15 minutes of magic

[denis barden]

Kooooooooooooooool

[Sebb]

Nice work and post! What's your guesstimate on casts you put in for the day?

about 9 hours of fishing, so id say a few

Lol, top effort. That's how they got the title a fish of a thousand cast.

[Sinsemilla]

Nice work and post! What's your guesstimate on casts you put in for the day?

about 9 hours of fishing, so id say a few

540mins in 9 hours. lets say on average a cast a min.. has to be somewhere around 500 :D

[smokin_reels]

Nice work and post! What's your guesstimate on casts you put in for the day?

about 9 hours of fishing, so id say a few

540mins in 9 hours. lets say on average a cast a min.. has to be somewhere around 500 :D

What worse is Anth, Im sure my lure must have drawn across mutiple fish during the day.
But must have been that they just wanted to feed during that window of 15 min or so.
They really are hardwork.

similar to when we were walking the loddon and we had a couple of boofs in quick succession. With you dropping your fish and mine whacking the pomp onto the bank with its tail. :down:

[Sinsemilla]

Nice work and post! What's your guesstimate on casts you put in for the day?

about 9 hours of fishing, so id say a few

540mins in 9 hours. lets say on average a cast a min.. has to be somewhere around 500 :D

What worse is Anth, Im sure my lure must have drawn across mutiple fish during the day.
But must have been that they just wanted to feed during that window of 15 min or so.
They really are hardwork.

similar to when we were walking the loddon and we had a couple of boofs in quick succession. With you dropping your fish and mine whacking the pomp onto the bank with its tail. :down:

Its scary to think of how many casts we've actually done in our lifetimes..

I've heard from heaps of seasoned cod fisherman that once the weather and water gets colder the fish need a bit more to fire up and they only do for a short period of time. Man you did really well to get 2 in a few casts!

[smokin_reels]

Nice work and post! What's your guesstimate on casts you put in for the day?

about 9 hours of fishing, so id say a few

540mins in 9 hours. lets say on average a cast a min.. has to be somewhere around 500 :D

What worse is Anth, Im sure my lure must have drawn across mutiple fish during the day.
But must have been that they just wanted to feed during that window of 15 min or so.
They really are hardwork.

similar to when we were walking the loddon and we had a couple of boofs in quick succession. With you dropping your fish and mine whacking the pomp onto the bank with its tail. :down:

Its scary to think of how many casts we've actually done in our lifetimes..

I've heard from heaps of seasoned cod fisherman that once the weather and water gets colder the fish need a bit more to fire up and they only do for a short period of time. Man you did really well to get 2 in a few casts!

yeah just got to keep fishing and hope a bite window coincides i suppose

[happyfriggincamper]

Nice convo guys - i was thinking along the lines of 3-4 a minute! Great effort again!

[Nude up]

Nice report I think reddies are the best tasting freshwater fish as well

[Bugatti]

Great report Aaron :thumbsup:

I love the way you tell the story, makes it interesting and great to follow. And with two decent Cod (with your trade mark Movie Star smile ) and , , , , dinner as well, and I do have to hand it to you, your description of the Reddie Dinner sounded awesome. But all you Chefs are making my cooking look like Prison food

Nice convo guys

Yeah, I was eavesdropping and thought the same. I have an even greater respect for you Lure People. Patience, Persistence and Perfection , , , , me , , , , 20 casts and I'm done , , , , I only have patience, that's why I'm a dirty filthy Baito

Great report on a great day and a great aachievement Aaron :a_goodjob:


Cheers, Baito Billy Bugatti

[smile0784]

With the season coming to an end, I decided to have one last crack at the cod.
I tried my best to chase them this year amongst my other piscatorial pursuits.
Having fished the Ovens, the Murray and the Loddon ,for the season finisher I headed up to the Goulburn .

A mate had the day off and I had the absolute luxury of fishing from his tinny.
Was a nice break from kayaking or walking the banks. The wind was projected to pick up in the second half of the day and we wanted to get a couple on the board asap.

When I cod fish in winter, i usually doze off as the monotony of futile casts take over and that was the case this time as well.
A bump, ah must be snagged. Quickly pinged the line to free my spinnerbait off the offending stick. :down:
But wait! the stick moves and there are headshakes.
Took a couple of seconds to register what was happening and up popped a fat cod around 52cms long.

cod1.jpeg

finally the cod gloves i carry around were used for the intended purpose and not just for gripping flatties.

A couple of casts later, i was more switched on and felt a little bump and whacked into it.
This relatively fit specimen put up more of a fight. Took some drag and did a couple of lunges under the boat.
cod2.jpeg


I was on fire! :banana:

But from there on end it was back to the grind. No fish were interested in swimbaits/spinnerbaits/surface lures/cranks.
Good end to winter! Cant wait for Summer to come around.

also found a school of reddies and smacked one on a vibe. Cooked it up and was actually remarkably flavourful.
redfin.jpeg

Great stuff mate