Weed Preservation

[CarlRak]

Raiders,

Went for a wander/flick this afternoon and stumbled upon some primo blackfish weed.

Won't have a chance to use it before saturday/sunday so was curious as to the best way to keep it?

In the fridge? Bagged/unbagged? Any other tips?

It's the best stuff I've found so far so don't want to waste it.

Thanks

Carl

[arpie]

Hi Carl

Well done on finding some nice weed!

i usually just gently squeeze out any excess moisture and 'tease' the weed so that there are no 'clumps'. I then 'spread it out' onto kitchen paper. It is important that there be no clumps in the weed, or it be too damp. These 'filaments' of weed are then spread over the top of the kitchen paper and virtually become 'perfect size' for putting on hooks! When most of the paper sheet is covered, I then roll it up loosely and then fold that 'tube' in half, which is then stored in ziplock bags in the fridge. Each ziplock bag will take 2 or 3 of these 'folded sheets' and in a heavy fishing session, you may use 2 or more folded sheets. It is really easy to take the individual serves from the sheets, to put onto the hooks.

The weed will last a couple of weeks in this manner, sometimes longer.

good luck - I hope you get into some blackies

cheers

Roberta

[bharris]

Had weed like that for over a month in the fridge and still cought fish on it just got to take the time to get all the leaves and other stuff out

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[pogsy]

Wanna be carefull walking around with bags of weed,sniffer dogs are gonna get ya

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[CarlRak]

Hi Carl

Well done on finding some nice weed!

i usually just gently squeeze out any excess moisture and 'tease' the weed so that there are no 'clumps'. I then 'spread it out' onto kitchen paper. It is important that there be no clumps in the weed, or it be too damp. These 'filaments' of weed are then spread over the top of the kitchen paper and virtually become 'perfect size' for putting on hooks! When most of the paper sheet is covered, I then roll it up loosely and then fold that 'tube' in half, which is then stored in ziplock bags in the fridge. Each ziplock bag will take 2 or 3 of these 'folded sheets' and in a heavy fishing session, you may use 2 or more folded sheets. It is really easy to take the individual serves from the sheets, to put onto the hooks.

The weed will last a couple of weeks in this manner, sometimes longer.

good luck - I hope you get into some blackies

cheers

Roberta

Thanks Roberta, much appreciated.

Had weed like that for over a month in the fridge and still cought fish on it just got to take the time to get all the leaves and other stuff out

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Will do, thanks mate.

Wanna be carefull walking around with bags of weed,sniffer dogs are gonna get ya

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Hehe.

[rockfisherman]

Hi Carl

Well done on finding some nice weed!

i usually just gently squeeze out any excess moisture and 'tease' the weed so that there are no 'clumps'. I then 'spread it out' onto kitchen paper. It is important that there be no clumps in the weed, or it be too damp. These 'filaments' of weed are then spread over the top of the kitchen paper and virtually become 'perfect size' for putting on hooks! When most of the paper sheet is covered, I then roll it up loosely and then fold that 'tube' in half, which is then stored in ziplock bags in the fridge. Each ziplock bag will take 2 or 3 of these 'folded sheets' and in a heavy fishing session, you may use 2 or more folded sheets. It is really easy to take the individual serves from the sheets, to put onto the hooks.

The weed will last a couple of weeks in this manner, sometimes longer.

good luck - I hope you get into some blackies

cheers

Roberta

awesome tip, thanks.

Fishingphase

[Jewhunter]

If you're going to use it with in a week you can also get a big clip lock

bag, half fill it with salt water put your weed in & keep it in the fridge.

Stays very fresh & there seems to be very little difference in quality.

Cheers,

Grant.

[CarlRak]

If you're going to use it with in a week you can also get a big clip lock

bag, half fill it with salt water put your weed in & keep it in the fridge.

Stays very fresh & there seems to be very little difference in quality.

Cheers,

Grant.

Thanks Grant.

Forgive me if this sounds silly but just trying to clarify for future. I found the weed in a freshwater stream, running into the salt, but above the high tide line. Can I still store this in salt water, or is fresh better?

Cheers

Carl

[Jewhunter]

Thanks Grant.

Forgive me if this sounds silly but just trying to clarify for future. I found the weed in a freshwater stream, running into the salt, but above the high tide line. Can I still store this in salt water, or is fresh better?

Cheers

Carl

Mate I wouldn't have a clue.

Give it a go & let me know please!

Cheers,

Grant.

[quintrex]

Green weed can also be found in freshwater streams well above tidal influence. Is this attractive to Blackfish or must the stream be salty?

[arpie]

....Green weed can also be found in freshwater streams well above tidal influence. Is this attractive to Blackfish or must the stream be salty?.....

So long as it isn't the slimey stuff, they'll go for it. THe slimey stuff is just impossible to put on the hook! Most of the weed used in northern NSW (Yamba etc) come from the runoff from the cane fields, so totally fresh water & the blackies love it! The preferred weed up there is black & wirey, too!

Moral of the story - grab any that you find & give it a go!

Cheers

Roberta