02-10-2006, 07:35 PM
Hi Dave,
About sea lice, I have found that when the lice are bad (ie/ fishing piers at night) and you're fishing with soft baits like pilchards, they only last about 5-10 minutes before they're reduced to a skeleton. One night down at Queenscliff I went through my 12 pillies in under an hour <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':o' /> I reckon using tougher baits like silver whiting might see them last longer. I've got a photo somewhere of a baited skewer with a pilchard skeleton on it, I'll try and chase it up.
I haven't had to sharpen many jigs (I usually lose them on snags before it comes to that!), but you can do it with a small hook file, or better still one of those thin diamond files you can get for touching up the edge on knives. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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About sea lice, I have found that when the lice are bad (ie/ fishing piers at night) and you're fishing with soft baits like pilchards, they only last about 5-10 minutes before they're reduced to a skeleton. One night down at Queenscliff I went through my 12 pillies in under an hour <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':o' /> I reckon using tougher baits like silver whiting might see them last longer. I've got a photo somewhere of a baited skewer with a pilchard skeleton on it, I'll try and chase it up.
I haven't had to sharpen many jigs (I usually lose them on snags before it comes to that!), but you can do it with a small hook file, or better still one of those thin diamond files you can get for touching up the edge on knives. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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