Iv found recently that prawns for me have worked just aswell if not better than crab myself personally, but this could be in the way im rigging them or where im fishing them possibly and also that thats all im using intil i get my self some crabs to use along side the prawns and compare.
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Whitebait Season starts 1 September 2026 and ends 30 October (inclusive). Chatham Islands: 1 December to the last day of February (inclusive)
