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dont forget THE DEADLIEST CATCH.... about crab fishing in the bering sea.... now them guys are completly nuts...ive got the dvd box sets.

didnt see any lightning out fishing this morning....me and bro cast in, half hr later... A DOUBLE hook up of dog sharks...nothing else around :S

ok ive just got a text from mate darren...here is his web page... the last 3 pics are tonight lightning pictures...http://shawsky.smugmug.com/Weather/Storms-and-Lightning/3236795_kPYvV#632519321_w5ykS

couple more...this is before i had my tripod...

i took a few pics last year of lightning.hard to believe, but this pic was at 10pm at night... thats my mate in the pic...hes lit up pretty well from the lightning just about directly above us.

mate of mine whos a keen camera buff, took some crackers he told me.im waiting for them to be posted on his web page, and i will throw the link up when they arrive.

since nobody took me up on the challendge...i hearby proclaim myself the australian ...no wait... the WORLD fastest rig maker....

woho...some serious rain. rained datson cogs solid for 10 mins, and some huge claps of thunder.hope its still around at night time...i like trying to take pics of it.

undertaker wrote: exactly....polished the neices car this morning for her im that bored, took the truck for a wheel align, but that didnt happen....seems ive got a trashed idler arm, so get that fixed next week first.but with a bit of luck....FISHING IN THE MORNING.NICE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING SHOW HAPPENEING NOW, SO IM GOIN OUTSIDE TO WATCH THAT NOW.

tis a bit dark, and the tv is pulling the roof off, but im counting about 35 seconds.....

for a bit of a laugh, and because england won the ashes in case you havnt heard.... im going to try and get a challenge going....the challenge is to tie 2 hooks, and a swivel in the quickest time...video proof is the prefered BS equaliser....will post my attempt when i get it loaded on photobucket

davidm#2 wrote: i buy mine as a frozen block...lay it out, and just pour 2kg of salt over the top.... that helps it to defrost....dont try and pull the block apart when its frozen...makes a hell of a mess of the pillies...with the salt on top, it takes 3-5 hrs to thaw out enought to seperate them.... but with the weather warming up, it should thaw quicker.its incredible how must moisture comes out of them... the paper i put down is soaked in juices...

GNSS wrote: Buddy it is well and truely established the datum you have been quoting is completely wrong.And a "north semi" is what?Maybe there might be more to helping you understand than I thought?i sometimes get a semi if im watching a hot movie...eh ...hang on... never mind....

im also lost...

SandyWhiting wrote: now...thats to strong... maybe a nice hot milk

the weather and wind is perfect for what i want to do.... nice and dirty water from the rocks, but the sickness has destoyed any chance of wetting a linemaybe tomorrow night.

if you that keen on tuna oil, either use them ones as berley, or do as i do, and dig a hole at the waters edge, put tuna oil in it, then cover it up with sand.the tide and waves will draw the oil out over time making a nice slick with a time delay

solid317 wrote: i can try any grade (grain size) of salt as i make the stuff, so im open to suggestions as to what would work best. i grabbed what you would know as cooking salt coz i think it should work a treat, table salt would be my next choice as it is a bit finer but anything under that would be like coating it in flour and making the bait messy to handle (our finest grade is like flour to the touch just much tangy-er to the taste )i'm not so worried about the "wetness" of the bait i'm salting but more for the toughness. as i havent yet tried this does the salt tend to only toughen the

what a great idea.nice and tidy out of harms way as well....

if you can see the squid , but they wont take the jig, put a cockle bait on the barbs.... that works sometimes...

solid317 wrote: ive been trying it as well.... works a treat, though i WOULDNT put tuna oil in the mix...the purpose of salting is to dry them out, and makes them a LOT tougher.ive only just started doing it, and ive been leaving them for about 5 days, putting in zip sandwich bags, with a hand full of salt, and freezing them again.though from the tackle shop, i was told NOT to re freeze them,but to just leave them out if they going to be used pretty quickly.bloke i bumped into salts his for 3 weeks...i use a tub lid, with a ribbed top, lay a couple of layers of paper down, layer of salt, pilli

Ranger wrote: WOW..... now thats a nice fillet..

Mick Z wrote: ive never seen it done, but a bloke at work butterflys then, he says he just slices down the backbone from the top, then oens them out like a butterfly.easy to sccop the insides out, and he says it gives a real nice size fillet

went and gave the rod a test run this morning.... damn i like this rod, a tad heavy, but man can it fling them out.missed a snapper run, but wasnt a real good run anyway.if it was any good it would have swallowed the lot.so now im out the back, doing my brothers snyderglas.cept his still has the original thread, and still in good condition, so im just peeling off the peeling bits and will re epoxy it.gave the rod a rub down with steel wool, and will give it a coat of clear paint when im ready.then i got my younger bro's rod to do as well...

try leaving squid out for a few days on the grass so its nice and pongy....its even better bait then for snapper.