FrontyKing Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Thanks for that confirmation JLL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teflon Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Bait prawns cost more to the kilo then table prawns do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrontyKing Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Bait prawns cost more to the kilo then table prawns do ← That's exactly right Teflon , when you consider a 200g pack costing about $6-$7 retail, that's anywhere between $30-$35kg! Cheers, Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLL Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 I can get as low as $12.50/kg for what I would class as "cheap old bait prawns" and that is stuff that I would not eat myself. If I could get table prawns for that then I would live on em (well not quite). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanceswithDingoes Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Your best bet is to head down to Windang on the next dark with a net and a torch Guaranteed no preservatives. BTW we used to use Royal Reds a lot as bait prawns, a bit oily but I reckon the fish would love em (snapper and drummer sure do) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.d.m Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 what about nippers their so easy to get with a bait pump, wife can sit on the beach while you and the kids go round to the estuary and suck up nippers(patonga's good)has anyone tried the big live bloodworms sold at bait shops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Your best bet is to head down to Windang on the next dark with a net and a torch Its a nice drive from canberra to Lake Illawarra There aint too many prawns around this time of year either. The best time is the first no-moon night in december. Then all you have to do is fight off the tourists and you will be right and offcourse a secret spot is always good I have feed my fish nippers before and they love them (remove nipper of course). Prefer them as bait, cant beat them in the lake IMHO Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREAQ Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 I also work in the seafood industry both on boats and now in delivery for a wholesaler, and the stuff is called Sodium Metabisulphite. Metabisulphite info Home brewers use Sodium Meatbisulphate for sterilising and is also used in the wine industry.Metabisulphate info What its used for is just what Frontyking said it has anti bacterial properties stops prawns going black in the back of the head although if the prawns arent treated soon enough they still can turn after being defrosted and only green prawns are treated because whats the point when you cook them it kills all the bacteria. So if it is in high enough concentration it will kill your filter. If anyone feeds prawns treated to their fish be carefull!!!!!!! one of the Wollongong club members killed some of his fish inadvertantly, by feeding his fish treated prawns, it is also used by all the boats that catch Royal Reds off Wollongong, this I know for sure as my wifes Grandfather owns one of the trawlers which I worked on. Yes Teflon sadly they do dye some of them but its purely cosmetic to make them look nice and red to fool the public and people who dont know, but diet can effect colour. I know of one restraunt that had black fish in a tank and fed them some left over prawns and the black fish (luderick) turned red, these prawns had been died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teflon Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 I dont see how a fish can turn red from eatting a prawn that has been sprayed with food colouring? Dosent make sence to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREAQ Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 The prawns had been coloured either during or after cooking but before freezing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teflon Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Yes but what Im saying is how does a fish or any other kind of animal turn red from eatting food colouring because thats all it it. All my years of working as a chef I have never heard of anything like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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