At night you may occasionally see a long tom spear a Prawn if you shine a torch. Prawns only need shallow water. Blue swimmers are a lot of work to eat. You can get them easily before the wind disturbs the surface in the morning with a Nail flattened and sharpened (with Barbs) on the end of a thin broom handle. Spear the one you want from the front of a rowing boat. My favourite is a spanner crab or a Muddie at the right time of the year. At the wrong time, They have hardly any flesh in the claws. I'm fairly sure I've got Spanner crabs at Nelson Bay. I've fished off a sandbar on the teagardens side all night.. Watch the tides though The water level rose abut 2-3 feet and stayed there I was already above my knees I had all my bait floating around my feet and god knows what Denizens of the deep feeling their way around my legs. I could feel big things bumping against me It got deeper between the sand bar and the shore and I didn't want to swim for it and splash around. Once is enough to try that one. Dumb idea. Oh did I mention I LIKE fishing and you can't beat an absolutely fresh one. A lot of it is OFF before you get it. Nev