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Well, I meant that in the "your favorite jig catches most, even when you spend as much time using it as you do using others".

Despite their colour-blindness, they still (as you said) rely heavily on their vision indeed have excellent eye-sight.The only reason we see "colours" is because that's what our eyes translate reflected lights at different wavelengths into. Squid will still be able to distinguish between colours, because differences in wavelengths will result in (at the very least) variations in the contrast of (e.g.) pray. If a red jig consistently works better than a blue one, then I'd put it down to refraction, pure and simple. It is, however, exceedingly hard to draw that comparison without rigging up two

Temperature wise I don't see a problem either - during the winter the temperature in the barrel should be regulated by outside conditions, anyway. Can just move it to the garage or shed (provided my new place will have one!) during the warmer months. Otherwise it's going to be taken off-line during summer.Water quality wise there won't be any issues - I have access to all sorts of oceanographical gadgets that let me measure anything from dissolved oxygen, over salinity to fluorescence on the spot.Reckon I'll give that a go, then. Once it works and I've got the setup down pat, I'll write a repo

D'uuuhhh.... The penny just dropped. I was like "WTF?", hahahaha :silly:

NW, town called Gronau - it's right at the Dutch border. There's some amazing pike places, if you know where to go :whistle: The most amazing part is the fact that pikes are super territorial (at least anything larger than 50 cm). You can catch one, tag it, release it and catch it again in the same area a year later to compare sizes.Now you've got me reminiscing! lol

Well, I used to keep "Rotaugen" and "Rotfedern" in the barrel - they are more or less like cockroaches - wouldn't be surprised if they survived a nuke.They make excellent live bait for pike and walleye. I've had it happen a few times that I caught a pike on one (usually let the pike run with the fish for a minute until I set the hook), land it and have a manged, de-scaled something left over on the hook that, against all odds is still alive. I mean, anything bitten by a pike should instantly die, given the pearly whites they carry around...

Hi crew.I'm currently in the process of planning a house-move and will definitely be going for something with a garden (as I want to get a pooch). What I was wondering is basically:Would it be possible to maintain live bait, e.g. slimeys or shitties for any amount of time? Back in Germany, I used a 200 L barrel (with two 100 L fishtank pumps) to store baitfish in, at least for a few days or a couple of weeks. Essentially, I don't want to have to go out to catch livies, whenever I feel like trying for something with a bit more size.Obviously I wouldn't be chucking 100s of them in there, maybe 2

Depending on who it is, trying to cling onto the tripod, I probably wouldn't rush to their aide either. It would take me a while, what with all the tossing up between taking hilarious footage and ending a perfectly entertaining slapstick-sequence

I'm in no way related to the brand, lol. :whistle:

Hey,tryhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1M2jqksXe8 that should hold. If it still slips, you can 8-knot the remaining 'stray' line onto your leader some distance from the hook and put a small split-shot under or over the eight. There really shouldn't be any sliding after that.Alternatively, you can use ahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZgNUi-j6Po hoop your hook through the bottom 'stray' after binding the knot and attach it, either to your leader or to the top 'stray'.I do hope this helps - where there's a line, there's a knot :silly:

I'm guessing you just hit them where it hurt. From my understanding they are still classed as rare, under DEH specification (I've read a report on local endemic fish stocks from 2010 the other day). Ecologically, it is entirely likely that some areas will be holding more (or in certain situations a LOT more) of a paticular species than others.Nice catches, though! Pictures? :woohoo:

http://www.mangofarm.com.au/BarraFishingNT/Welcome.htmlthis is it.