I have heard of inflation but….
Submitted by sunshine on Wed, 2022-12-28 14:59
Absolutely crappy octopus now selling at $35 a kilo .....imported, bloody massive single tentacle which I assume come from a pacific occy. I questioned the tackle store and they told me ALL bait jumping dollars each week from their suppliers.
Brock O
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Yep...paid $35 for 2kg of
Yep...paid $35 for 2kg of California squid last week, gezz I remember it being $25 a box same as a kg of Occy.
Maybe I've lost track of the years..
sea-kem
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When we head north a mate of
When we head north a mate of mine gets it from a mate of his who owns an IGA, $19 so shows you the mark up.
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Faulkner Family
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Nothing cheap these days. In
Nothing cheap these days. In hedland the California squid is $45 a box.
Only going to get worse
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piscetor
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nothing cheap these days
I got tuna heads the other day. $15:60 and i remember when they were $2:50.
They had some other fish heads for 16:50 and there were only 4 off them, thi shit is just the waste and should be sold as that. i think i couls just about buy good quality eating fish fillets for less. The bait suppliers are a bunch of thieving gits.
Now here is something to think about when you are talking getting ripped off. Have a look at your house insurance. They say you have to be insured for $400:000 for your house (hypertheticaly ) look at the policy it says house and contenets but they have you insuring the land as well. If your house sells for $400:000. If it burnt down you could get the block cleared for $50:00 and a new house built for 250:000 to $300:000. That means you are paying for your land. its a bloody rourte and they should be pulled up for it. They wanted me to insure my place 3x1 for $308:000. I checked up on it and i can get a new 3x1 built for $164:00 and it would be better than the one i have now. The insurance compnys are getting you to insure at the sale price not what the abode is actaully worth.
Filletmaster
little johnny
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Yep
No thanks
eziliving
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yep rought two boxes of lunds
yep rought two boxes of lunds the other day at $34 each from Miami Tackleworld. ocky was $29 a kilo there but there was none in stock
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uncle
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Brought 200 grams coral prawns nearly $9
1 kilo of mullet, 4, $10
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Billcollector
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Better of getting the cheap
Better of getting the cheap cooked prawns from your supermarket.
sea-kem
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I get raw banana prawns for
I get raw banana prawns for Herring bait, heaps cheaper and stay on the hook better. Can get 6 bits of bait from 1 prawn.
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uncle
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All they had
Andy, tailor herring bash with g/ son
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
sea-kem
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How'd you go Unc?
How'd you go Unc?
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uncle
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This arfo
mate
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
uncle
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Hoards of
blowies, just murder strip mullet on seconds
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
Bodgy 79
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Yeah we were paying 35 bucks
Yeah we were paying 35 bucks for Lunds 12 months ago at my local,we go for a flick down the beach after hezzas and small whiting for out wide.We get 3 trips out of a box of squid mixed up with whole and cut fish baits when kept nice and chilled
little johnny
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Many many years ago
All I use to use ( Lunds ) 1 thing you will notice . Top layer of squid unreal size. There smart . Shit all below top layer . If I ever had to buy bait ( no way) I would honestly go to super market and buy tubes . Cheaper and cleaner . Read earlier post very much way to go for good bait . I couldn’t imagine buying bait . Costs a fortune . Keep in mind fish shops put bugger all on bait . The good old occy gets bought by overseas market. Way too much demand . Hence why many shops haven’t got it . Squid and cuttlefish beats occy hands down ( so I’ve found out) cuttle fish being the better bait .
sunshine
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LJ have tried cuttlie ……..never got a touch even from pickers
Do you skin it like occy as I catch quite a few but just put them back ....will think twice about that now. However your suggestion regarding squid tubes is a very interesting one as easy to turn into a really neat strip bait, nice and white and will appeal to large KGW as well
Faulkner Family
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I have always used them for
I have always used them for bait when caught . Only tentacles get used for fish food and do ok on kg, the rest is mine. Nicer than squid to eat.
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sea-kem
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Same for me Russ, the body
Same for me Russ, the body tube is Excellent eating.
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Faulkner Family
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Best way I found is slice
Best way I found is slice thin . Dust in flour and quick cook in butter and crushed garlic. Only takes about a minute
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sea-kem
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Very similar, I do long
Very similar, I do long strips a mix of flour salt, pepper and chinese 5 spice then shallow fry.
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Da pirate
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Yep ..
Only bait I get is a block of mulies for
tailor that's it . And I make sure I get my
$13.99 worth out it too .. cheers pirate
Bodgy 79
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Me and a mate back in late
Me and a mate back in late 80s had a few clay pipes and boat moorings we used to dive on in about 8 feet of water around dolphin road busso.Plenty of occys,on the bikes to caravan parks and got 5 bucks each for them off fishos.Probably good business for both parties back then,only about 10 yrs old off to the corner shop loaded
Brock O
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Good Times and memories for
Good Times and memories for sure...$5 big ones would have brought a few Pints back then,
petervb
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I nearly fell over when the
I nearly fell over when the pack of coral prawns i grabbed from the servo on hepburn ave came up at $20 for 500g what a joke. time to dig out the throw net and do some bait hunting missions.
Faulkner Family
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And here I am thinking $14
And here I am thinking $14 for 500gms up in hedland was a rip off
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tot
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Inflation.. not bait but... $16
for a cooked chicken from IGA just then haha... Yikes!!
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little johnny
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Eat squid heads
Body for bait
petervb
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1kg mulies $10.50 from a
1kg mulies $10.50 from a different servo last night, i thought that was reasonable. even more so when i turned them into a good feed of tailor & still got half the packet left.
little johnny
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Means in ban time
Spend more time squiding /sand whiting / make up occy line . Collect and save bait .
Timmo
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Occy
Been in cervantes since boxing day. Occy pots fricken everywhere more than cray pots. Well I guess when the newsagents are selling occy for $50kg per kilo it makes since. Not sure what Kit is selling it for at the store? BTW wind was shit only got out twice heading back tomoz.
eziliving
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I was just up at green heads
I was just up at green heads and occy was $30kilo. Same price as Mandurah
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Bodgy 79
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I'm happy the fish down my
I'm happy the fish down my patch not keen on occy,don't know why.Bait at that price is a bit steep
little johnny
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Almost been caught out
Few times in south passage ( Cervantes) pretty hairy channel at times
carnarvonite
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20 yrs
Occy prices have shot up in the last 20 years, young bloke working as a decky in 2 Rocks would swap 10 litre bucket of fresh occy for 2 cans of coke at the cray depot. Love to see what they get for it now.
AND to rub salt in some wounds, I have about 10kg that I am going to cook up shortly, yummy
dodgy
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They are getting $20.50 a kg
They are getting $20.50 a kg as per the Occy boat skipper I caught up with on the weekend.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Rick
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recipe
Care to share the recipe Canarvonite. Would love to do a good pickled occy
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