Ram Road Trip Part 12

In stylish comfort I’ve driven my RAM Laramie 1500 down the Queensland Coast to island dotted Moreton Bay in South East Queensland.

It’s Banana Prawn season. The netters and prawns are out and about in large numbers. The reason for the amount of boats all fishing close together is because this spot is a 20 meter deep hole and the prawns have been washed down the river in a recent downpour. There are literally tens of thousands of them in the hole. Tasty Medium King Tiger Prawns.

The bag limit is 10 kilo per boat, and everybody is scoring well.

Drew, a champion angler also owns Pro Throw Nets.

During years of casting Drew has refined his technique.

The Garmin is showing a heap of prawns. There is not a lot of structure on the bottom as the prawns bury into the mud to evade the many fish species that love to prey on these delicious crustaceans.

It’s my turn for a casting session. Now for the acid test. I’m happy with my cast. But have the prawns done the right thing. Well not to bad for my first attempt.

In the end my dozen prawns is a small contribution to our overall total.

Both Drew and Gordon have been casting nets for Tiger Prawns for many years so have the technique down pat and we reach the boats 10 kilo bag limit in no time.

The Tigers are dropped into a specially designed container that the boys made for easy storage.

Prawns in this region recently contracted the white spot virus disease. Restrictions still apply and raw prawns, yabbies or worms captured here can’t be taken outside the Moreton zone.

The boys cannot only can catch ‘em but they’re pretty good at turning them into tucker too.

There is something special about eating fresh prawn’s that you caught only moments ago. But the boys did a great job not only cooking the prawns but crumbing and creating a delicious curry sauce to showcase how versatile prawns can be.

Simply delicious.

What a great day out, things got even fishier the next day when the Ram Truck dropped my boat into the water to head out for some SE Queensland reef fishing.

Drew and Gordon took me to one of their favourite fishing spots off Bribie Island and the weather could not have been any better. The Garmin sounder and GPS unit was telling us where the fish were and it wasn’t long before a mixed bag of reef fish jumped on our fresh baits.

Grassy Sweetlip were the most common catch and they are delicious eating. I snared an interesting tropical Cod with beautiful yellow markings on its tail and fins. You really never know what to expect when you’re fishing the fern country off Bribie.

The yellowfin was the perfect platform to fish and film from and for lunch I’m sure you can bet just what we had. Yep yummy Prawns.

Gordon and Drew are great anglers, but it wasn’t until I swapped my bait for a soft plastic lure that I was able to land a real trophy fish.

A hard fighting Javelin Fish stole top honours on another beautiful fishing day to remember.

Time to join the Ram as we head further down the coast on our next Ram Road Trip adventure.