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I’m lucky I have a vacuum sealer and I break mine into kilo bags

I did a slightly unusual defrost last week added a couple of cups of boiling water and glugged them at the same time and left them overnight,not. Enough water to cover them but enough to leave some excess, i was quite pleased with the result tbh bit washed out but oozing with gloopy stinky goodness then I soaked up the excess with pellets 😁

I order 200 press seal bags on eBay for just over a fiver. Big enough to take 2/3kg depending on bait size. I split in to 2kg normally. Handy grab bag in the morning for baiting up or when I go. I add glug from frozen so they defrost and draw it in so I like to have excess room for air so I can shake them. just make sure you squeeze all the air out the bags so you can store them using less space.

Just swapped them for s set of 9ft shimano tx1's. Hopefully they'll be better😊

In the interests of lightning the load, I’ve done away with a separate marker rod completely and only use a dedicated Spod rod if I need to put a large Spomb 100yds+. My regular rod/line combo of Harrison TE specials and 40lb PowerPro allows me to mark up, bait and fish more efficiently.

You could use just about anything to catch a fish, whether or not it will be good for it is another matter, if its a utility rod then it's probably branded as a spomb/marker rod to have one rod that is suitable for both uses, personally I think it may be quite stiff for use as a fishing rod and would guess the test curve is about 3.5lb to 4lb, I probably wouldn't if I didn't have to. but if needs must its a rod that will handle casting OK, I would play fish very carefully though as you may find you suffer hook pulls as it may be quite stiff Hope that helps 👍

There we go quite pleased with this one other than the leaf I didn't spot 🙄

Never tried olives. I think I would probably end up eating them, although I'm now wondering how I would keep my feta cheese cool as that goes well with olives wrapped in a slice of proper ham...