HANDY HINTS or DID YOU KNOW

[webby]

For something different, i though a Handy Hints or Did you Know topic.
Just add to the list, never no what you may pick up.
Anyway here's a few to start off with.
H.H.
When a reel is not being used, always slack off the drag completely, sticky drags have cost many a fisho a good fish, and leaving the drag tight when rods are stow, is a sure way for this to start happening.
A regular service of the drag washers with either teflon grease or graphite powder will ensure that they continue to operate smoothly.

Did you Know.
That a flatheads gill rake is covered in a mucus which is both toxin and anti-colaguent.
An old wives tale, is that if you rub some of the belly slime on the wound it will releive the pain. Believe it or not.

Did you Know.
The age of fish can be calculated by a build-up of calcium salts evident in their innner ear, fin spines, vertebrae and other bones. Counting the annuli, or rings of calcium, is considered a good guide ot how old a fish is. Generally one ring represents a year, however in very young fish, a daily rate can sometimes be assessed.

Handy Hints.
Avoid casting a bait into the bend on a sandbar, but try to cast to the down stream end where the force of the curent forms a backwater. This is where baitfish are swept down to, and where larger predators lie in wait.

Handy Hints.
When keeping live bait in a tank, make sure if you are using different varieties that they are compatible. For eg slimies and yakkas do not mix well in a tank, yakkas are a hardy fish, but slimeys are highly strung and will die if thee are too many yakkas placed in the tank with them,
The colour of the tank also has a effect on them, colour such as white or black have little effect on most bait, but if your tanks is brighly coloured, you may find your fish suddenly swimming around belly up.

Theres a few so add yours to the list, never no it may help some one out.
regards

[Big_Kev]

I never knew that about Slimies and Yakkas Webby. Thanks.

[NQCairns]

Tip: Acylic floor wax is a quality and cheap alternative to Marine acrylic wax for shining and protecting your gel coat.

Tip: Use frozen 2litre Coke bottles instead of bought ice
for all you cooling needs, lasts, is less messy and works better lb for lb. Good for a cool drink as well.


Hint:Use a small amount of clove oil in your live tank (with the system closed) to help stock differing species or to overstock a tank. Warning takes some trial and error to get proficient.

Hint: Dip any bait,lure etc in aniseed oil and your catch rate will improve also add to burley (oldie but a goodie).

NB. check your local regulations before using aniseed or clove oil.

[stu68]

Never mix your whites with your colours then you do the washing.
I was just trying to help out a bit more around the house. ??? ???
You no score some browney points

[MTpockets]

Old fishermans advice
When the tide is high, bream and other schooling fish scatter anywhere.
When the tide is low, they will head for deep water. Thats why they bite either side of the tide. A very old fisherman told me that many years ago, and I am yet to prove him wrong.
cheers
Les

[baldyhead]

TIP 1; fill empty space in your ice box with plenty of bubble pack or even a couple of spud bags placed on top of a single piece of bubble pack,placed on top of the contents. You are then not trying to cool all that empty space! I do this all the time and my ice lasts 3times as long especially on a long trip.
TIP 2: put plenty of broken ice into your kill box and add a couple of buckets of sea water in and when u catch and spike & bleed fish put into your brine and you can definitely taste the difference. I usually spike & cut gill raker then put fish straight in, transferring the fish to the ice box for journey home & tipping used brine overboard.

Baldy 217TFP

[bugman]

Tip:

Never trust anyone called Peter from Fisheries who calls your home and says you've broken the regulations regarding green zones at Flat Rock and upsets your misses [smiley=angryfire.gif]

[Gazza]

Tip: Muddies..........twist off one of the bottom segments of the normal crableg and push into the closed(use fingers) crabclaw top joint.
(right 'size' for itself automatically)

Now can't 'bite' you or any crab 'fights' damage......

Hint: use same for getting crabmeat out of body segments, no waste!!

Now I'm hungry, will somebody please get me a beer and a crabclaw......NOW

[Sportfish_5]

Bugman - What happened regarding Fisheries ????

Greg

[Brissyguy]

I will be out of the office starting 05/07/2004 and will not return until
26/07/2004.

I will be on annual leave commencing Monday 5th July and will return to
work on Monday 26th July.

Take holidays more often ......

Greg are you going to Fiji for PPA conference ???

Cheers,
Rich.

[CHRIS_aka_GWH]

if you want to keep a tailor whole but kill it so you can lie it flat & retain the blood in its flesh squeeze up on the bridge at the base of the gills until you see the mouth pop open slightly.

[Drop_Bear]

ok not a tip but a question, if you spray lanolin onto lures and hooks to prevent them from rusting, do fish hate the smell? Is there a better alternative?

[SeaHunt]

Chris , why do you want to keep the blood in the tailor?

[peterbo3]

DB,
Cooking oil in the spray cans is great for keeping the rust out of hooks, lures, etc. No residual smell or mess. Lasts a long time too.

[mick]

Dont piss into the wind.

Seasick = Burley

If you Bring Your Misses She'll Winge

Keep Hooks Out Of Your Fingers

Being Pre-occupied Will Make The Fish Bite


A synthetic pillow soaked in quick drying Epoxy is excelent for making emergency on water repairs to a glass hull.

The moister absorbant pouch from some food products can be reused in places like tackle boxes during storage

put your money on the blues because the canetoads dont have a chance

In deep water, The stretch and bow in your line can make setting a hook impossible. try using an oversized, fixed sinker below your hook. The weight of the sinker will set the hook for you.


chow