Weirdest bait to catch a cod
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Re: Weirdest bait to catch a cod
The old timers used things such as parrots and centipedes. Apart from bardie grubs and yabbies the most popular baits were a carp (goldfish), slipperies (blackfish) and the dressed marrow out of a bullock. Time and time again I have been told the marrow was the best bait. I suppose it has the look of a grub with the fatyness of the cheese we use these days. Small cod and catfish were also very popular as a bait before the size limits came in.
Cod will eat anything. There are accounts of cod attacking very big animals including a horse's leg.
Rod Harrison once came up with a definition of Murray cod: 'Eats everything and tolerates nothing'.
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Truedogz
Cod will eat anything. There are accounts of cod attacking very big animals including a horse's leg.
Rod Harrison once came up with a definition of Murray cod: 'Eats everything and tolerates nothing'.
Best Wishes
Truedogz
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Re: Weirdest bait to catch a cod
I seen a pic some years back of what was a semi de composed snake of approx 4ft, that came from the guts of a cod caught near echuca.
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Re: Weirdest bait to catch a cod
Therre natural scavengers
We use to use birds,rabbits pieces e t on set lines ...golf balls are iften found.
I havnt kept a cod for over 15 yrs now but i use to find everything inside them
Bm
We use to use birds,rabbits pieces e t on set lines ...golf balls are iften found.
I havnt kept a cod for over 15 yrs now but i use to find everything inside them
Bm
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Re: Weirdest bait to catch a cod
I've seen them caught on cheese, chicken, and bacon. I see the Compleat Angler stores have packaged Chickens Hit (no, not chicken **** lol) which is supposed to be the bomb.
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Re: Weirdest bait to catch a cod
The funny thing is yabbies catch more cod than any live baitStumpjumper wrote:I've seen them caught on cheese, chicken, and bacon. I see the Compleat Angler stores have packaged Chickens Hit (no, not chicken sh*t lol) which is supposed to be the bomb.
Surface lures would nt be far behind.
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Re: Weirdest bait to catch a cod
Digging up an old one here.........mate caught a large (around 1m) cod late june on a dim sim!!!
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Re: Weirdest bait to catch a cod
Yep you are right. Egg(ish) shaped and the smell trail in the water must be fairly strong