Yowie Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Pumped some nippers yesterday, so I could head out early this morning. Drifted the sand flats in Gunnamatta Bay from first light on the horizon with the nippers, and picked up the fish by about half light. A few just under whiting amongst them. The breeze dropped and the drift slowed to almost nothing, and the bites stopped, so I headed home and was back at the boat shed just after sunrise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab1 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Great stuff as usual mate.A nice feed right there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Nice catch Yowie. You sure have the hacking figured out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Thank you all. Did not need the sunglasses this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDory Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Hi Yowie Do you airate the nippers for over night keeping? My guess yes Also a bit of sand in the keeper box? Or no sand? I haven't in past. General rule I follow is cool place and fresh water! JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) Hi Yowie Do you airate the nippers for over night keeping? My guess yes Also a bit of sand in the keeper box? Or no sand? I haven't in past. General rule I follow is cool place and fresh water! JD I don't aerate the nippers, but I keep them in a flat tray. I use the lid of a large plastic box, about 80 x 50 cm, and it has an indent about 1.5cm deep. (any similar large plastic tray will do, with 1 to 1.5cm of water.) Fill the tray or lid with clean salt water and add the nippers. The nippers crawl around on the tray and can poke their heads out of the water if they want to. Keep in a cool place and the nippers should survive a couple of days, though I only keep mine overnight. If kept more than 1 day, add some new water and remove any dead nippers. You can add some sand, but I don't do it. Nippers kept for some time in a bucket with 5 or 10 cm of water tend to die faster than those in a flat tray. Edited February 22, 2016 by yowie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I have read somewhere (unverified source so don't take my word) that large flat and shallow trays are better as the water can oxygenate a lot better due to exposure to the air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 I have read somewhere (unverified source so don't take my word) that large flat and shallow trays are better as the water can oxygenate a lot better due to exposure to the air Correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDory Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Flat shallow trays makes scence Cheers for you reply yowie I worked at the bait and tackle at Tom Uglys Bridge for a few years a lonnnnnng while back and Blood worm trays were shallow, water changed at least twice a day, and in air conditioned room. Never mastered nippers there in my time. Probably was illegal to catch and resell. All good JD Aka Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 Flat shallow trays makes scence Cheers for you reply yowie I worked at the bait and tackle at Tom Uglys Bridge for a few years a lonnnnnng while back and Blood worm trays were shallow, water changed at least twice a day, and in air conditioned room. Never mastered nippers there in my time. Probably was illegal to catch and resell. All good JD Aka Dave Well Dave. I have been buying some bait (pillies and the occasional bloodworms) from the Tom Uglys Bait Shop for many years, so I may have purchased some from you over the time. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 well done on a good feed again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat_souvlaki Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Top job yowie! A great feed and off the water by sunrise! The time when the rest of us are getting on the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 25, 2016 Author Share Posted February 25, 2016 well done on a good feed again Thank you, it was a couple of feeds. Top job yowie! A great feed and off the water by sunrise! The time when the rest of us are getting on the water. It means an early rise to find the fish, but then again I was heading home and watching many boats heading out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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