Kidney Slapper saved the day
Submitted by Andy Mac on Sun, 2011-08-28 11:22
My eldest daughter Rachel with one of two nice KG's we caught yesterday. A welcome addition to the icbox when we struggled to get anything else of note.
Tagging kit got another workout on undersize and "just size" dhuies.
A bag full of plump sand whiting and a couple of cuttlefish saved the day.
Only drama for the day was the scaling bag rope snapped whilst towing, leaving 50 or so big whiting floating in the water. Thankfully they didnt sink while I frantically turned the boat around to pick them back up.
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till
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Nice one there Rachel!
Nice one there Rachel!
snappermiles
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nice kg
i can imagine the look on your face when you realised the rope had snapped!
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Paully
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Hooter KG
well done, Question - Do the scaler bags do a thorough job?
Andy Mac
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Absolutely
I swear by them. The day you use it for the first time, you will wonder why you didn't buy one years ago.
No more scales to clean up, and saves a good amount of time at the filleting table.
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Paully
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Thanks Andy
Good to hear, I did have one friend tell me they werent worth the effort, obvioulsy he was doing something wrong.
Edit ** I'm wondering now - would the bags, skin squid? **
mako magic
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great for squid as well, pure
great for squid as well, pure white hood once finished
Andy Mac
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yes they skin squid
Tim Carson, Till and I used one up in Exmouth a couple of years ago at the FW comp to skin a dozen squid, it did a good job and again saved time at the cleaning station.
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Markie
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a mate of mine showed me on
a mate of mine showed me on his boat one day and all i can say is i couldnt believe it. every scale was goneeeeeeeeeeeeeee
soupster51
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Andy
Nice work Andy. You've been MIA for a while, good to see your still out there catching fish.
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alfred
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That is one big KG! Great
That is one big KG! Great work Rachel.
STEVE231
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Nice KG, I think any fish
Nice KG, I think any fish caught yesterday was well deserved. We worked very hard for a baldie, pinky and a reasonable breaksea. Caught plenty of undersize pinks and surprisingly only one undersize dhuie. Tough day, but the conditions were great.