Deep water prawns in WA
Submitted by Alan James on Fri, 2025-02-07 11:54
Has anyone dabbled or know of others who may have dabbled catching deep water prawns in WA?
After failed attempts at catching painted crays in pots in Vanuatu my Kiwi / Vanuatu mate converted the pots to deep water prawn pots with some success. Depths of 400m - 450m proved more successful than sub 350m. After some early hiccups catches were around 2.5 - 3kg of prawns per pot. The pic below is one very pleased neighbour.
____________________________________________________________________________
Image Upload:
Rob H
Posts: 5809
Date Joined: 18/01/12
During my time chasing deep
During my time chasing deep sea swordfish and tuna, I had a surprise when we were pulling up big swords in the trench of Bremer bay and they were disgorging prawns all over the deck.
I'd never seen that before in 5 yrs and kept a few frozen, sent to AFMA (Australian Fisheries Management Authority).
They said they were Royal Red prawns, relatively common in the SE Trawl Fishery east of Bass Strait but they hadnt seen them in WA.
Pics from the early days... | Fishing - Fishwrecked.com - Fishing WA. Fishing Photos & Videos
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.