AK F, I never see any whole raw prawns in NW Oregon seafood stores or depts. The only raws ones I see come only as tails; which incidently are very good as egg or sandshrimp substitutes when floatfishng slow tidewater holes or deep slack holes in the lower ends of rivers (use raw right away or cured if kept for awhile before using). The 4 1/2" +/- whole prawns we have around my area are cooked - and they work great for springers; especially cured in redish egg juice drained from curing or in a hot pink brine (as mentioned above). If I could find some 4" to 5" whole prawns I would love to try them just raw with maybe a little salt shaken on or cured up in a like manner as the cooked ones. I don't know if the raw ones would have the rigidity of the cooked ones for setting a curve in for rolling action. I have a hunch they may smell more interesting to the fish though. If they worked any better than the cured cooked ones, look out! I've heard the Hoodscanal shrimping seasons have been closed or very limited for years now - true? If they just had a spring season to co-incide with springer fishing I'd be right in there with traps and catfood after them! Hard not to eat them myself though :), maybe eat the jumbo tails and use the small whole ones fish fishing (BTW, summer steelhead and fall 'nooks like them too) . Does anyone know if the small whole ones are marketed raw anywhere in the region?

[ 04-08-2001: Message edited by: RT ]