In honour of Canadian John and all those other fishos who's wives don't give a rats backside about any fishing gear puchased, this thread is the "What I bought Today" thread.
What I bought was a rapala CD 18 lure, a paravane to set it at various depths, new rod holder and Mark Kitteridges book on Kingfish. Not very sexy, but new fishing toys always push my buttons.
KSI ..i thought you would know this one! You burley up off the rocks and when a big kingi goes cruising by you scone him with it. If you tie it on to your fishing line you can retrieve the paravane too.....
have to admit I have fished with Mark Kitteridge and I did not find him the least bit sexy!!!!!
but the bugger catches fish alright.
I learned more in 3 days from watching him catch fish than I did from the previous 3 years.
he has a great way of rigging livies, bridle rigged with circle hooks... deadly!
can't have to much stuff in a tackle box - how do the ????? work - look like a wooden boat hull with two angled wings on the side - saw them on geoff thomas something or rather - i think they wobble side to side and attract the fish up???????
"What I bought Today" well saturday (confirmed bachelor)
ummmm hook honing stone, diamond knife sharpener, 3x rocky rod holders (cos i know i'll lose one somewhere) and some black magic balloons/clips kit - save me having to use the gloves from work
must admit it gets some strange looks setting out a livie under a inflated white 5 finger salute
parravanes help catch fish by taking the lure deeper than the surface, most have extra holes to help run them at differant levels and even extra holes to make them run out to one side of the boat so two or more can be run at once...... the little orange plastic one that sells for about $10 is good for a lot of smaller fish like Kahawai Bonito Alberts Kingfish and i have even caught snapper using them..... but to be fair not a lot of people use them now but they do work if you only use a small lure attached as they are made to flip over once any weight is added and head for the surface, this is of cause if you tie the trace from your lure direct to the paravane which is how these cheepo ones are used........
a good lure to use is a T spoon cut the handle off and bolt a hook to the spoon part drill a hole in the other end and attach a split ring and swivel tie you trace to it and hook this up to your parravan or even a peice of white plastic cut to the shape of a 30gm jig you would be suprised how well these things work........
Lethal, you have a thing about destroying perfectly good cutlery!
The paravant I bought has the tow line from the top in the centre, so hope it won't turn over. I'm really trying to gain the same effect as a downrigger without spending a grand.
Clip and marker buoy for end of anchor warp to enable me to dump it in a hurry (is there a theme coming through here).
Bender,
The clip and buoy sound like a bit of me. How much, where from and how to? Please. I always wanted one but don't have the room in the anchor locker - but a clip system - yeah!
Cheers
DA
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