Squid & Black Lug COD bait prepared and vacuum packed 

I totally agree, another benifit is keeping your hands warm and dry. 🎣👍🏻

Both my brother and myself have been welder/fabricators but the burner was all my brothers work who made it for me including the double skin chimney and witches hat on top. I have rebuilt cars in the workshop many years ago but it is a fishing workshop now. I have considered building a rig/rod room but the workshop is fine for now. I’ll be doing more workshop filming through the winter.

I’m planning on another for ray baits. 🎣

Preparing baits is particularly effective when splitting down larger boxes. If I part defrost a 5lb box of squid I might as well do the prep and then flat pack the smaller bags for later.

I’m glad it helped 🎣

I had to read that twice. 😂

Absolutely, I find it certainly helps with keeping hands warm. Less time wet and exposed.

Cheers Nigel 🎣👍🏻

Not sure how I got sous vide confused with sous voo? 😂 I do know I was researching for a machine that could vacuum pack “wet/soft” items and even steep bait in a liquid. It works really well and I’ve a few more videos planned along the same sort of theme.

That’s supposed to say recovered 🙄😩😂

Cheers Kevin, damn spill chuck. 😂

Cheers Justin, I store bulk amounts of bait and I’m lucky to have access to various sources. If you are struggling or want some arranged, drop me a pm.

Thank you Mark. I might just give you a shout.

You poor man. Having a passion for sea angling and living right bang in the middle of this island.

Thank you Rick, I really appreciate your support and wish you all the very best for the holidays and 2022.

Oh the tentacles I use to tip hooks for the bream in the summer, works a treat. Not that I'm a great fisherman though.

I think they are an awesome bait for small species.

Who says that didn’t happen and the magic of editing sorted it all out. 🤔😉😂👍🏻

Cheers Mark, follow on video goes live Christmas Eve and then a glut of films released over the holiday.

Sounds good to me can’t wait

Very kind of you buddy and I wish you and yours all the very best. 🎣👍🏻

Good luck and I hope Santa has your name on the good list? 😉

I forgot to mention about the level platform bit, thanks for reminding me. I have a pice of wood that I use to make the bag level with the heater element. 👍🏻 I think people rate the one from Lidl and I’ll check out their bags when they are available. I’m sure they will be reasonably priced.

Don’t waste a scrap or a drop of any of it. Small strips are good for black bream, you can soak other baits in the juice and mix anything else in with any chum/ground bait you make. I like the idea of frozen fish fingers, almost like the crab cart they stuff inside finger bandage. 🤔

@seaangling that's what I do with crab cart, I get the cart in a Chinese meal plastic tub, defrost it, seperat it into silicone molds then freeze it, hollow out squid body, pop in the frozen cart finger and elastic wrap up, lot of faffing but it works.

Thank you Martin, I wish you all the very best. 🎣👍🏻

Thank you Ian, is it hot and sunny down there? I bet the fishing is amazing 🤩. Merry Christmas to you buddy. 🎣👍🏻

@@seaangling - hot and sunny today, 29degrees :-) The surfcasting this spring has been up and down, the water temperatures are unusually high meaning we may see species such as Snapper being caught further south than usual. After a couple of very average surfcasting trips in November, I caught 10 Smoothounds (our NZ sub-species is slightly different) in 15 casts at sunrise on the first Saturday morning in December - all between 11 -17lbs.

@@iangraham3018 I bet they all gave good sport and I love the way a hound can take off and strip line. I have a new mark to try this spring and plenty to revisit.

Cheers buddy.

@@seaangling So are we going skating next year

@@simonsmith6126 yeah.

I haven’t gone down the pre-baited on snood route yet but I have considered it. I’m interested to hear more.

@@seaangling Hi Mark, so like I prep the bait like you do but put the bait straight onto a hook(s) then bed the hook point (s)into the bait (to stop the point perpetrating the bag) then coil up the trace place in the bag and seal in. The tissue kitchen paper towel sheets, are the thicker more absorbent type rather than very cheap kitchen rolls and this helps stop the line from being sucked out of the bag as well as absorbing any excess fluid. The cheaper vacuum machines only provide seal or vac seal hence the tissue paper as it protects the machine and I learned by experience any bait fluid into the vacuum chamber and inner works makes the machine unusable for other tasks as I've had the fragrant scent of lugworm on chicken, that didn't go down too well with the fishing permissions officer! I've not had any issues with line becoming brittle form being frozen and if you are prepping rigs by having those traces hanging form a rod rest very soon thaw out in the elements.

@@timpettis9895 that has certainly sparked my interest and got the brain working. 😉👍🏻

@@seaangling Billy on the Billyfishing channel. Uses a hair on circle hooks. So only uses one hook. But the hairs can have a shrink tube over the eye of the swivel. The process could be to make a stiff body hair pre baited with the bait and them just attached when changing baits to the circle hook. That would fit into this work flow you show very well. One thing I have always wondered about. Many times frozen and refrozen squid looks pink. But I have never removed the outer skin. So I guess that’s why they look wrong.

@@onemanriflemaker3873 squid turning pink is the first indicator of how it’s been stored. I like to remove the membrane as the white shows up in murkier waters.

I totally understand concerns about packaging but these bags are reusable and if you trim them down each time you can get many uses out of them. I love to watch catch reports from down under and the variety of species. Thank you for your support. 🎣👍🏻

@@seaangling if you can reuse them thats a great thing. Its no different than me reusing a freezer bag that comes with my shopping. I love the fact that they give you more room to pack in the cooler when going away on a camping trip. Yes we Aussies do have some great fishing here. We are very lucky.

Morning Don, seasons greetings to you and yours. Do you have snow laid all around at this time of year? ❄️ I’m really keen to sample and film the fishing over in Norway and intend doing exactly that once this pandemic calms down. I have plans for plenty of fishing over the next couple of weeks and some time in the work shop, all filmed. Thank you for your support and kind words.

@@seaangling yes we have lots of that white stuff all around us and sitting at -17C. So far it has been a lot more milder than usual so no complaints here! We are supposed to be back up Norway mid March, which is last years trip, then we have a couple of trips in 2023. So fingers crossed we can get away with it.

@@donbhoy8264 I’m interested in Norway and started researching the idea of a trip. It would be an awesome road trip or a short flight hop.

@@seaangling it would be a hell of a road trip! We fly in and get rental cars when we are there. I guess it depends which part you are going to and the style of fishing you are seeking. We can chat more on messenger if you need any info on what we do.

I’m a little confused about the scourer pad?

Hi Mark. Sorry about that. They are small pads about six inches by four by a quarter inch thick. They are a common item used in kitchens to scrub dirty pans etc. They are ideal to cut up big enough for a reasonable, not tight, fit into a burley cage. Talk to the the "Lady Who Knows" who will immediately know what I mean. The pieces are ideal for holding the mix you smear onto pad which is then released into the water column. Given that nearly everything on the market these days is all about scent I think we will have a winner when we iron out the details. About the only reason you now have the info I've gathered up is because you have helped so many people along the way to better fishing including myself. If I had your email address I could send you small pix which may be better to understand than my clumsy attempts here. This is mine: ag.harmsworth@optusnet.com.au

I do wonder how I managed before I got mine. Best wishes to you and yours and a very Merry Christmas to you all.

Thank you Glen, keep yourself safe and well. I did get the name of the machine wrong 😜 It is actually Sousvide.

The tidal run will wash the burley away from the bait and detract from forming a scent trail. The bait is anchored in a position by the weight, the burley would disperse with the tidal run. From a boat it is possible to lower a bag or use a bait dropper. From the shore it is possible to bury bait at low tide. All things worth considering and I love the idea of a bait or burley cage. The small trimmings are used for bream baits.

@@seaangling You have already showed us how to use the stainless welding rod to form bait needles. It's only a short step to form a burley cage by winding the welding rod around, say, a 25mm rod forming the cage. You can extend it buy pulling and then using the ends of the welding rod to form into a hook or an eye. This would then clip between the weight and the splash down clip. As for the bait washing away that can happen but if you make the burley (you get a handful and squeeze it in between the burley cage) firm enough I found that it takes some time to wash through the cage wire. Just my thoughts Mark.

Hi Nick, the shore fishing at this end is pretty quiet atm. Is it any better your way and further East? I’m still not 100% but definitely feeling better. Double jabbed and booster. I’m hoping to get out loads over the next 2 weeks but this easterly slows things right down in the Solent.

@@seaangling hi Mark glad you are going the right way it has been a bit quiet this way there have been a few codling caught and 1 that was reported at 15lb they have more miss than hit also hoping to get out quite a bit over Christmas stay safe mate 👍

I’ve not seen a hand pump version.

Cheers buddy, I’ll see if I can correct.

I’ve had some Xanthum gum delivered so will be experimenting with that to see how it performs. What are you mixing with the gum to add the scent as everything from a mackerel or squid is oily?

I Mark Nice to hear from you. I've tracked down the actual formula for Berkley Gulp Alive recharge. This is an extract from the Berkley formula U.S. Patent 5827551. " When bulky or general attractants, such as powdered fish meal, are used in the present formulation, they are generally present in an amount of at least about 5% of the total formulation. Broadly, formulation of the present invention containing amounts of attractant in the range of between about 0.1-80% of the total formulation have been found to be effective in luring aquatic life. Preferred formulations for the present fish attractants comprise about 50-80% petrolatum, 10-30% water soluble delivery agent, 1-10% thickening agent, and 0.01-20% attractant, and 0-20% auxiliary agents. Particularly preferred formulations include 60- 65% petrolatum jelly, 20% water soluble dispensing agent, 3-5% thickening agent, and 10-12% water soluble attractants and other ingredients. The particular ingredients of the attractant formulation can be blended in any manner that produces a stable water-in-oil emulsion. If the thickening agent is a solid at room temperature and meltable, that component may be heated until a liquid and mixed with the other components at high speed until a creamy, stable emulsion is formed. Generally, the components are mixed at room temperature by hand or with a mechanical mixer until the mixture changes from a dry, stiff mix into a smooth, creamy paste that can be readily applied to the exterior of a bait or artificial lure. " I use Xanthum Gum mixed into Glycerine. This will give a very smooth mix which will emulsify with water. I use a small amount of Gulp Alive recharge with an Asan product called Belachan. You can buy it at any Asian store. You can also blend into that mix with any other attractant such as mullet, squid etc. I get this burley into a burley cage by smearing it onto a couple of kitchen scouring pads cut to size for the burley cage. The Xanthum Gum etc is water soluble and depending on the mix (I keep it quite soft) it will disperse in the vicinity of the bait. Still very much in the trial stage but when this appalling weather stops down here I will keep in touch and let you know how it all goes. Cheers Alan

Hi Mark Berkley I use petroleum jelly (Vaseline) which is the sticky part of the formula in order to adhere to the lure. I don't use the Vaseline because I find the mix I've given you will adhere to the scouring pad and releases into the bait trail quite successfully. Cheers Alan

Missed off the "'don't" That is I don't use the Vaseline it's not necessary

Hi Mark Just found out the price of a 2oz Pro Cure is 22 bucks down here.(and I guess Berkley Gulp will be the same) Ouch! I think it will be worthwhile to persevere with making up your own formula.

I have been back tracking to try and find the clear one sided bags and can’t find them anywhere. 🤷‍♂️ I’ll put a picture up on the community page of the packaging in case that helps.

Any info on those clear one side bags for that machine

www.sousvidetools.com/vacuum-sealer-bags/embossed-vacuum-sealer-bags

Hi dee, My machine came from a company called Sous Vide and was purchased online along with the bags. The machine is a VS520P.

Yes buddy but not whilst I was poorly. Boat is being serviced today and will be out tomorrow. 🎣👍🏻

@@seaangling ah ok I didn't realise you were Ill?

That channel got my attention 😍 Much easier to wave a chum bag in the shallows than spend hours digging and I’d get to wear my bikini as well.

Thank you Keith, hope you found it useful.