Thats great news - thanks for the update Doobie
Yeah the method I saw had a much bigger bit of plywood on a slant and bright sunlight hitting the maggots to spook them out - I'll try and find the vid
Found it - who says only weirdos breed maggots ( Fast Forward to the 1 minute mark to see his set up)
(Caution these fellas will rust and drip rusty water - you've been warned - some people fully tape them or dip them in paint so this isnt a problem)
Good for spots where you lose a few.
With rebar off cuts you can get for free at any building site - a bit of wire - some tape - and zip ties - you too can have these beauties.
You will need an angle grinder with a cut off wheel aswell - or a hack saw.
I pulled on the wire and it got to 13kg without budging so I stopped pulling.
Edit - Just tried it without the tape and a couple of zip ties and I got to 13 kgs without bre
Yeah I initially started thinking about alternative weights after donating a few surf sinkers to the local reefs. We use marker floats to define the edge and losing a few bucks when they got snagged stopped making sense pretty quick.
But fishing ocean rock ledges is another place where I've wondered if donating lead is the wisest move