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I can verify that the soft plastic imitation gents do work on Tommies and Garfish.Just thread a couple onto each little hook like you would a real gent and off you go.They're a good thing to have in the tackle box for that spur of the moment session as, in my experience, real gents don't keep super well.Cheers.

VB & Sandy: Cheers for the replies.I have heard of putting the fish (be it razors or cuttly) straight into the vinegar without any boiling but my pea sized intellect has a mental boundary about eating "raw" seafood.I know that vinegar cures meats so as they could be labelled "cooked" but it's just a small mental speed hump that I will have to get past. (which is silly really as I eat dried meat by the kilo)Hopefully when I get back from work I can go and grab another accidental cuttly and try out the helpful ideas that you and others have put forward.Cheers you lot and thanks again for

Thanks for your responses & tips.VB: my missus's cousin doesn't pickle it, he cooks it on the bbq. If he had experience in pickling I probably would've asked him.I haven't tried the blanching method yet. However, if this trick is used to break down the toughness I doubt it would fix my problem. I found the cuttly to be almost mushy.I cooked it the same as the squid, which was:Boil salt water in pot.Throw squid in.Remove after 1 min.Place in iced water and swirl around to chill down ASAP.Put in jars of vinegar.Add chili, tabasco, ginger, garlic, peppercorns, etc to taste.Put in fridge for 2

I find the twisted dropper works a treat.There are pretty good steps and illustrations in the rig tying book that every fisher has. With a bit of practice they casn be tied quick smart.Good luck.

Gday all.My questions regard to pickling seafood.I'm okay with pickling squid; to the point that I like it & my mates more so, and the half dozen jars I make up usually don't last too long when there's people around.However, my missus's cousin who is a pro from the South East was horrified that I had not pickled the few cuttlefish that have jumped on my line. So, I pickled some cuttlefish in the same manner that I did the squid.The results........ Great taste, nice tang & spice..... the texture? Terrible. It tasted bloody lovely (as good as the squid), but the texture was of over-baked

Gday all.I've just had a discussion with a few mates (over a couple of cold bottles of homebrew) about lines, leaders, trace, shock leaders, etc when using heavy sinkers in the surf for sharks, mulloway, tailor, etc.For many years I have used 50lb braid on a Penn 6500SS & 12 foot surf rod with the following tied onto the end of it:- Mainline braid albright knotted to about 3m of 80lb mono leader (not specifically "shock" leader, just some old stuff I've had and never really had any bust offs etc).- Leader then uni knotted to decent swivel.- From the swivel I'll run about 2 feet of wire or

This is a bloody good country we live in where you can do this on the way home from a fish. People elsewhere would give their left leg to have an experience like that.They are just magnificent creatures. But to think, there are people who have been cruel to them in the past.This video shows what a trusting, inquisitive, and friendly animal they are. Top notch footage. Good on ya for treating them so well.Cheers.

Without being too picky:I think the photos of the dapper gent wearing the grey & orange vest are not of a Gillies vest. Perhaps more likely it's a "Fishpond Wildorse Tech Pack" (rrp around $400).Was spewing because I looked for it on the net with the hope of buying it for around $100.But please someone correct me if I'm mistaken.Cheers.

It's the woman's!Yes I did pay for it but I do not own it.(Given that possesion is nine tenths of the law and all that)Cheers.

Knocked this up over the past couple of days.$12 of 16mm MDF from hardware joint22 screws1.8m length of dowelA few squeezes of liquid nailsA quick little mix up of Plasti Bond to fill in countersinks4 press studsA squeeze of silicone2 Plano boxes Fabrication done by me & I take no credit for design.Colour choice & spraying done by a mate who has a panel shop. Boxes on side snap on/off.Dowels sticking out other side are for reel storage.Bummer it's not for me, I dont much mind it - except for the colour. Its a present. And no matter, my garage is so small I have to sling my rods from t

Thanks for the info you blokes.After much consideration & pondering I went for the Sol 2000 and ended up with a very good price from a southern suburbs tackle shop (who I don't think is a site sponsor so I won't mention their name).The Luvias was just a bit out of my price range - I didn't really think I needed a $390 reel to target bream, flathead & yellowfin. I'll save the big buck jobs for a heavy snapper/kingfish/shark rod & reel combo.Ive just had a play with the reel and am about to spool it with some nice light braid then stick it onto the Raider.Thanks again for the well co

I use a 1 piece Raider, but I did get a 6'6" Berkely Dropshot off the net for about $50 delivered to the door.I mainly got it for use on rocks or what not, really for when I didn't want to risk scarring up my good one.Got a little Shimano 2000 on it which goes together nicely.Cheers.

Thanks very much for the info.Ive been suggested the Daiwa Sol by more than a couple of people now.Best I go and get into it shortly.Hopefully there'll be some photos of success up soon.Cheers. Thanks

Not at $145000 an hour.

Gday all.I've been given a $200 voucher at a well known Adelaide tackle shop (I won't say which one).I'm looking to get a good little spin reel (2000 size) up to about $300.I've been encouraged to look at Daiwa Sol by the mate who gave me the voucher.I already have a Shimano Exage 2500 and a Shimano Navi 5000 and am happy with both. I also have a big Penn for heavy stuff and am happy with that.Anyone got an suggestions?Thanks in advance.Tight lines.

As someone else has mentioned:I was encouraged to have a squiz by Waterboy after a chat at his place of employment.Bloody good site. Good info. Haven't had anough success to post any of my own stories yet though.Tight lines.

I'm selling my kayak and retiring to Mt Isa.

In WA if you caught a MULLOWAY people would say: "Nice Jewie" (Jewfish) or "Nice Kingy" (Kingfish).If you caught a YELLOWTAIL KINGFISH people would say: "Nice Sea Kingy".It makes it furthermore confusing when there's another magnificent fish found in WA called the DHUFISH (prononced - you guessed it - Jewfish).Though it's not just the westerners that talk funny, I found some of the South Australian peculiarities a bit hard to adjust to at first:"Turn right at the STOBIE POLE." (everywhere else it's called a telegraph pole, power pole, etc)"Would you like some FRITZ?" (over west it's called Pol

Haha. I think sharkfisho thought he was onto something there. :icon_lol:

Where was the Benny Hill music?

Guilty of forgetting the bungs while beach launching in NW WA. Lucky enough to get the thing back up on the beach to drain out.Also recently forgot the esky bung on a trip down South coast. What tripped the switch was I wondered why my boots were full of water and my bed in the back of the van was wet. :'(Forgotten the corkscrew a few times. For info: a wine cork may be removed from a wine bottle by repeatedly striking the bottom of the bottle with the heel of an RM William quite firmly about 300 times. It must just put enough energy into the bottle to eventually make the cork just start comin

Gday Yobbo & all,This may appear to be a silly question, but how does this spooling device go with the theory (of which I must say I am not too familiar or sure about) of sinking your new spool of line in hot water and then winding it onto your reel from there?I've never spooled new line onto a reel after soaking it in hot water before, and I've only heard of this trick since moving to SA from the west, but I must admit: I have now adopted this practice. I can't speak of its strong points or downfalls but it's now part of my ritual. Are there any other opnions regarding similar or better m

The run-off begins...Imagine the swearing, tapping of toes, prickly glances and "hurry the hell up"s that'd be being thrown around at that ramp eh?I'm glad I'm not there. Well, that's not totally true.

Holy snapping ducks#$t Batman!Looking at those monsters I no longer wonder why they are such terrible predators in our waterways.I know a few Englishmen who would go fully mental over seeing those fish brought in.Well done boys.PS: hope you killed them good & proper

Gday Sideshow, Ranger, and allThose planes fly at their minimum legal altitude which is 500 feet above ground level which is about 153 metres. :icon_e_geek:Given SA's climate and latent air movement, they do tend to bounce around a fair bit, thus making positive identification of a dark shaded object in the water a bit of a hit & miss exercise. ???I have no knowledge of who would be flying the aircraft or who be acting as spotter (I am sure that there would be one person dedicated to flying the aircraft and nothing else). My best guess would be that the pilot would be one of a very many av