What does 'Murray Cod' mean to you?

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Re: What does 'Murray Cod' mean to you?

Post by Sinsemilla » Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:35 pm

It was clean straight through. Lucky the gaff was really sharp, I only needed a couple stitches and i was good to go.

I can't remember exactly which pubs they were.. I'm sure there would be heaps in the small towns.

Cheers mate it was my pleasure.

Just found these which are pretty interesting. Take your pick!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-13/e ... ch/6090208

https://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/ ... h-in-pubs/

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Re: What does 'Murray Cod' mean to you?

Post by Pirana » Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:59 pm

Sinsemilla wrote:It was clean straight through. Lucky the gaff was really sharp, I only needed a couple stitches and i was good to go.

I can't remember exactly which pubs they were.. I'm sure there would be heaps in the small towns.

Cheers mate it was my pleasure.

Just found these which are pretty interesting. Take your pick!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-13/e ... ch/6090208

https://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/ ... h-in-pubs/
It's funny how REALLY sharp objects can end up safer than blunt ones. I share that view with knives.

Thanks for the links. Really interesting read. Im going tunnel a bit further to see how deep the burrow goes.

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Re: What does 'Murray Cod' mean to you?

Post by Lightningx » Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:57 pm

Sinsemilla wrote:It was clean straight through. Lucky the gaff was really sharp, I only needed a couple stitches and i was good to go.

I can't remember exactly which pubs they were.. I'm sure there would be heaps in the small towns.

Cheers mate it was my pleasure.

Just found these which are pretty interesting. Take your pick!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-13/e ... ch/6090208

https://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/ ... h-in-pubs/
A couple of interesting reads there mate.
Thanks for sharing the links.
Cheers :thumbsup:

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Re: What does 'Murray Cod' mean to you?

Post by Jay375 » Thu Jul 19, 2018 12:16 pm

I have so many great memories, learning about cod, travelling all over outback N.S.W and Vic, all the different rivers and spots. Its not just the fish, but the other flora and fauna in Cod country, River Red Gums I love them just as much, they are as much as an icon as the cod. A lot of fond memories in the lead up to the first metre pluser that I caught, which took a number of years. I don't go as much anymore maybe once a year but I always get some butterflies in the stomach when I'm near the water. We are so lucky to have such a beast of a fish down here. I'm sure I will have many more adventures and memories to come.

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Post by BIG GAV » Thu Jul 19, 2018 3:13 pm

Pirana wrote:
deathray wrote:Excellent way to start a thread. I think of Rod Harrison, his burly physique and poorly matching hair colour. But seriously I think of reading a story as a kid where he drank a six pack while watching a mate fight a massive cod below a dam wall somewhere that was hooked on a celta.
Haha - that would have been a sight! ...providing the 6 pack had some kind of effect. Im imagining Waynes World - Whoa!! In slow motion! :o_0:
rb85 wrote: Living on the other side of the divide they had never really been on my radar now it’s a species that I want to start targeting with surface lures.
Maybe its the dryfly fisher in you. I can relate. For the last 6-7 years, I had almost exclusively become a fly fishing snob - dries only :oops: .
BIG GAV wrote: By far my favourite target! The Goliath of the freshwater! Good read
I'm yet to put judgement... Might end up being my fav also... In which case, goodby coastal holidays.
The marking the hit the surface boofs mate it is enough to hook anyone

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Post by barra mick » Thu Jul 19, 2018 3:46 pm

Pirana wrote:
davek wrote:I love catch and release fishing for Cod, bait, lures, surface lures, all good although I haven't fished much of late due to commitments. Had a 4hr go today on the Broken River but it turned out to be a big walk really couldn't raise a fish, cheers davo
Thats some nice looking water Davek.
purple5ive wrote:Cod is on the bottom of my list atm.
One day I'll get to it.....
That was me until recently.
barra mick wrote:Surface fishing for cod on light line is probably only to fishing the same way for barra.

Once you start it's just addictive and very hard to go back to bait fishing...
Yep... Already in that club. Bait doesn't do it for me anymore. Soft plastics and fly fishing ruined that one for me. :(
Sensemilla wrote:It takes me back to when I was real young pulling the tinnie over logs with the old man.. Seeing those beasts on the wall of the various pubs and thinking hopefully one day..

When I hear Murray cod I instantly think of a day we had in tight water. Lifting the motor and pushing the tinnie over logs with the oars and gaff.. This memory really sticks with me because that day the but end of the gaff slipped off a log we were pushing over and the pointy end went straight through my hand in between my middle finger and ring finger. The scar brings back the great memories of catching a few cod and 7 trout cod that day.. I was more upset that the session had to end because of the injury than the injury itself! I was around 8 y/o at the time.

Cheers, Anth
Wow!! That's what I'm talking about! > Sorry to hear about the gaff tattoo though... Rather bitter-sweet.
Were you taken out again shortly after you got better - or did the accident put a halt to the fishing for a while?

Also, are there many pubs that still have wall mounts? Never seen one before.

Thanks for sharing.

Surely soft plastics and fly fishing hasnt ruined a meter cod on 15 ps line off the top ????

There not easy to land...well for me there or anyway

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Post by Millzee » Thu Jul 19, 2018 3:51 pm

Murry Cod fishing was introduced to me as a very young child when going fishing and camping on the Murray and Goulbourn river with family and friends. Back then it was all about setting and checking springers and I have an Uncle that used setlines, nets and all the other things I've grown to hate but the lessons in finding the fish remain with me today. I remember one trip when I was only about eight years old fishing with my dad and the excitement in us both as a huge fish almost pulled me in the water off the log I was sitting on. My dad yelled "you bloody beauty" as he caught me and grabbed the rod out of my hands, he was saying how "this is a big girl, she's staying deep" and after a few minutes a huge tail splash turned the sounds of joy from dad to an angry and disappointed "it's a ******* carp" bellowing across the water. I'd never heard dad swear very often so I knew then what a huge cod must mean to him as even after the hours past and we were back at camp telling everyone else the story, the fact that this bloody carp was the biggest he'd ever seen didn't bring him any joy. My uncle landed plenty of huge cod over the years and has many hanging on pub and lounge walls in the Tongala and Echuca area and for years I thought of him as a bit of a fishing god but my attitude has changed a lot over the years and now just see him as a bloody poacher, not a fisherman. Today I love chasing cod with lures, the excitement of every cast and never really knowing when the rods going to buckle that keeps me going back even after a doughnut session. Off the top it's my all time favorite method of chasing greenbacks and I can keep casting for hours knowing that at any moment she might break the surface and send my heart rate through the roof regardless of size or hook up. My cod chasing has seen many hours over the last few years on the water simply taking in the surroundings sometimes with no luck at all but other all the luck in the world. Last season has provided me with a few big girls over a meter in the one weekend but my most memorable was a 96cm off the top in the dropping river at Cobram. I was working a bank from my boat with a mate and paused my cast a little so I could make a perfect angle into a corner of a drop off with a dead log fallen in the water and the result was the hardest hit I've ever felt in fresh water and the big girl stood up on her tail like a barra for a good few seconds before landing back in the water and taking a run that peeled more line off my reel than many saltwater fish I've caught in the past. To me, this was truly what cod fishing is supposed to be like, a Murray cod from the Murray river doing what it knows to stay alive unlike the lake cod that seem to hit hard, go for a few seconds only to roll over and play dead until a final thrashing at the boat side. I love my lure fishing for the beautiful creatures but think I might start drowning a few more baits next season to rest my legs a bit between casts.

Tight lines guys and girls, enjoy these fish and have a feed every now and then but don't take everything like we used to in the olden days, they just wont last and doughnut session really suck.

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Post by barra mick » Thu Jul 19, 2018 4:17 pm

Millzee wrote:Murry Cod fishing was introduced to me as a very young child when going fishing and camping on the Murray and Goulbourn river with family and friends. Back then it was all about setting and checking springers and I have an Uncle that used setlines, nets and all the other things I've grown to hate but the lessons in finding the fish remain with me today. I remember one trip when I was only about eight years old fishing with my dad and the excitement in us both as a huge fish almost pulled me in the water off the log I was sitting on. My dad yelled "you bloody beauty" as he caught me and grabbed the rod out of my hands, he was saying how "this is a big girl, she's staying deep" and after a few minutes a huge tail splash turned the sounds of joy from dad to an angry and disappointed "it's a ******* carp" bellowing across the water. I'd never heard dad swear very often so I knew then what a huge cod must mean to him as even after the hours past and we were back at camp telling everyone else the story, the fact that this bloody carp was the biggest he'd ever seen didn't bring him any joy. My uncle landed plenty of huge cod over the years and has many hanging on pub and lounge walls in the Tongala and Echuca area and for years I thought of him as a bit of a fishing god but my attitude has changed a lot over the years and now just see him as a bloody poacher, not a fisherman. Today I love chasing cod with lures, the excitement of every cast and never really knowing when the rods going to buckle that keeps me going back even after a doughnut session. Off the top it's my all time favorite method of chasing greenbacks and I can keep casting for hours knowing that at any moment she might break the surface and send my heart rate through the roof regardless of size or hook up. My cod chasing has seen many hours over the last few years on the water simply taking in the surroundings sometimes with no luck at all but other all the luck in the world. Last season has provided me with a few big girls over a meter in the one weekend but my most memorable was a 96cm off the top in the dropping river at Cobram. I was working a bank from my boat with a mate and paused my cast a little so I could make a perfect angle into a corner of a drop off with a dead log fallen in the water and the result was the hardest hit I've ever felt in fresh water and the big girl stood up on her tail like a barra for a good few seconds before landing back in the water and taking a run that peeled more line off my reel than many saltwater fish I've caught in the past. To me, this was truly what cod fishing is supposed to be like, a Murray cod from the Murray river doing what it knows to stay alive unlike the lake cod that seem to hit hard, go for a few seconds only to roll over and play dead until a final thrashing at the boat side. I love my lure fishing for the beautiful creatures but think I might start drowning a few more baits next season to rest my legs a bit between casts.

Tight lines guys and girls, enjoy these fish and have a feed every now and then but don't take everything like we used to in the olden days, they just wont last and doughnut session really suck.
Absolutely fantastic read there

I remember setting springer's like there was no tomorrow.

It was common to set 20 to 30 a night
We would put birds on for bait,rabbits,fish,big yabbies.

Shocking way to fish but like you i still use the stream craft when using surface lures.

I haven't kept a cod for a long ,long time.

Bm

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Post by davek » Thu Jul 19, 2018 4:19 pm

Millzee wrote:Murry Cod fishing was introduced to me as a very young child when going fishing and camping on the Murray and Goulbourn river with family and friends. Back then it was all about setting and checking springers and I have an Uncle that used setlines, nets and all the other things I've grown to hate but the lessons in finding the fish remain with me today. I remember one trip when I was only about eight years old fishing with my dad and the excitement in us both as a huge fish almost pulled me in the water off the log I was sitting on. My dad yelled "you bloody beauty" as he caught me and grabbed the rod out of my hands, he was saying how "this is a big girl, she's staying deep" and after a few minutes a huge tail splash turned the sounds of joy from dad to an angry and disappointed "it's a ******* carp" bellowing across the water. I'd never heard dad swear very often so I knew then what a huge cod must mean to him as even after the hours past and we were back at camp telling everyone else the story, the fact that this bloody carp was the biggest he'd ever seen didn't bring him any joy. My uncle landed plenty of huge cod over the years and has many hanging on pub and lounge walls in the Tongala and Echuca area and for years I thought of him as a bit of a fishing god but my attitude has changed a lot over the years and now just see him as a bloody poacher, not a fisherman. Today I love chasing cod with lures, the excitement of every cast and never really knowing when the rods going to buckle that keeps me going back even after a doughnut session. Off the top it's my all time favorite method of chasing greenbacks and I can keep casting for hours knowing that at any moment she might break the surface and send my heart rate through the roof regardless of size or hook up. My cod chasing has seen many hours over the last few years on the water simply taking in the surroundings sometimes with no luck at all but other all the luck in the world. Last season has provided me with a few big girls over a meter in the one weekend but my most memorable was a 96cm off the top in the dropping river at Cobram. I was working a bank from my boat with a mate and paused my cast a little so I could make a perfect angle into a corner of a drop off with a dead log fallen in the water and the result was the hardest hit I've ever felt in fresh water and the big girl stood up on her tail like a barra for a good few seconds before landing back in the water and taking a run that peeled more line off my reel than many saltwater fish I've caught in the past. To me, this was truly what cod fishing is supposed to be like, a Murray cod from the Murray river doing what it knows to stay alive unlike the lake cod that seem to hit hard, go for a few seconds only to roll over and play dead until a final thrashing at the boat side. I love my lure fishing for the beautiful creatures but think I might start drowning a few more baits next season to rest my legs a bit between casts.
Tight lines guys and girls, enjoy these fish and have a feed every now and then but don't take everything like we used to in the olden days, they just wont last and doughnut session really suck.
Well said, :thumbsup: cheers davo
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Post by Lightningx » Thu Jul 19, 2018 4:37 pm

Millzee wrote:Murry Cod fishing was introduced to me as a very young child when going fishing and camping on the Murray and Goulbourn river with family and friends. Back then it was all about setting and checking springers and I have an Uncle that used setlines, nets and all the other things I've grown to hate but the lessons in finding the fish remain with me today. I remember one trip when I was only about eight years old fishing with my dad and the excitement in us both as a huge fish almost pulled me in the water off the log I was sitting on. My dad yelled "you bloody beauty" as he caught me and grabbed the rod out of my hands, he was saying how "this is a big girl, she's staying deep" and after a few minutes a huge tail splash turned the sounds of joy from dad to an angry and disappointed "it's a ******* carp" bellowing across the water. I'd never heard dad swear very often so I knew then what a huge cod must mean to him as even after the hours past and we were back at camp telling everyone else the story, the fact that this bloody carp was the biggest he'd ever seen didn't bring him any joy. My uncle landed plenty of huge cod over the years and has many hanging on pub and lounge walls in the Tongala and Echuca area and for years I thought of him as a bit of a fishing god but my attitude has changed a lot over the years and now just see him as a bloody poacher, not a fisherman. Today I love chasing cod with lures, the excitement of every cast and never really knowing when the rods going to buckle that keeps me going back even after a doughnut session. Off the top it's my all time favorite method of chasing greenbacks and I can keep casting for hours knowing that at any moment she might break the surface and send my heart rate through the roof regardless of size or hook up. My cod chasing has seen many hours over the last few years on the water simply taking in the surroundings sometimes with no luck at all but other all the luck in the world. Last season has provided me with a few big girls over a meter in the one weekend but my most memorable was a 96cm off the top in the dropping river at Cobram. I was working a bank from my boat with a mate and paused my cast a little so I could make a perfect angle into a corner of a drop off with a dead log fallen in the water and the result was the hardest hit I've ever felt in fresh water and the big girl stood up on her tail like a barra for a good few seconds before landing back in the water and taking a run that peeled more line off my reel than many saltwater fish I've caught in the past. To me, this was truly what cod fishing is supposed to be like, a Murray cod from the Murray river doing what it knows to stay alive unlike the lake cod that seem to hit hard, go for a few seconds only to roll over and play dead until a final thrashing at the boat side. I love my lure fishing for the beautiful creatures but think I might start drowning a few more baits next season to rest my legs a bit between casts.

Tight lines guys and girls, enjoy these fish and have a feed every now and then but don't take everything like we used to in the olden days, they just wont last and doughnut session really suck.
Enjoyed the read.
Cheers :thumbsup:

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