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#21 Post by Alain »

HI ,
cleaning hands after fishing :Hand wash gel ,pink bottle (Lidl ),good smell
of peach,very efficacious! :lol:
to make mussel saussage do not forget the apple corer :idea:
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#22 Post by markj »

Bait buckit is a handy invention, its all different compartments for storing different types of baits and its got a chopping board , excellent bit of kit, ordered one last month, 45euro to Ireland!!
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#23 Post by George »

Personally I think the bait Bucket is one of the recent scams of the fishing tackle world. It is a decent invention but the price is unreal for a piece of fabricated plastic and the owner of the company must be making a bomb considering the cheap production costs compared to his selling price. Think about it!!!!!!!
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#24 Post by m.b3 »

to an extent i would agree with ye George. some lads buy em and love and that's great! personally i prefer my old paint tubs and dodgy freezer box. the freezer box is great as you can store everything in tubs and even get a bait tray or two in there aswell. you can also keep a small bottle of water to put on baits to stop them drying out in the sun. a spray bottle is good for this too.
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#25 Post by Guest »

your probably going to think that sounds daft,but ive seen different methods of removing the smell of fish from ones hands from one or two of you on here,but the best thing for removing the smell from your hands is:

SHAVING FOAM.

i swear by it,when i was sea fishing in England and handling all different baits that tend to get smelly after a while a guy told me to use shaving foam and i was suprised that it works.

so there u go,forget about wipes/damp rags etc etc..........
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#26 Post by Kev Lewis »

I worry about using solvents etc during fishing. Mind you, I worry when a bloke smoking rollies catches more than me smoking straights - are my hands tainted, and tainting the bait?
I have a commercial kitchen's bar of aluminium 'soap' - it don't get dirt off but it does neutralise smelly hands, something to do with ions. If you find one it'll be about 5euro.
After I've finished, then I'll use the lot: hosiptal alcohol rub, washing up liquid, whatever I can find in the car.
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#27 Post by m.b3 »

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a bloody car!!



shaving foam never worked for me :oops: ! i just hung around moore street on saturday nights!
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#28 Post by donal domeney »

a bloody car!!
Ye one that won't blow-up trying to stay up with Citroen estate.
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#29 Post by marno »

m.b3 wrote:to an extent i would agree with ye George. some lads buy em and love and that's great! personally i prefer my old paint tubs and dodgy freezer box. the freezer box is great as you can store everything in tubs and even get a bait tray or two in there as well. you can also keep a small bottle of water to put on baits to stop them drying out in the sun. a spray bottle is good for this too.


The bakery in Miltown Malbay sells empty buckets (pie filling) for €1.50 these fit 4 of 2 litre milk cartons which can be cut open with the handle left on for easy in and out. There is room to drop a bait knife in the gap in the middle and this beauty comes with a chopping board (well, lid :wink: )

On the down side I have a huge appetite so it is swings and roundabouts when it comes down to owning me.. :oops:
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#30 Post by teacher »

Tiny first-aid kit with plasters, antiseptic wipes, couple of headache tablets, couple of neurofen.

Those "lock & lock" boxes that seal completely (also sold under Tesco's own brand) are good for bait, particularly if you're on the move.
[size=75][i]"Pier fishing was, indeed, an eccentric, unproductive and extremely dull occupation, and even if we'd posessed the necessary heavy plant we decided not to attempt it."[/i] Chris Yates, Out of the Blue.[/size]
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#31 Post by samo »

pocket hand warmers you can buy them in lidl now fortwo euros the great as tony the tiger would say.
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#32 Post by dbrock »

so did we pick up some pocket hand warmers on sunday eh? wondering why you went home earlie
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#33 Post by samo »

yes i did i also bought a santa suit for christmas day it was only €5 lidl is great
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#34 Post by dbrock »

you should wear the santa suit tomorrow you just never know it bring ya some luck
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#35 Post by samo »

stop, you not in work today brock? i showed heffo the rod last night he was mighty impressed with it
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#36 Post by lazycod »

teacher wrote:Tiny first-aid kit with plasters, antiseptic wipes, couple of headache tablets, couple of neurofen.

Those "lock & lock" boxes that seal completely (also sold under Tesco's own brand) are good for bait, particularly if you're on the move.



A whistle just in case you fall and break a leg beats shouting for help...Lazy
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#37 Post by teacher »

lazycod wrote:A whistle just in case you fall and break a leg beats shouting for help...Lazy


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#38 Post by lazycod »

Yeah Teacher I was thinking of you just in case you fall and break your leg after getting an electric shock from dusting your PC we wouldn't want you dying from climate change ha ha :lol: :lol: Lazy Merry Christmas
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#39 Post by corbyeire »

excellent :lol:
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#40 Post by lumpy »

just thought of one item which is so useful. its a tweezers.ive a stainless one from a discecting kit while i "long term borrowed" from collage.its so useful when rig making for picking up crimps, beeds etc...
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