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Been around for a while now - $40...bit rich. Good on the person flogging them off - but I have PVC cut away ones I've made many years ago - Same but different.

I squid at night if the bait fishing is slow.....

But do they glow in the dark? Also do they glow under water? (Nothing a glow stick cant fix....)

Alot of tackle shops do the unspooling & spooling for free...Once you've bought the line from them...Well they have for me.

Snook are ok eaten fresh, but need to skin them. They dont freeze well at all - become mushy. Need to heavily salt if you wish to use them as bait. Excellent for smoking.

I stay away from graphite type rods of any sort. They are too prone to breaking. I use fibreglass custom made sabre rods with silicone runners which I have had forever. Initial cost was expensive but have lasted with all the nicks & knocks over time.

I have tried garden worms in salt water and was a waste of time - die very quickly and became soggy. Although many years ago I use garden worms in the Patawalonga between the lock and 1st bridge and hooked up Bream. Maybe due to some fresh water in the Pat helped the worms to live a little longer. Also tried Catchall Crawlers (good for Sea and fresh water) - wasn't impressed with them either - died quickly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have mucked around with garden worms. They seem to burst easi

The only "lure" I've caught Gar on is the Berkley Gulp Maggots Asticots - soft plastic gents..

Gar are a weed eater & generally a bottom feeding fish hence their green poop. The large Gar at the moment are on the bottom (well in SA metro waters anyway) so if you want some, sinker on top swivel & cork float on the bottom of the rig & fish the bottom..... Just use gents as normal.

They will still make & will make shit loads of money. Most if not all exported to Sydney markets & or overseas for maximum profit. Unless longlining is stopped along with trawling, netting etc including the crab baron, then recs in SA will just get shafted. Recs produce Billions of dollars in revenue as compared to Pros who only make a small contribution but with maximum devastation by raping & pillaging SA waters. PIRSA here are just pathetic to say the least & thats being polite. Politicians appointed here to manage fisheries have absolutely no idea about what is happen

Catching plenty legal ones as a bycatch when chasing whiting. All have to be put back. Snapper starts early next year but probably with a severe rec limit. Almost not worth while chasing at all - while the Pros quota increases. Bloody idiots here in SA.

What about drilling a hole through the steel bar & threading through a zip tie. Saves wrapping line around it...Also old spark plugs would also work.

When casting, up to 1m of line out in boat or land based. Longer when surf fishing. With squid jigs, this could be 1.5 m long as I use a sinker on the bottom & up to 2/3 squid jigs on the leader. Basically never get snagged up & can just leave dangling from rod holder when the sinker hits the bottom when not working the jags when the Whiting are on the chew.

...all floats are attached to the mainline before the swivel.

..I do mainline - swivel - leader....and any other attachments to the leader itself..

Interesting to read that many tie leaders to the main line. So what stops line twist & kinking??. Bait & sinkers will almost always turn in the water with the current as do lures...I might be old school but always use a swivel appropriate to the type of fishing I'm doing. Just wondering ??

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I've attempted a video of how I snell hooks. Not the best but you should get the idea..

I still dont tie a snell using the method Mr Pro does & certainly never slip on a protection sleeve. But he is the Pro & I'm not.....His method just looks at bit awkward but there are many ways to tie a snell. I do at least 8 wraps around the hook shank. Each to their own...

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Not really that interesting but I will take a photo. Just the way I was originally shown.

I would never do it like that. Always snell both hooks along the shank of the hook both the same way & certainly not through the eye of the hook. Just my preferred method that has never failed me. I even snell Size 12 long shank hooks for Gar the same way (not that you need to for Gar).

If you are handy with tools etc, you can easily make one from timber. Otherwise, if you cant be bothered then just buy one like the one on Anaconda. Can always spray can paint if you dont like the colour. For $30 bucks each you cant go wrong for portable units & a can of spray paint.

...I never run the leader thru the eye hook ever...always underneath the eye of the hook.

I to do variable spacing when snelling my hooks using 20lb line normally. You can try using Jinkai as the leader. Good abrasive qualities & stretch with great knot strength. Have always used this mainly for Port Augusta Kings albeit 150lb. Never failed me. Very subtle to use. You could easily use 40Lb Jinkai.