Jump to content

Berleyguts

GOLD MEMBER
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    2,922

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    39

 Content Type 

Posts posted by Berleyguts

    Soft Plastic Storage

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted · Edited by Berleyguts

    6 hours ago, Isaac Ct said:

    That is a lotttt of lures, I just have a small box with a couple of lures. I try to keep similar models, eg; vibes, divers, plastics together.

    Is it?! 😂 I tend to lose quite a few when I go snapper fishing. @Scratchiewill probably tell you I lose them on the bottom mostly! 😂 I like to be prepared for anything, including rapid gear changes - always experimenting. I mostly fish solo, so I can pretty much carry as much as I want in my boat. I just like it organised and ready to hand. I just don’t understand why they’d make a 19 pouch wallet that really won’t take a pack of 3 or 4 plastics in each pouch! Go figure! 🤷‍♂️

    • Haha 2

    Soft Plastic Storage

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted

    So, how do you all store your soft plastics, so that can carry as many in your boat as possible? It will probably be another couple of weeks before I can hold a fishing rod after hand surgery - at least for lure casting with a single handed rod - I might be able to handle a light beach rod and Alvey. So, in the meantime, I’m tidying up my gear and the boat. The zipper on one of my old tackle wallets I used for SPS seized up, so I bought a different model with 19 pockets in one compartment  (10 on one side, 9 on the other), plus a plastic box for jig heads etc. in the other compartment. Thought I could combine 2 wallets into one. I’ve filled 10 pockets with my 7 inch ZMan Jerk Shads and other similar sized SPs (Squidgie paddle prawns etc.). I went to put the 5 inch and smaller plastics in the other 9 pockets and I won’t be able to fit them in - I can’t even close the compartment as it is! See photo attached. I haven’t even looked at the other old wallet with 3 inch grubs etc.!

    What does everybody else do? I do like to take as much as I can in the boat with me. 🤷‍♂️😂

     

    3C354DF5-FEA1-4C80-B5A7-F3D80C4795A6.jpeg

    Port Stephens- Making the most of it

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted · Edited by Berleyguts

    Great stuff, Jeff! You certainly get up there early! 😎 Gotta keep your eyes and ears open for whales. I watched some amazing breaches off One Mile yesterday. 🐋 Ive got a lot more time on my hands these days, as I’ve cut back my hours at work, so I might just message you to join me on a trip in my boat… as soon as my hand recovers from surgery and I can hold a rod. 😉

    • Like 1

    Slimy Mackerel (done)

    in Submit your record fish photo

    Posted

    1 hour ago, mrsswordfisherman said:

    Geez how did I miss this submission?

    I will add that and well done

    Thanks Donna! Like I said at the time, “No rush!” 😂 It’s not like I’ve been fishing much and I’ve just been browsing the forums to maintain my interest and I was reminded of my last trip (apart from a charter I took for the most expensive flathead fillets ever!). I had some hand surgery recently (trigger finger repair)… hope I can hold a fishing rod soon and get back out there, as I have plenty of time now.  I can now hold a guitar pick and strum a few tunes with my band, so that’s a start. 🙏 😂

    • Like 2

    The great SP compatibility experiment

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    25 minutes ago, Little_Flatty said:

    Thanks kingie. I probably should provide more context.

    Where I am coming from is being landbased, I don't have a boat with storage to store an extensive collection. Mostly, I'm limited to a couple of trays. I know your next suggestion might be to buy a boat, which I am contemplating but the COO has not yet provided her approval 🤣

    My collection is currently segregated to compatible makes, but I was wondering what other brands could mix so as to provide further variety with limited space and weight. So the problem of how to have a reasonable variety of options vs minimising weight/volume is my reason for doing things the way I do.

    I keep mine in their original resealable bags but then, I probably carry too much gear! 😂 I lean towards Zman and Squidgies for durability. Gulp work well (perhaps more pickers incl. toadfish than other types) but they stink like bait and dry out if not placed back into Gulp juice. 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • Like 1

    Yakkas help

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Do you use a sinker on the Sabiki? I often find if I use a sinker, I get yakkas but no slimies. Take the sinker off and I get slimies.

    Do you also use a Sabiki rod? Because taking the sinker off to get slimies resulted in the rig getting stuck inside my Sabiki rod! 😂

    Port Stephens Estuary Fishing (for a change)

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Pickles said:

    Hey @Berleyguts, glad you’re getting on top of things mate, and good to get out on the water again.
    I’ve got 2 Sabiki rods, a one piece and a two piece. I don’t use the one piece any more as it’s a pain to get the line in and as you’re now trying , out.

    What I did was cut the line off at the reel and tape a vacuum cleaner hose to the end of the rod and shake / suck the jig out - eventually it came.

    goodluck

    Ah, that might work. I’ll give it a try tomorrow. The sinker shouldn’t be too far in. I made the mistake of going down a size or two, as I felt I needed the least weight possible. Obviously, I went too small! 😂

    Port Stephens Estuary Fishing (for a change)

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Fab1 said:

    Fantastic read and great photos mate.I had Covid a couple of weeks ago and I can tell you I had every symptom known to man.The worse was feeling like I was chewing on a mouthful of razor blades and someone holding a blow torch on my throat for a week.I didn't eat or drink for 6 days(At all) I couldn't.Lost 7kg from this 122kg athletic stunning body.🤣😂

      Hope you feel better quickly mate as I was super tired too, dizzy etc.

    I just sipped on ice to stay hydrated and alive.

    Thanks. Yeah, sounds like we’ve had similar symptoms but I didn’t have the razor blades in the throat for as long as you. I wish I could have lost 7kg though! 😂I lost 2 in the first 3 days, then got my appetite back and put most of it back on. Not having the energy to do much and sleeping a lot doesn’t help burn the calories, I guess. 🤷‍♂️It’s coming up to 6 weeks for me… I just have to try a little bit each day.

    • Like 1

    Port Stephens Estuary Fishing (for a change)

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Little_Flatty said:

    Great feed Baz and good to see you've recovered enough to fish again.

    Re the sabiki rod, maybe try a long piece of wire formed into a hook at the end? That way you might be able to see if you can snag one of the hooks? However, if the sinker is jammed in there, you're on your own...

     

    Yeah, the sinker’s in there… but it got in there, so it should come out again, right?!😂

    Port Stephens Estuary Fishing (for a change)

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Not much of a report really and a few days late but thought I’d better post something. 🤷‍♂️ I avoided the crowds here in Port Stephens over the summer holidays… partly out of choice and partly due to 14 days of Covid isolation. On Monday, most of the holiday makers had gone home, it was 34 days since I tested positive to Covid and was feeling slightly better, although still quite lethargic. I needed a dose of vitamin D and vitamin sea! The forecast was good but I still get tired easily, a little dizzyand am still shaking off a cough… curse you Covid! I though a trip offshore to Broughton would be a bit much for me so I opted to fish in the Bay for a change, enabling a bit of a sleep in, and chase some whiting and flathead as well as some crabs.

    I had the boat in the water by the time forecast for first light but first light was probably actually 10-15 minutes earlier. 🤷‍♂️ I dropped the traps and hoop nets in an area I’ve had success in the past and did some drifting in a few areas not too far away. Bait fishing with worms mostly as I really didn’t have the energy to stand and flick lures for too long. Just a nice relaxing way to fish and ease myself back into it. Also tried a deep hole on the tide change with fresh local squid, hoping for a jew but no success. Caught several small snapper around the 28cm mark but all I took home were 2 sand whiting, a flounder and a couple of blue swimmer crabs. I think someone may have raided my traps because one of the hoop nets was 50 metres or so from where I’d set it. I checked them a few times during the session and got 3 crabs (one a Jenny with eggs) after the first check and that was it. Anyway, I enjoyed several relaxing hours on the water and took home a small feed. Whiting and flounder, lightly floured and fried… 😋 When I catch blue swimmers, we usually like to make Singapore Chilli Crab but 2 wasn’t going to be enough, so I dropped into the local co-op to grab a few more… 4 blue swimmers for $60. Yikes! Still, my mother-in-law made up a nice rempah and we cooked them up in the wok on the BBQ. Yum… one of the best way to eat crabs! 😋

    I was exhausted that night and the next day and my whole body ached. I’m kinda glad I didn’t fish offshore as I don’t think my body would have handled it! Small steps, slowly, I guess. 🤷‍♂️

     

    E136CB51-3FA9-4FE2-91CA-CDF4728AA059.jpeg

    3B0F4569-855F-4C9B-B1C4-3CCCE19F7E40.jpeg

    • Like 9

    Quintrex Catch & Release installation

    in Boating

    Posted

    On 1/24/2022 at 7:18 PM, campr said:

    I bought a Boat Catch at the boat show a few years ago for my 5.6 Quintrex and they're great.  They usually have a stand at the show and have a sale price.  They release to launch by driving forward a bit but I  usually prefer to launch the conventional way with a rope but drive back on.  I  consider myself to be an experienced boaty but found it a bit scary at 1st to drive on and you feel like your awfully high as you drive up.  Ron 

    You shouldn’t drive a boat while you’re high, Ron😂😂

    • Haha 2

    Port Stephens and Crowdy- Finally got out

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Great stuff, Jeff! Were there any slimies about? Or only yakkas?

    I’ve got the next few days off (til Monday) but probably won’t get out til the kids go back to school and to try and recover properly from this damn Covid! Day 28 and I still can only last about 4 hours before I feel like I have to go to sleep again! Definitely not tomorrow… just sitting outside Tomaree Hospital - had to drive my son there because he cut his finger down to the bone. Good sharp knife that, so a nice clean cut, I think. He’s got tattoos all over his arms and chest but he’s still petrified of needles and stitches! 😂 Pity I can’t be in there to watch him faint! 😂😂

    Dishwasher - to scrub or not to scrub?

    in The Bar

    Posted · Edited by Berleyguts

    It depends how we’re using the dishwasher. Generally, I only run it once a day, or every 2nd day. I find rice, egg yolk and the like sticks on plates if left for any length of time, so we always scrape and rinse first in this scenario. We also only tend to use a short cycle at lower temperature. If we’ve had a big meal with guests and we fill it from empty and put it on straight away, just a good scrape may be enough… but only if we run it on a full hot cycle. 🤷‍♂️

×
×
  • Create New...