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  1. 19 minutes ago, Plectropomus said:

    moon phase maybe??

    yeah plenty of blokes on facebook saying the same thing - found heaps of schools - couldnt get them to bite.

    Usually if we found the schools we found on the weekend - it would be a frenzy. The fish werent big - and the little guys are almost always hungry.

    That moon could have put them off - the bite was slow enough for both of us to agree it was weird

  2. 2 hours ago, dmck said:

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    It was a remote area, so our drinking water was still too important to waste on getting soap out of someones hair"

     

    reminds me of a Ronnie Barker tv skit.

     

    He  was a Britsh Officer serving in India.. bemoning that they nearly died of thirst...

    " All the beer was gone, no gin left, whiskey finished weeks ago... we were down to our last 2 bottles of brandy"

    " Sir... didnt you have any water...?"

    "Of couse m'boy... but the situation was too serious to be concerned with cleanliness...."

    Haha - I remember watching those old classics on the ABC with the old man as a kid.

    A few days before the water rations were put in place we spent a good 2 hours in the blazing sun, digging the 4wd out of the side of a sand dune.

    It was a good reminder that when you're in a spot thats a long way from the nearest mechanic and has a rep for being tough on cars, you may be out there a bit longer than you had planned😉

     

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  3. 17 hours ago, dmck said:

    Rubbing them in your hair isnt going to clean it.........

    Haha - I was trying to get a bit cleaned up before heading back into civilization.

    Didnt quite work out - just coated all my hair in lard and I ended up looking like "Young Einstein" until I rinsed it out at the next Servo we came across.

    It was a remote area, so our drinking water was still too important to waste on getting soap out of someones hair

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  4. Great pics

     

    I don’t pay over $2 a jig

     

    im not what you’d describe as a serious squid fisherman

     

    my cheapies have no problem penetrating squid flesh. A jigs effectiveness seems entirely based on who’s line it’s tied to in my limited experience. 
     

    3 blokes using the exact same $2 jig. 1 guy gets none - 1 guy gets 3 - and the last guy gets 8 over the same time casting at the same water. 
     

    so the guy who got none will go out and buy $20 jigs the next week because the $2 dont work. And he will get better over time and start attributing the suckers to the new jigs.
     

    But the guy who got 8 about as quick as you can catch squid can stick with $2 jigs because it would be harder to catch squid faster than he already catches them

  5. 21 hours ago, Rybak said:

    Just dip measure into water beforehand quickly or use a rag wet to handle without measure. Simple enough to have a bucket with clean water in it beit fresh or saltwater. I always have a bucket filled with clean water.

    A good call about fresh water - I remember making a mistake while camping at the beach. I got my hair wet and rubbed a block of soap all through my hair, to wash out a weeks worth of slimy fish hands running through it.

    That day I learnt that alot of soaps dont lather or dissolve in salt water😉

  6. 5 hours ago, Rybak said:

    Just dip measure into water beforehand quickly or use a rag wet to handle without measure. Simple enough to have a bucket with clean water in it beit fresh or saltwater. I always have a bucket filled with clean water.

    Thanks Rybak - Ive got a 10litre bucket that will be perfect for hand washing and ruler dipping👍

    My mates get a bit weird about me cluttering up the deck with all my contraptions - and Ive always wanted to include a bucket full of water for washing hands - but if I can convince them its absolutely necessary for fish care  - I reckon that will get it approved👍

  7. 32 minutes ago, Rybak said:

    Good try but a bit stressful for the fish..Was the PVC wet & not hot/warm before hand - Just saying..

    All very good points Rybak - yeah my fish handling in the vid could have been better. I'll make sure its wet in the future.

    The smooth PVC is probably better than rasping away on dry carpet or dry floors but there is definitely room for improvement in technique.

    I would never have attempted the aerial stuff but the Camera man was complaining about his sore back, so I was trying to avoid him having to bend over to film.

    Once the filming was over it was done on the floor - but the floor was dry aswell - might have to rig up a rectangular landing tub with some water it and just leave the measurer in that



    Thanks for the suggestions

     

  8. Yeah I was just trying to get my head around how greenies could even come up with the notion in the first place - It seems like such a far fetched idea to a fisherman.

    From an anglers point of view, the percentages of a chance hook up, are so low, that it seems ridiculous.

    Its like banning kites because an Emu could run past, close by and get tangled up in the string.

    But if you're a Greenie - If it might save one dolphin, then it must be done.







     

  9. 24 minutes ago, Plectropomus said:

    I read a lot of debate online about the use of drag washer grease (a "wet" drag system).

    One school of thought was that "wet" washers (greased and then grease squeezed out/wiped off) were the way to go for smoothness and lighter line. Another opinion was that "dry" ungreased washers were better for a heavy drag setting, but sometimes the "take-off" was not so smooth. Then a common opinion was the carbontex dont need grease!!!

    The comment I liked best was that the old Blue Shakespeare Series spin reels had the smoothest drag out at that time -- and they were made from felt! I wore out a Blue Series.... fond memories.

     

    Yeah I was getting my hand held throughout the process and was just blindly following advice. I didnt really know why they were suggesting this versus that - I just did what I was told😉

    I was hesitant to reply because I didnt have alot to add.

     

  10. I went down the replace with carbontex route -  but I'd already done way too much damage to save my lightly built diawa freams



    0.5mm sheet of carbontex was recommended to me for my 3000 freams - the little black rectangle on the left was about $20 - just be very particular about cutting out your disks - I tried to just get it done quick and wasted a bit of the sheet due to not staying inside the lines😉

    Sorry I cant be of more assistance as I only got half way through the fix before realising my reel was too far gone

     



    http://www.downriggershop.com.au/car...g-washers.html

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  11. 1 minute ago, Des said:

    Yes  ... Rod, Line, Lure, leader Knots introduce a whole lot of different factors for the cast distance of lures.

    My preference is to use a 7' 6" rod for mainly 4 to 9 gram lures.

    However I am focussing only on the variables with the reels/spools here.

    Ahh gotcha - I was told wider spools cast further - so I jumped up from 1500 to 2500. I cant remember ever actually testing it but I got the impression it was true. And my experiences with Alvey reels made me think the wider the better.

    The less the distance between the line and the spool lip - the easier it slips over that lip while casting. So a larger spool means more line has to slip off before it starts bumping hard on the spool lip.

    Im sure theres a limit to how wide a spool can be before it starts bringing its own problems. But i havent had issues with 2500's

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