adzzy Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Hey All Here are some pics of a green weed that grows in my aquarium at a unbelievable rate and was wondering if anyone thinks it would be a good bait for drummer and other vege eaters cheers Adzzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donjuarez Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Looks like the green weed that can be found on some rock platfroms.. Worth a try i reckon... nothing to lose.. AJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephi Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Is your tank freshwater or saltwater? I've got a saltwater tank which is overgrowing with weed, some resemble your one, but it's in small bundles. I've got a heap of ulva in there, which hopefully is blackfish cabbage. I still haven't even tried using it yet, but I've been storing them in the freezer until I get the chance to test it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagoon Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 I believe that 'cabbage' is the pick. It actually looks like cabbage, sort of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adzzy Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 Is your tank freshwater or saltwater? I've got a saltwater tank which is overgrowing with weed, some resemble your one, but it's in small bundles. I've got a heap of ulva in there, which hopefully is blackfish cabbage. I still haven't even tried using it yet, but I've been storing them in the freezer until I get the chance to test it out. Zephi i have both salt and fresh and the weed grows in both but probably more so in the salt i am going to attempt using it this weekend so i will put a post up next week letting you know if it worked or not Adzzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennmreid Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 will be interesting to see how you go with your home grown weed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 G'day Adzzy, It doesn't matter if its fresh or saltwater weed. If you can plat that stuff you've got there onto a hook, the blackfish will eat it for sure...........especially in the estuaries! Good luck, Smitty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roosterman Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 (edited) G'day Adzzy, It doesn't matter if its fresh or saltwater weed. If you can plat that stuff you've got there onto a hook, the blackfish will eat it for sure...........especially in the estuaries! Good luck, Smitty... spot on smitty... many yrs ago me and my cuz did some experimenting on different weeds from fresh and salt ..we also scented some with aniseed... we caught fish on all the types over a couple sessions but found the fresh stuff was generally slimier and fish got baits off hook easier... to help with the fresh stuff we had to do proper plaits of baits which takes a little longer in hot bite time... we toyed with the idea numerous times regarding home grown but never did as it was always abundant back then whole yr round mostly.. am interested in how you go adzzy. keep us posted on yr findings... zephi that weed you will find once thawed out will prob be very mushy and not much good from my experiance.. you can air dry weed and then re-hydrate it when needed and ive caught fish after many mths dried out as an experiment... my cuz used to leave his last bait for day on hook for quick first fish following weekend(we were very competitive)and bugger won most times..... cheers...steve...... Edited April 28, 2009 by roosterman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adzzy Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 cheers guys i am all excited now i have never really targeted blackies before but we shall see how things pan out . Adzzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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