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http://www.strikehook.com/index.php/topic/15594-pickling-squid/?hl=%2Bpickled+%2Bsquid&do=findComment&comment=181447 Gonna pickle my next lot.

Would suggest a more 'old fashioned' approach of talking to people? -Very easy to ignore/delete an email. I find if one takes the time to speak to someone face-to-face or even over the phone they are more likely to actually listen in the first place. When you are able get some message across and present your case results may prove more positive! No one will give money or goods away if they are unable to percieve a benefit to themselves or their business. Rememeber we're capitalism not altruism and convice them why is worthwhile!

This is how i did my last couple of batches of squid from the freezer, salt & pepper style. 4-5 squid tubes (mid 20cm+) 250 g cornflour 1tbls pepper corns 1tsp salt 1 tsp each garlic, ginger & chilli powders 3 egg whites oil for frying, i used sunflower. newspaper & paper towel. Thoroughly clean squid & slice tubes into rings. Lay rings out to dry on newspaper & paper towel. Grind pepper and salt. Mix into flour with remaining spices in a bowl. Beat eggwhites in a small bowl. Toss rings in flour mix, dip in egg white and finish off with flour again. Batch deep fry in h

I was inspired by a recent episode of River Cottage, where Hugh made a cerviche with bull mullet. Thinking salmon was going to be relatively easy for me to come by and similarly oily,decided to give something different a go. A current oversupply of lemons & limes was helpful too. Here goes: ST fillets - skinned, de-boned, bloody bits removed and chopped in 3cm or so chunks (mine were from 6 x 35-40cm fish) 1 tsp each minced garlic & ginger handful fresh coriander, roughly chopped fresh chilli to taste, finely chopped lemon/limes freshly juiced Mix all together in a pyre

I've always used a 3-way Shogun swivel like the one blelow. Only been able to find them on Mo. Running a 50-60cm sacrificial line of softish mono (roughly 50% mainline breaking strain) from the swivel to a 3-4oz snapper lead. Alas you're still going to lose leads this way tho. usually 2 snooded 4/0 suicides but i'd like to go Kelvin's way with circles if i could confidently hold a bait on them . As you say; take in all the slack on the line, give it a good heave to lift everything of the reefy stuff and wind like crazy to start with untill you're happy it's all clear. Nev

Dried them out on newpaper as best i could, dipped in metho for a minute, back on fresh newspaper to dry out again, zip-locked bags & into the freezer. First time ive done this so im not entirely sure how they will perform for bait later in the year.

Good to hear you were able to get onto them. Nth Flats are my plan too! After wetting the waders there last weekend, im getting pretty keen. Damn should have vac packed some too.

Bucket with a lid (lid on!). Bucket inside a plastic tub. All in the boot. Easy.

Indeed, nice one Half doz or so blokes up on the fishing platform when i arrived at round 2115. Quick G'day to Kelvin and i netted mine from the platform's footings just below. 1/4-1/3 a 10lt bucket in 35min. Took me longer to get there than collect what i wanted! Easier than cockling and didnt even get wet. 1000s were just floating right past the rocks at your feet. A most satifying 1st time worming session. A pleasant evening, not all cold, farily calm and gentle winds. Beat staying home watching on TV. Recon ive 'saved' $300 based on the price i paid for a little

A few members make the 'breakaway' style. http://www.strikehook.com/index.php/topic/24158-breakaway-sinkers/?hl=breakaway I gather there are a few different designs, 'Breakaway', 'Gemini' both pommy. http://www.breakaway-tackle.co.uk/index.php?route=common/home http://www.gemini-tackle.co.uk/ http://www.uk-hooks.com/category.php?selected=891&page=1 I bought some off torpedo7 to trial....just havnt managed to trial them yet .

Thanks folks. Will learn the slim beauty and FG, see what im more comfortable with. The double uni is already in my arsenal as the in the easier leader knot to tie out on the water when the pre tied leader busts.

Ok so we had the new moon sunday night just gone. I was thinking of having a dab off the OH breakwater....just few queries for those in the know: Are tuesday/wednesday the nights to go? With high tides around 1800hrs and low midnight, what time is it good to head out- in terms of how much into the run-out tide until its worthwhile? Are the predicted NW winds useful? Blowing them into the OH breakwater? Anyone else out there keen on teeing up a group LB bait collection session?

Been using the Albright Knot for my lighter lure casting outfits; 5-12lb braid with 2-3m of 8-15lb flourocarbon leader. I always tighten the knot down and cut the tag ends nice & short with a tiny dab of super glue on each. Nevertheless ive experienced issues with the knot catching at the smaller guides, seems to flip sideways or the leader tag catches the main line. Recon the knot is too 'long' creating a longer than necessary section that is rigid. Dont like how leader tag faces forward where its more likely to catch (even tho i try to smooth it with the bit of super glue t

Young fella on pg 75 with the horse kgw looks familiar............

Nothing fancy, a combination the first two plus whaterver else is available : frames/heads/skin/guts of tommie, mullet, ST ect old bait, especially stuff thats been unfrozen and refrozen a few times and becomes too soft. crab shells, prawn shells, juice razorfish guts & juices Usually all gets frozen untill as there is enough accumilated to knock up a batch. The soft stuff usually goes thru a hand mincer on a coarse grind (18mm holes), shells broken up roughly by hand. Or more recently carp thru the garden mulcher.http://www.strikehook.com/index.php/topic/24886-carp-for-burley/

Have not had any experience with pelicans but have had silver gulls fly into my line and become entangled on two separate occasions, LB metro. Whilst i share no love of the silver gull, i have no intention on injuring and causing pain to any animal, such was somewhat disturbing. Not to mention a major pain in the a**e with an oversupply of ignorant onlookers; had some lefty-fruitcake come up and tear into me. All the while this poor bird was getting smashed in the breaking waves against the rock wall. When i was finally able to go down and attempt to untangle it, it was stressed t

Nice and bloody but bugger all oil, needs a liberal dash of tuna oil for that general purpose burley feel.

Rover Chip & Shread. Had it for 6-7 years. Not cheap and probably not what i'd buy now. PM if you want my (limited) experiences.

carp + 4.5HP 4Stroke = ......a bit of bran to soak up the excess juice. Kinda reminds me of the movie Fargo.

SMSd a mate " Wanna drown some bread?". He handnt wet a line since Mar last year and his missus was under the weather, having an nanna nap so was pretty keen. As he lives down that way, we checked out that "secret spot" in the pic above. Nothing moved 3 times over 3hrs.....changed baits bread, corn & nightcrawlers. SFA ! Damn it was geting cold standing round talking s**t with no bites so decided it was time to pack up and have a beer. We were fishing slightly apart from each other, so had to walk back to my rods. Noticed the braid on my heavy outfit (8lb vs 6lb)wasn't as

Your shoes/boots with the best grip & ankle support. Echo coments to travel light, always keep one hand free to assist balance/grab rocks as required. It's a hard walk. You can't 'predict' the rock structure at all like you would be able with natural reef/rock fishing as it is entirely artificial plus a hotchpotch of rock types. Some of those are well weathered, some are not. Some will move (quite a bit) as you jump from one to another and can be slippery due to any weathered, chalky loose surface before you add rain & spray to the mix. Keep your momentum from one rock to t

Think the general consensus was to wait til the run post July's new moon (27th). Ill try to have my first go then.

Finally had a crack at 2 reels; a Penn Slammer 560 followed by a Shimano Sienna 2500FD. I have never stripped a reel before, do have some general mechanical aptitude but are by no means a 'gun'. I conducted some basic research primarily from the above links, few vids off YouTube & a chat with Mozzie from Gotcha Tackle. An added bonus that neither of these reels were considered particulary valuable either. Penn Slammer 560 I started with the Slammer as the Penn's have a reputation for being one of the simpler reels to work on. This was second hand, so i didnt know what it

One of my mates has an old overhead fibreglass rod he generally fishes with a spin reel as a salmon bait outfit. Hang on, he doesnt believe in using a shock leader lure fishing with braid ......maybe give his experience a miss !

Ok i can wait til July's....just getting a bit keen me thinks!