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Re: A report about...nothing!

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 5:18 am
by April Fool
Finally went out last week for cod opening! I knew it would only be a short session as I can not stand on my feet too long. I tried a Mantis surface lure for about twenty minutes before I decided I had had enough (sore back etc). The water doesn't look too bad there!
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That is all!
cheers
Team Donut
I'll be back!

Re: A report about...nothing!

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 8:30 am
by matari
looks like some good water there, hopefully you get one soon! Cheers Matari :thumbsup:

Re: A report about...nothing!

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 11:47 am
by April Fool
Hit the road on Saturday to meet up with Dangerous Dave at Numurkah. Somehow it turned into a road trip with our initial destination not even getting a go. First stop was a channel system that neither of us have fished before. It flows out of the Murray as opposed to our usual Goulburn channel haunts. We caught FA in this channel and got blown off the banks by wind and partially devoured by flies!

Then we worked our way back to a familiar creek.
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Afer a few hours we ended up with just one fish...Dave got a cod around 45 cm's. Dave also scored his PB shrimp net! His net broke loose, did a lap of the back current then convieniently hooked itself on Dave's line on the other side of the creek!

Was a good arvo spent looking for and trying new spots. I have been known to say...the best way to discover new locations...is to get lost!
cheers
Team Bender

Re: A report about...nothing!

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 4:29 pm
by Sebb
One fish on a trip will erase those fishless trips.

Re: A report about...nothing!

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 5:20 pm
by Lightningx
Still one fish is better than none!
Nice report.

Re: A report about...nothing!

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:42 pm
by April Fool
Four hours spent channel side in northern Vic yesterday for....nothing! Not even a bite as far as I know. The biggest surprise was my bait trap did not provide a single yabbie or shrimp! Yep...late summer in a channel system which normally coughs up sh!tloads of bait could not provide for me. The fishless trip I can handle as it happens but not being able to get bait has me baffled! I used cheese for bait in the end. Never mind as I am planning my next trip mid week and the 'donut' run will end!
cheers
Team Bender
Has no idea what is happening in crustacean world!

Re: A report about...nothing!

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:55 pm
by muzza43
Hi, Jim. Good luck with the mid week trip. Cheers, Lyall.

Re: A report about...nothing!

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:48 am
by Bugatti
April Fool wrote:
Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:42 pm

Four hours spent channel side in northern Vic yesterday for....nothing!
cheers
Team Bender
G'day Mr Fool, we all have gone fishing and caught nothing. No one better knows about catching nothing than myself, so much so, that I have got it down to a fine art of nothing. In fact, my prowess of catching nothing, also is reflected in how I come home with nothing and the subsequent catch of nothing being sorted.

I have a few tips, if you have caught nothing, that this is the best way of dealing with a catch that comprises of nothing.


First an incision under the gill rakers, there's nothing to it.

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Then a with a clean smooth motion, an incision along the backbone. With a sharp knife it would feel like nothing's there.

IMG_20190218_155921p.png


Over the backbone, to the other side, to remove the fillet, leaving nothing behind on the carcass.

IMG_20190218_155924p.png


As far as any bones in the fillet, there should be nothing, so off with the rib cage.

IMG_20190218_155928p.png


To de-skin your fillet, pin the tail with your thumb nail and slide the knife under the flesh but above the skin. See, nothing to it.

IMG_20190218_155931p.png


Making sure there is nothing left of the skin.

IMG_20190218_155934p.png


Vwalla, a fillet of nothing , , , , mmmm yummy

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And what better way to wash down a hard day of catching nothing , , , , Jacks, and like your catch, should always be kept on ice

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Cheers, Bugatti

Re: A report about...nothing!

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 5:21 am
by rb85
Bugatti wrote:
Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:48 am
April Fool wrote:
Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:42 pm

Four hours spent channel side in northern Vic yesterday for....nothing!
cheers
Team Bender
G'day Mr Fool, we all have gone fishing and caught nothing. No one better knows about catching nothing than myself, so much so, that I have got it down to a fine art of nothing. In fact, my prowess of catching nothing, also is reflected in how I come home with nothing and the subsequent catch of nothing being sorted.

I have a few tips, if you have caught nothing, that this is the best way of dealing with a catch that comprises of nothing.


First an incision under the gill rakers, there's nothing to it.


IMG_20190218_155917p.png



Then a with a clean smooth motion, an incision along the backbone. With a sharp knife it would feel like nothing's there.


IMG_20190218_155921p.png



Over the backbone, to the other side, to remove the fillet, leaving nothing behind on the carcass.


IMG_20190218_155924p.png



As far as any bones in the fillet, there should be nothing, so off with the rib cage.


IMG_20190218_155928p.png



To de-skin your fillet, pin the tail with your thumb nail and slide the knife under the flesh but above the skin. See, nothing to it.


IMG_20190218_155931p.png



Making sure there is nothing left of the skin.


IMG_20190218_155934p.png



Vwalla, a fillet of nothing , , , , mmmm yummy


IMG_20190218_155936p.png



And what better way to wash down a hard day of catching nothing , , , , Jacks, and like your catch, should always be kept on ice


IMG_20190219_011153p.png


Cheers, Bugatti
Nice bracelet Bugatti and good to see you on the **** again but please don’t play with knives we don’t want you to hurt yourself.

Re: A report about...nothing!

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 6:45 am
by Sebb
Bugatti wrote:
Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:48 am
April Fool wrote:
Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:42 pm

Four hours spent channel side in northern Vic yesterday for....nothing!
cheers
Team Bender
G'day Mr Fool, we all have gone fishing and caught nothing. No one better knows about catching nothing than myself, so much so, that I have got it down to a fine art of nothing. In fact, my prowess of catching nothing, also is reflected in how I come home with nothing and the subsequent catch of nothing being sorted.

I have a few tips, if you have caught nothing, that this is the best way of dealing with a catch that comprises of nothing.


First an incision under the gill rakers, there's nothing to it.


IMG_20190218_155917p.png



Then a with a clean smooth motion, an incision along the backbone. With a sharp knife it would feel like nothing's there.


IMG_20190218_155921p.png



Over the backbone, to the other side, to remove the fillet, leaving nothing behind on the carcass.


IMG_20190218_155924p.png



As far as any bones in the fillet, there should be nothing, so off with the rib cage.


IMG_20190218_155928p.png



To de-skin your fillet, pin the tail with your thumb nail and slide the knife under the flesh but above the skin. See, nothing to it.


IMG_20190218_155931p.png



Making sure there is nothing left of the skin.


IMG_20190218_155934p.png



Vwalla, a fillet of nothing , , , , mmmm yummy


IMG_20190218_155936p.png



And what better way to wash down a hard day of catching nothing , , , , Jacks, and like your catch, should always be kept on ice


IMG_20190219_011153p.png


Cheers, Bugatti
:rofl:

I went to an air show exhibition once... And there was nothing.
Literally just a thin air.