I was the silly goose that grabbed the wrong rod when we left home so fished all day with a handreel & spent more time grabbing drinks from the esky & regretting not putting sunscreen on earlier

The others caught cod all morning ranging in size with max about 57-60cm. Surprised in the colour difference between these light (more yellow) cod vs the ones I've seen out of the Goulburn which are much darker. Any ideas why? Water temps or quality? Climate?
I finally landed one later in the day. He still had my 1st hook in his lip that he busted off 5 minutes previously.