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hi allfor anyone who does a lot of fish smoking and find wood chips expensive try MBL (master butchers coop ltd) on churchill rd. about $15 for a 10 kg bag of redgum smoking sawdust they also sell somekind of woodchips for about $35 for a 20kg bag I think. they also sell a lot of stuff for brine mixes such as salt, maple crystals and pineapple crystals. they also sell Hark gas smokers.rocket

I make my own burley from any fish, crabs, squid( only the shells, carcases, intestines etc) that i catch. It worked ok but since I started to mix in some tuna oil and some aniseed pellets have been having much more luck attracting ffish.

Offshore winds always provide the calmest conditions. SE-NENorwesterlies can get pretty uncomfortable, and a SW is generally an indication of more weather coming.In your Quinnie, winds up to about 15 knots (any direction), and seas to 1.0 will be fine....always keep in mind that wind gusts can be up to 40% stronger than predictions.Sometimes you will even find conditions better and waters calmer as you get out into deeper water. For beginners and smaller tinnies, always look for under 10 knots and seas under 0.5m.As for the fishing. Always good after a blow which stirs things up. Apart from that, we get out when conditions allow and time becomes available.....cant afford to be too choosy!

hi allfor anyone who does a lot of fish smoking and find wood chips expensive try MBL (master butchers coop ltd) on churchill rd. about $15 for a 10 kg bag of redgum smoking sawdust they also sell somekind of woodchips for about $35 for a 20kg bag I think. they also sell a lot of stuff for brine mixes such as salt, maple crystals and pineapple crystals. they also sell Hark gas smokers.rocket