smaller in the lake
You have a chance for a kingfish around the highway bridge and the footbridge at this time of year
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Re: Lakes entrance - prawning / fishing

Post by Joker91 » Wed Jan 19, 2022 10:14 pm

Are these the two bridges you mean.

Packed and got all the rods and tackle ready now for the weekend :bn:
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Re: Lakes entrance - prawning / fishing

Post by re-tyred » Thu Jan 20, 2022 4:35 am

Yes that's them
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Re: Lakes entrance - prawning / fishing

Post by Fisher28128 » Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:10 am

Hey Joker91, how’s the fishing going we’re heading out to do some today and seeing where the best spots are? :wt:
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Re: Lakes entrance - prawning / fishing

Post by Joker91 » Thu Jan 20, 2022 9:21 pm

Fisher28128 wrote:
Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:10 am
Hey Joker91, how’s the fishing going we’re heading out to do some today and seeing where the best spots are? :wt:
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Well you are going to find out how the fishing is before me then. I am heading down on Saturday.

So let me know how you go, good luck mate!!!

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Re: Lakes entrance - prawning / fishing

Post by sweetstarneon » Tue Jan 25, 2022 5:12 pm

Hey there

Fyi - best time to go is new moon (not full moon). Ideally after moonset. Warm nights (ie: not cold days when wind coming from south) makes it a better proposition.

Haven't been prawning at the lakes in the last few years, but i have tried some of retyred's yellow lines places about 4 years ago and you can find prawns there.

I also find that you have to go deeper to get the bigger prawns.

Hope this helps.

Let us know how you go and all the best. :wt: :-D

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Re: Lakes entrance - prawning / fishing

Post by ducky » Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:10 pm

How’d you go? Got a trip booked for the early March new moon. Interested to see where you found Em.

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Re: Lakes entrance - prawning / fishing

Post by Joker91 » Wed Jan 26, 2022 9:20 pm

ducky wrote:
Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:10 pm
How’d you go? Got a trip booked for the early March new moon. Interested to see where you found Em.
If you mean how I went with the prawning, terrible hahhh.

Don’t get me wrong I am happier then ever as I got a few prawns so I accomplished what I set out to do. But they were bait size.

The prawns aren’t in yet, even the trollers are saying there aren’t any prawns for them to catch. the one boat selling prawns were alright but the size were not as big as what they would normally be their.

I was just out walking the beach in front of the esplanade resort. Bucket loads of crabs, but seemed a bit small in my opinion. The holes in prawn net I was using from anaconda were too big for the prawns I was catching. It was dumb luck that I had this other throw around net with me which worked out perfectly for me.

Is this your first time going for prawn?

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