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Originally posted by Sushihunter
quote:Hmmm.... if you are looking for Prawns, see Jim's youtube video! It is pretty damn accurate! I didn't drop my pots in Nuchatliz to catch prawns, but to see what was down there. The Sea Otters eat a whole lot!
I mostly crab between Port Renfrew and Tofino... I believe that to be the best area. And have done VERY well! I have not tried prawning offshore.
Thanks for the plug on the Prawn video!
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=War27H6XBRM
This was filmed on the inside - Tahsis Inlet, Tahsis Narrows, and McBride Bay areas. All inside protected waters.
I would love to take the traps off-shore one day to see what is out there. I have a couple of rockpiles marked where I have caught Lingcod and various Rockfish that I think might be a good spot to drop them for a day.
Jim's Fishing Charters
www.JimsFishing.com
http://ca.youtube.com/user/Sushihunter250
Spot prawns range from Alaska to San Diego, California, in depths from 150 to 1,600 feet (46 to 488 meters). Areas of higher abundance are most offshore banks. The following wasn't written by me, but thought you would find it usefull in you quest for offshore prawns!
I quess it wouldn't be a bad idea to find a spot offshore. I am sure they will change the fishery again!
Charlie
"This species is a protandric hermaphrodite, beginning life as a male and changing into a female. ***ual maturity as a male is reached during the third year, with the carapace length (CL) averaging 1.5-inches (33-millimeters). By the fourth year, many males begin to change *** to the transitional stage. By the end of the fourth year, the transitionals become females averaging 1.75-inches (44-millimeters) CL. Maximum observed age is estimated at over 6 years, but there are considerable differences in age and growth of spot prawns between areas. Animals from Canada live no longer than 4 years, whereas, prawns from southern California can reach 6 years. Studies indicate that prawns grow faster in a temperate environment than in a cold environment.
Spawning occurs once a year, and each individual mates once as a male and once or twice as a female. Females spawn at a carapace length of 1.75-inches (44-millimeters). Spawning takes place at depths of 500 to 700 feet (152 to 213 meters). September appears to be the start of the spawning season, when the eggs are extruded onto the females’ swimmerets. Female spot prawn carry eggs for a period of 4 to 5 months before they hatch. By April, only 15 percent of females still carry eggs.
Fecundity varies with size and age, ranging from approximately 1,400 to 5,000 eggs for the first spawning down to 1,000 eggs for the second spawning. Eggs hatch over a ten-day period and the first three or four larval stages are planktonic. During the third or fourth stage, spot prawn larvae begin to settle out at depths as shallow as 175 feet (53 meters). After completing larval stage six at a carapace length of approximately 0.3-inches (8-millimeters), spot prawns are considered to be juveniles and progressively move deeper as they reach adulthood.
Spot prawns feed on other shrimp, plankton, small mollusks, worms, sponges, and fish carcasses. They usually forage on the bottom throughout the day and night."
Now days most of my crab fishing is out of Renfrew in 55/65' & Tofino in 90/110' on my way up and back.
They make great Halibut bait, and my cat just loves them! [
] There is nothing funnier that watching my cat Spike chew on a chunk of raw Octopus [8D]
