Elecmuso

Knowing cockles have been difficult to source lately I rang ahead to BCF to ask whethere they had cockles and where they were sourced. The answer I was expecting was Thailand in which case I would not have bothered going (have purchased these before and found them to be way inferior). Instead he said 'I've been told they are from Melbourne or Sydney' so I figured that was a reasonable compromise.

So I drove to BCF and these are what they had. They didn't look like the interstate variety to me, and looked just like the Thai imports I'd tried once before. I left without bait (to make it worse they were out of gents!).

So exactly what are they?

Well I'm headed there today. Looks like a dodge so don't know how that will affect things?

Any tips on tide time or location?

Cheers. Might get there before the rain.

Goolwa season has just opened. Anyone had any luck? They were mostly tiny last year without travelling for km.

32 minutes ago, yellow door 1 said:

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Have you checked with Ray and Anne’s. They some times have good deals on Cockles

You are right, $20 for a kg which sounds a lot better than BCF (don't know the weight of the tiny bag BCF sell but it is $18). Unfortunately they are out of stock until tomorrow!

Done and thanks!

Next time I have bait left over I'll think of you rather than toss it.

Mitcham

So if you had a day to collect bait (and I do today), where would you go?

I'm heading out in the morning and need bait but don't want to pay nearly $20 for a tiny bag of cockles - and it is tiny.

I gather ghost shrimp / nippers are mostly great yellowfin bait, but are they any good for KGs? Could collect some this arvo and they'd be OK in the morning.

1 hour ago, MIKECATTS said:

KGW like KGW flesh.... Ive had great success with trevally meat as well... and theres lots of pipies exposed on the sand flats at the moment... They are just sitting on top.. Thousands where I was yesterday. Might be worth a trip for you to gather some..

My old man used to gather them, open and lightly salt them, then freeze... He always did well with the KGW..

What sand flats Mike?

With price of cockles so high I'd like to know what other baits work well with KGs. I've alwayws considered fresh cockles (fresh are never available anyway it seems) to be the best bait. Easy to use, stay on, the fish love them, and they were once inexpensive!

I've never had a lot of luck with Squid. Maybe others have? What else?

BTW, if anyone knows where I can get cockles at a reasonable price please let me know!

Yellow door your methid is what I have being resorting to lately. One question for you and others is do you use a deep fryer or just a frypan and some olive oil? I do the latter but find the fish and crumbs use up a hell of a lot of oil!

Doobie the video you posted is how I would have done iit until I saw Brentons post.

So not a video but a series of photos. Made sense to me to have the join at the lower portion not the flesh behind the backbone and no need to gut.

Polished them off Tuesday night and just looked back to find all these posts! Interstate for work hence need to consume!

Doobie I'll check your video but the reason I thought best to not gut first was due to another video I saw on another thread. By the looks of that video the butterfly fillet halves are joined at the belly rather than begind the backbone. In fact the filleting starts with a close cut along  the backbone. I'll find that video and re post it.

Thanks Doobie. I had a few tonight and tried a couple of ways of filleting. Seems the best way is a the butterfly fillet which you can't do once you've gutted them. Must try that next time.

Just wondering how long I can store gutted and scaled gar in the fridge and what is the easiest way to cook them (assuming I may need to tonight - caught them Sunday).

Fair call.

That is in part why I was only requesting the public domain stuff. I did hesitate before I put that request out!

So anyway if anyone wouldn't mind sharing via a GPX file the 'commonly known public domain' marks (eg. the Greg James marks) it would be greatly appreciated!

At 1:26 is the moment where I find some 'finger error' is introduced. In the case of this tutorial there is no error, but when I do it often the software 'moves' the point slightly!

For an app. that is supposedly so great this seems an incredible oversite. But perhaps it is an intentional disabling to encourage users to upgrade to a more expensive Garmin product (Garmin purchased Navionics apparently).

Not only is it time consuming to have to manually enter the marks (which for me is all public domain stuff anyway), there is a high probability of a coordinate error. Not just when you 'dial up the numbers' but also when you click on the map with your finger to start the name/save mark process (there is often a slight change in the coordinates due to the accuracy of your fingerpress').

I've answered my own question with the link I just posted. Of significance is some of the comments which question the ability to import from a text file, which gets a negative response from the developer.

I have a number of questions regarding this app and hoping someone may be able to help. Here goes.

Is there a SIMPLE way of entering coordinates and saving the mark without having to spin those wheel things then show the point then mark it? There's got to be an easier way!

Is there a simple way of importing marks from a database?

Are there any public databases of commonly known marks that can be simply imported rather than laboriously inputting each one manually?

Is there a setting to have your marks shown WITH the name displayed next to them?

Got lots more questions but those are a start...

Mr Fish

Don't have as much as I thought. But if they are OK I'll use them.

The jig heads are 1/8 ounce.