For those of you that do, i think i finally mastered the technique of shrimp fishing.
If you see you got a bit
Do Not
Let it just sit for a while. The shrimp will take your bait and you will be left with nothing.
Just yank it up. The shrimp will let go of the bait and you have to wait another while for a bite.
Slowly pull it up, again the shrimp will let go at the last moment before hitting the surface.
Do
(from my experience) yank the opposite direction it is pulling and then immediately pull up afterwards. This way the shrimp will get the hook lodged well enough. If you have done this right the shrimp will start to play and run wild while you pull it up out of the water.
I caught 14 the last time in about an hour and a half. These were the females, not the males. I find the males way easier to catch, but the price is a little steep.
Any other way you find to catch better please feel free to post.
I went only once and that was with my then gf and a good friend of mine visiting from England. We were immediately offered a large bag of prawn that some expert catcher caught but didnt want for 100nt. Stupid me , I didnt take him up on the offer, cuz I thought it must be so easy to catch. Boy was i wrong. I only caught one I think, my ex caught 2 and my bud from England zero. So we all shared one prawn each, and to this day i still hear from my bud that i shouldve bought that bag of prawns for 100nt.
They sure do taste good bbq-ed up. Only bad part was sticking the stick thru their bodies tho. That was kinda not fun. Also they stayed alive while part of their body was roasting. That was kinda seemingly cruel too.
And here I thought shrimp was the verb, and fish the object. I was imagining shrimp-stuffed salmon fillets, with olive oil and basil, grilled to perfection.