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.
- Fat belly on this fish
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.
- longer and leaner at 54cms
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.
- Had a whole heap of eggs
