rot = new Array(59); rot[0] = 'Standard nylon and monofilament line exhibit an elastic characteristic and can be inefficient when trying to set a hook in a fish in 40 metres of water. When striking at a bite, the elasticity of the nylon absorbs a high percentage of the strike action and subsequently the hook may only move a couple of centimetres. When striking, strike well !'; rot[1] = 'Before applying the final pull to tying knots, moisten the knot with saliva so as to lubricate it and make easier the final coiling of the line. Always make sure you do gradual pulls, rather than fast, jerky pulls, as this may lead to line degradation.'; rot[2] = 'When playing with fish that jump out of the water, such as Aussie Salmon, always dip your rod down to slacken the tension of the line and hook as they jump. Fish will use the tension of a tight line to try and dislodge the hook from their mouth. So it does\'nt pay to always have "tight lines" !'; rot[3] = 'When spooling fresh or new line onto your reel, place the new line spool into a bucket of water. The drag generated by the water as you are spooling your new line onto your reel will partially stretch the line allowing it to set nicely onto your reel, and secondly, lubricate the line. Line that is not set on a reel can cause problems by creating potential bird\'s nests when casting, especially on overhead reels.'; rot[4] = 'Use chemically sharpened hooks. Even though they\'re a little bit dearer that the standard hooks, there is nothing worse than a blunt hook. A sharp hook offers a better chance of a hookup than a blunt one.'; rot[5] = 'When fishing for a particular species of fish, take along a variety of bait with you. For example, if you\'re restricted to only using gents, and other anglers are catching Tommies and garfish using tube worms, you could deny yourself a reasonable catch.'; rot[6] = 'When catching Salmon, gut and gill the fish straight away, snap the spine at the base of the head and invert it head down into the sand. The flesh tends to be dark if a Salmon is not bled straight away.'; rot[7] = 'Should a hook be set deep in the throat of a caught fish, just cut the line and re-rig. Don\'t bother wasting time trying to retrieve a 20¢ hook, especially when the fish are on the bite for a short period of time. If releasing a deep throat hooked fish, don\'t worry about the hook, for the fish\'s stomach acids will eat the hook completely in about 4 days.'; rot[8] = 'Use Polaroids when inspecting a fishy spot. Besides eliminating up to 80% UV rays and cutting much of the surface glare off the water on a bright day, it enables you to look deep into the water and comes in extremely handy when trying to locate sand patches and other bottom features.'; rot[9] = 'Recycle some of your left over bait and fish offal by adding some pellets and tune oil, mincing it all up and freezing it in margarine containers. It\'s ideal for a standard berley bucket, and will last quite a while, thawing out slowly to disperse the berley. Prior to freezing, you could also add some sand, the extra weight making it ideal as a berley bomb. Perfect for boat fishing, where the berley slowly disperses directly under the boat.'; rot[10] = 'Some fish become easily spooked when exposed to bright lights during night time. If your using a tilly light while beach fishing to work around in the dark, place it in a deep hole with the high mound on the front lip, closest towards the shore line. This will provide you with ample light, and reflect most of the light back away from the shore, and upwards.'; rot[11] = 'Fish have a keen sense of smell. If you have used any insect spray on your hands, or handled fuel etc, always smother or wash your hands with you berley or a bit of tuna oil, then wash your hands in sea water, before you handle your fishing equipment. Foreign smells can take fish off the bite.'; rot[12] = 'Berleying, whether it be from a boat, shore line or jetty, is the key to attracting and holding fish in one area. It is also critical to ensure that it is distributed sparingly, so as not to disinterest the fish away from your bait. More importantly, constant berleying is essential. Hence, the standard black berley buckets are a must.'; rot[13] = 'Caught fish should be put on ice as soon as possible. If on a boat, use a large bin filled with crushed ice and sea water to make a cold slurry. If the above is not available, a hessian bag soaked in cold sea water should suffice for a short period of time.'; rot[14] = 'If you have a tucker box freezer, save all your empty milk cartons, and three weeks before you go fishing, start freezing water in the cartons. On a 5 day fishing trip, you could easily save yourself $60 on crushed and blocked ice from the petrol stations.'; rot[15] = 'Using tuna oil forms a thin film over the water surface, which can provide greatly increased vision, allowing the angler to sight a fish cruising in the slick more clearly. The scent of the oil will attract the fish to the area.'; rot[16] = 'Many anglers dunk their bait, such as pilchards, into tuna oil as a straight attractor. Bream and Snapper anglers use this trick when fish are biting very timidly, and encourages the fish to take the bait more aggressively. This trick also works well with lures.'; rot[17] = 'Mulloway anglers swear by soaking their lures in a heap of prawns.'; rot[18] = 'To make quality rigs, you must have the right tools for the job. Nail clippers are ideal for trimming knots, where as pliers are essential for ganging hooks and crimping split shots. Use "long-nosed" pliers, as these can also be used for retrieving hooks from caught fish.'; rot[19] = 'When baiting a hook with cockles, cover the hook completely with the bait, and place the black body of the cockle near the point of the hook. This is what most fish, especially KG Whiting will go for first.'; rot[20] = 'Inspect the gut of the fish you have just caught. Keep a note of the type of contents that the fish ate, and preferably fish with bait that is similar to it, as well as baits which pertain to the area you are fishing.'; rot[21] = 'When baiting a hook, try and use soft bait - if using squid, beat the squid to soften it prior to baiting the hook. Some fish like to "mouth" a bait prior to taking it. As it does this, you will feel a light pick on the line and nothing more. The bite you feel is in fact not a bite but caused by the fish\'s tail action as it swims away with the bait.'; rot[22] = 'With fish like Barracouta, Salmon and Mackerel, a weather change is a main factor which causes them to bite furiously. They all have wind bags which fill and deflate with the change in atmospheric pressure. As the bag deflates due to changes in pressure, this creates more room in the stomach for food. Keep an eye on the weather.'; rot[23] = 'If an area has long and sandy beaches, the time to fish for Mullet, Sand Whiting, Garish and Tommy Ruff is an hour before the turn of the high tide. Natural feed is the reason for their presence. During low tide, many small shellfish and worms will have died from the heat of the sun and this is what the fish are coming in to feed upon.'; rot[24] = 'Check beaches after a storm, as this will give you valuable information on the type of bottom off the foreshore.'; rot[25] = 'When you pay hundreds of dollars for a quality rod, reel and line, don\'t economise on terminal tackle. It\'s a sure bet for disaster when that fish of a lifetime jumps on your hook !'; rot[26] = 'When berleying while rock fishing, try using a 2 litre plastic bottle with an onion bag of berley to act as a float, and attach a bottle of tuna oil with several holes pierced in it to spread a continuous oil slick around the bag and contents. It will definitely attract fish !'; rot[27] = 'Catching Red Mullet signifies that the fishing grounds also hold some Whiting. Red Mullet and Whiting go hand in hand.'; rot[28] = 'When using heavy sinkers and casting baits from shore, excess line twist can often cause great difficulty. This is due to the sinker getting ahead of the bait, and midway thru the cast, the bait shape causes it to wrap and twist around the main line. A single half hitch with the trace around the bait\'s tail is all you need to give you a casting bait that travels parallel with the sinker and wont twist during the flight of the cast. Once the bait hits the water, a little slack of the line fed by the angler will cause the hitch to fall free. This technique is ideal when using live bait.'; rot[29] = 'It pays to squash the barbs to allow for easier penetration or to make catch and release kinder on the fish. It is only a fallacy that fish fall off easier if there are no barbs.It is simply a matter of keeping constant strain on the line between the anglers and fish to keep them on the hook. The only advantage I can see is that bait such as cockle will stay on better but barbed shanked hooks would be a better choice in this case.'; rot[30] = 'When indecisive about hook size selection, always start off with the smaller hook. It\'s extremely difficult for a fish with a small mouth to hook itself on an oversized hook.'; rot[31] = 'After a fishing trip or before storing your reel for an extended period of time, be sure to back off the drag wheel. This relieves pressure on the drag washers and helps extend the life of your drag system.'; rot[32] = 'If a powerful fish starts ripping line off your reel, the decreasing diameter of the line left on the spool can actually increase drag tension. You may need to back off the drag.'; rot[33] = 'Today\'s superlines, such as SpiderWire - Fusion, can slip on a spool if not properly fastened. To avoid slip, use a short length of monofilament backing.'; rot[34] = 'Never "high stick" a rod. "High sticking" is pointing your rod straight up so that only the tip bends, or bringing the rod past a 90° angle with the water. This breaks more rods than any other fishing situation. It overloads the tip area of the rod, placing all the bend in the tip section which can easily cause the tip to break.'; rot[35] = 'When assembling a two-piece rod, apply a coat of paraffin to the tip of the butt section to lubricate the taper. It will allow you to seat the tip section much more firmly on the butt. Don\'t be fearful of putting the tip on too firmly; it can always be removed with a twisting action.'; rot[36] = 'Always clean and dry your rod as soon as possible after you return from a fishing trip. Never store your rod in a moist bag or tube. The combination of high humidity and heat can be damaging to any rod finish.'; rot[37] = 'The best way to determine if your hook is sharp enough, test it on your finger nail. If the point holds on the nail, it is sharp enough.'; rot[38] = 'Power and action are two different things. Action describes how the rod will bend under loading. Slow action rods bend evenly from the tip to the butt, while fast action rods bend mostly near the tip section. Power ratings are a measure of how much pull is required to bend the rod. The higher the rating, the stiffer the rod. Both power and action ratings vary from company to company, so whenever possible, try before you buy.'; rot[39] = 'Fishing reels, like all tools, need occasional cleaning, and an inexpensive paint tray can make this easier. When taking the reel apart, place the parts in the deep end of the tray to soak in a solvent. Use the shallow end for scrubbing and draining. An old toothbrush or a stiff bristled paint brush will allow you to reach hard-to-get-at places.'; rot[40] = 'Getting out in the sun and fresh air is good, but you could get too much of a good thing. Studies have shown that those most likely to get skin cancer are farmers and fishermen. Both spend many days exposed to the sun\'s harsh ultraviolet radiation. The best way to combat this hazard is to cut back your exposure. Wear a hat and long sleeves when temperature permits. Wear good sunglasses. Use a good sunscreen with a protection factor of at least SPF 15. If you really want that tanned look, work into it gradually. Avoid serious sunburns. Besides being painful, some doctors believe the tissue damage caused by sunburn can trigger the mutation to skin cancer. If you notice unusual moles or other growths appearing, have your doctor check them out. It\'s likely just a sign of your advancing seniority in the human race, but don\'t take chances.'; rot[41] = 'The safest knife is a sharp knife. Buy a good sharpener and use it. The most important thing about sharpening any knife is to get the edge angle right. Many knives come with a fairly shallow edge angle because it\'s easy to produce and will last through production and packaging. A shallow edge angle is good for crude work, but for more detailed work like filleting fish a steeper angle is better. When sharpening any knife, do it in stages. A very dull knife should start on a coarse stone, holding the angle between blade and stone at about 30 degrees. Move next to a finer stone and hold the angle to about 15-20 degrees. Finish with a very fine stone, butcher\'s steel or strop, keeping the same 15-20 degree angle.'; rot[42] = 'A great tip from Brian Stewart - SI/ISV Account Manager
We\'ve found that the humble plastic milk bottle is ideal for a ready made berley bucket - of sorts. Simply place your favourite berley mix into a number of plastic milk bottles (the "square" type with the handle on the side), and freeze them. Next boat trip, take half a dozen or more of these, and tie them to a rope (with a weight such as a house brick at the end) at various intervals to suit the depth you\'re fishing.'; rot[43] = 'Prior to tossing the rope and attached bottles into the briny at the back of the boat, punch large holes in the bottles with a rock pick or something similar. Hey presto! Slow release berley covering the entire water column.......oh, remember to bring your bottles home to recycle, and if your family\'s like mine, there\'s plenty more bottles where they came from.'; rot[44] = 'South Australia is one of only 3 places in the world to have a dodge tide. The other two are the Torres Straight and the Gulf of Mexico. A dodge tide is when there is not much water movement and the fish take a day off. So it’s a good time to stay home. There is however, one good place that I know of, that can be fished for Snapper, in relative comfort, during a dodge tide - Backstairs Passage off Kangaroo Island.'; rot[45] = 'As bait for crabbing using crab nets, simply purchase a cheap can of plain, unflavoured sardines. Open the can partially and tie it through the pull tab onto your crab net. The juices will slowly release and attract the crabs. Several work mates came back from a crabbing session with great results on Blue Crabs.'; rot[46] = 'WGS 84 satellite navigational systems (GPS) require an adjustment in position of 0.08 minutes SOUTHWARD and 0.08 minutes WESTWARD to agree with any AGD 66 coordinates.'; rot[47] = 'A great tip from Peter Kerley
While beach fishing, dice up some pilchards with tuna oil, and bury it about a couple of inches down in depth, between the high and low water on low tide. The motion and seepage of the waves over the "berley trap" buried in the sand will permeate out through the sand into the water, attracting a potential catch.'; rot[48] = 'To preserve bungum worms, simply place them in a container and cover generously with table salt. Then store the container in the freezer. The salt will extract the moisture from the worms, preserving them. When its time for their use, some fishermen add tuna oil to replace the lost moisture, prior to baiting their hooks.'; rot[49] = 'A great cooking tip from an Adelaide Italian Cab Driver (Name not taken - works for AIT)
To prepare squid for cooking, prior to slicing into rings, rub copious amounts of table salt into the squid flesh with your hands, and continue to do so till a milky extract appears from the squid. The rubbing of salt tenderises the squid. Then simply rinse the squid in cold water, pat dry, dust with flour, batter then fry. Guaranteed to reduce the instances of rubbery food, even when overcooked. I have been assured (on the cabbies mother\'s grave) that squid prepared in this manner, and left overnight in the fridge tastes great the next day in a sandwich, as fresh and tender as the day it was cooked. - If anyone tries it before I do, let me know how you go !!'; rot[50] = 'Another great cooking tip on cooking squid from a restauranter ..........
After cleaning the squid and slicing it into ring, simply soak the rings in milk overnight in a fridge, then at cooking time, batter the rings with egg and crumb, then fry in hot oil as per normal - guaranteed to be tender and succulent.'; rot[51] = 'A great tip from Nathan on catching Shrimp & Yabbies ..........
The best bait for pulling shrimp from the Murray is Soap - just your everyday bar of soap. All summer a friend and I have been buying meat, liver, bones, etc. from a local butcher or just using leftovers, but about 2 months ago, I was talking to a guy at work and we were discussing how we used to use soap as youngesters, and used to catch heaps of shrimp. So I went back to that and have caught 20-30 shrimp in 2-3 hourse every time we\'ve been since.
The only problem being that it takes the yabbies out of the equation, if your net is not large enough. Anyway, soap\'s the go - shrimp don\'t eat the bait (even the bones). They only get caught because they try to get the bait and take it out of the water. Their instincts say its dirtying the water - they are acutally vegetarians, as are yabbies !'; rot[52] = 'A simple tip from Ken Alexander on Ganged Hooks ..........
This is a pretty simple tip but I am amazed how many don\’t know it. Ganged hooks are notorious for tangling & an easy way to prevent this is simply wrap them in cooking foil & the tangling problem is over !'; rot[53] = 'A great tip from Chris Uren for fishing Bream, Whiting or Herring ..........
Take the spring out of a pen and twist it onto your main line above your trace so that it is free to runup and down. Make a dough using oil, flour, and pollard or bran. Roll a small amount into the spring before casting out. Ive experimented making different scented doughs, from mulie oil to pureed crab [wife\'s blender works great] The best doughs always seemed to be the ones containing a little blood, [kept from numeruos BBQ packs]. The more flour that is added, the stronger the dough will be, but don\'t make it so that it wont disperse a little upon impact. Very little dough is needed for a good fishing session so concentrate on fresh concentrated flavours rather than volume.'; rot[54] = 'An easy tip from Aldina Krneta on catching Squid ..........
When going for squid place your jig under a float and slowly let the jig drift out to sea. This way you will cover more ground and you will be able to get to places you couldn\'t usually cast to.'; rot[55] = 'When catching bream and you see the tip of the rod bending, don\'t strike, just let the fish hook itself.'; rot[56] = 'A simple tip from Steve Scicluna on Rods ..........
Always wash your rod and reel thoroughly after going fishing in the surf. This will remove all excess sand and sea water, maintaining your rods performance.'; rot[57] = 'A great tip from Kevin Potts on Rock Fishing ..........
Play it safe DON\'T go by yourself, also spend a couple of dollars and buy a cheap wetsuit it will not only keep you warm but (god forbid ) if you were to be hit by that rogue wave, which I\'m sure most rock fishermen(women) have encounted. It will also help keep you protected against those sharp edges and if you where to end up in the drink the wetsuit will also help keep you afloat till help arrives. Bag out and keep safe all.'; rot[58] = 'A Valuable Tip from Andrew Lewis on Cleaning Squid ..........
When cleaning squid tubes I like to turn them inside out. This is easy if you use a piece of 3mm stainless steel rod about 30cm long, sharpened to a point at one end with a 30mm loop at the other. Ensure that the loop is centered on the rod and that there is no gap between the loop and the rod. When you have removed the head, flaps, skin from the squid insert the rod at the pointy end of the tube and push through. Now hold the pointy end of the rod in one hand with the tube in the other and pull, wow look at that the tube is turned inside out, a quick dip in a bucket of salt water and it is perfectly clean.'; rot[59] = 'An excellent tip from Garry Smith on Home Made Ice ..........
You can save money on continually buying crushed ice to keep your catch fresh. Just half fill a 10 litre wine or water bladder and lay it in a shallow plastic tray such as a plastic kitty litter tray (give it a wash first though) place this in the freezer overnight and you will have a 5 kilo slab of ice that will lay flat in the bottom of most 40 litre eskis with no wasted space. When it has melted (after at least 3 days i have found) you simply place it back in the plastic tray and start again. Tip. Placing a bit of crushed ice over the top will keep your crushed from melting so quickly as well.'; index = Math.floor(Math.random() * rot.length); document.write(rot[index]);