Cod Trip 2018 - March 17th/18th

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Re: Cod Trip 2018 - March 17th/18th

Post by davek » Sun Mar 18, 2018 3:16 pm

Another good trip with the usual guys and a pleasure to meet Millzee and his son. Myself and Milkman fished together and I ended up with 8 Murray Cod and who knows how many Trout Cod. At one stage Hayden was talking about kicking me out of the boat, :-D but he did a good job as a guide :thumbsup:
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I have a couple of pics of Milkman with his double hook up ( a stick and a Trout Cod) and a silver perch. He also caught a barrow load of Trout cod and some sneaky carp, one with a net hoop as a necklace :super: .
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Thanks again Hayden for running me around, cheers davo
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Re: Cod Trip 2018 - March 17th/18th

Post by davek » Sun Mar 18, 2018 3:24 pm

Truedogz wrote:I'm the first one back from the cod trip so I'll put in a report. Most people are packing up and heading home with the gale blowing up here but a few are still fishing re the PIRTEK challenge.

Everyone has caught fish with lots of 'endangered' species, ie, trout cod, silver perch and Murray cod. A few small carp but no yellowbelly. Fishing has been difficult due to a very high river making it difficult to fish lures from boats, troll or just even tie up to bait fish.

Millzee was a new member who attended. It took a while for a few of us to pick our tongues up off the dirt after we saw his boat - obviously a very experienced and dedicated cod angler. He was also a gentleman taking a few of us out who didn't have boats :thumbsup: .

Others will put in some detailed reports but here is a bit of an overview. Davo and Milkman have caught quite a number of cod in the 50-60 cm range on bait. Davo got boofed a few times by one fish that just doesn't want to take the lure properly. Millzee and his son similarly have taken cod up to 60 cm too and I know one of Boonanza's sons has caught cod in to 50cm+ class as well as stacks of silver perch.

In the end I didn't drown a bait I just used surface lures. First night I went out in Millzee's boat and landed this one about 45 cm as well as dropping a smaller one:
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The next morning I missed one smallish boof but picked up this beauty in daylight. I didn't muck around too much with the brag matt as the cod swallowed the lure and I wanted to get it out asap without doing any harm. With one pic of the brag mat roughly rolled out next to it (with part of the tail cut off in the pic) I'd say its 79 cm and it was in top condition (my best for this season so far, and off the top):
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I picked up another one yesterday arvo in the 40-45 cm range:
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The surface fishing was hard work but last night I got boofed by another good fish. This morning I had another crack at him and he hooked up for a few seconds but got off. So for the trip I landed 3 cod without wetting a bait. The rest of the time I just enjoyed the camp.

I had a great time, thanks guys! :a_goodjob:

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Truedogz
Will that same fish came up for a look again today but wouldn't take the lure, he was around 65cm, and only showed the first cast again, cheers davo
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Re: Cod Trip 2018 - March 17th/18th

Post by Truedogz » Sun Mar 18, 2018 3:37 pm

TheNix wrote:reminds me of my days with the the Sunshine Anglers Club back in the late 70's.
My dad, uncle and grandad were members of the Sunshine Anglers Club. They were also VPC delegates and dad was an honorary fishing inspector. Back in the 1930s the SAC used to have regular cod trips to the Goulburn near where I now live. One of my earliest memories is of a big cod that dad caught there. He chopped it up into steaks with an axe for the relatives!

I'd love to catch up with you sometime for a chat.

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Re: Cod Trip 2018 - March 17th/18th

Post by Murlz » Sun Mar 18, 2018 5:50 pm

Another great trip. Great to see a couple of new faces around camp. Not a wasted weekend by far. Heaps of trout cod to keep us occupied and some of them of a decent size. Apparently we may have to re-arrange next years calendar to protect some of our "Long Married" attendees from certain death :-D .
High river and high winds could not put a damper on the weekend. All but one of mine was taken on bait. Did manage to troll up a hungry trouty at about 25cm. Little bugger had a mouthful of both trebles on an oargie.
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Re: Cod Trip 2018 - March 17th/18th

Post by Lightningx » Sun Mar 18, 2018 5:58 pm

davek wrote:Another good trip with the usual guys and a pleasure to meet Millzee and his son. Myself and Milkman fished together and I ended up with 8 Murray Cod and who knows how many Trout Cod. At one stage Hayden was talking about kicking me out of the boat, :-D but he did a good job as a guide :thumbsup:
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I have a couple of pics of Milkman with his double hook up ( a stick and a Trout Cod) and a silver perch. He also caught a barrow load of Trout cod and some sneaky carp, one with a net hoop as a necklace :super: .
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Thanks again Hayden for running me around, cheers davo
Sounds like you guys had a great pic with some nice fish caught!
Nice pics :thumbsup:

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Re: Cod Trip 2018 - March 17th/18th

Post by Brett » Sun Mar 18, 2018 6:02 pm

Murlz wrote:Another great trip. Great to see a couple of new faces around camp. Not a wasted weekend by far. Heaps of trout cod to keep us occupied and some of them of a decent size. Apparently we may have to re-arrange next years calendar to protect some of our "Long Married" attendees from certain death :-D .
High river and high winds could not put a damper on the weekend. All but one of mine was taken on bait. Did manage to troll up a hungry trouty at about 25cm. Little bugger had a mouthful of both trebles on an oargie.

The one on lure was a Murray cod lol and yes it was Matari's first.

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Re: Cod Trip 2018 - March 17th/18th

Post by smile0784 » Sun Mar 18, 2018 7:30 pm

davek wrote:Another good trip with the usual guys and a pleasure to meet Millzee and his son. Myself and Milkman fished together and I ended up with 8 Murray Cod and who knows how many Trout Cod. At one stage Hayden was talking about kicking me out of the boat, :-D but he did a good job as a guide :thumbsup:
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I have a couple of pics of Milkman with his double hook up ( a stick and a Trout Cod) and a silver perch. He also caught a barrow load of Trout cod and some sneaky carp, one with a net hoop as a necklace :super: .
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Thanks again Hayden for running me around, cheers davo
Well done.
What a great trip

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Re: Cod Trip 2018 - March 17th/18th

Post by smile0784 » Sun Mar 18, 2018 7:31 pm

Murlz wrote:Another great trip. Great to see a couple of new faces around camp. Not a wasted weekend by far. Heaps of trout cod to keep us occupied and some of them of a decent size. Apparently we may have to re-arrange next years calendar to protect some of our "Long Married" attendees from certain death :-D .
High river and high winds could not put a damper on the weekend. All but one of mine was taken on bait. Did manage to troll up a hungry trouty at about 25cm. Little bugger had a mouthful of both trebles on an oargie.

Good to see the action was all round

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Re: Cod Trip 2018 - March 17th/18th

Post by Lightningx » Sun Mar 18, 2018 7:53 pm

Murlz wrote:Another great trip. Great to see a couple of new faces around camp. Not a wasted weekend by far. Heaps of trout cod to keep us occupied and some of them of a decent size. Apparently we may have to re-arrange next years calendar to protect some of our "Long Married" attendees from certain death :-D .
High river and high winds could not put a damper on the weekend. All but one of mine was taken on bait. Did manage to troll up a hungry trouty at about 25cm. Little bugger had a mouthful of both trebles on an oargie.
Nice pics!
Looks like you all enjoyed yourselves and had a great trip :thumbsup:

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Re: Cod Trip 2018 - March 17th/18th

Post by kenzie101 » Mon Mar 19, 2018 8:32 am

Looks like a great trip. Fish caught and laughs had. Can't ask for more.
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