murray cod specialist needed

[maccatuna]

ive stumbled across this secluded fishing spot that is holding some good size murray cod and im wondering if there is anyone that is a freshwater water specialist that would like to come to this spot and show me the ropes on these fish

[buih87]

a great lure or live bait will be a must. all i know is murray cod are a smart fish and they seem to like sheltered areas. never caught one but owned one as a pet for a while along with other fresh water species.

[aussie123]

Hi Mac

I presume you will be fishing a river so you need to get a collection of mid sized deep divers for casting.

If you are using a boat and trolling you can use the larger sized lures over the 100mm mark.

By far probably the best overall cod catching lures are the Oar-gee,Boomerangs and Stumpjumpers.

Look for deep divers ranging 75mm to 100mm and any lures with a very wide body roll action.

Cod do not like lures with a tight swimming action,you must have that wide body roll as the lure is retrieved very slowly.

As for colors they are no different to any other fish and will change there color preference daily in most cases what they take in the morning will not work in the evening.

Reds,Yellows Greens and Black colored lures all constantly work on cod and yellas.

Oar-Gee Plows are just an unbeatable lure for cod,the wide roll on those things is incredible and I have taken hundreds of cod on those things over the years.

Stumpies would be my second choice of go to cod lures and then the Boomerangs.

Large Spinnerbaits are also a great lure in the timbers as you can sink them directly within the strike zone and start your retrieve where often with diving lures the lure can be out of the strike zone before it gets down to the correct depth.

Jitterbugs are a great lure that I have caught many big cod on the surface with as well.

There is many other good cod lures on the market but those 3 I mentioned I don't think you can go wrong with them.

Lance

[maccatuna]

ok thanks for the great info ive got no fresh expirence at all so i will give it a go and see how i come up

[aussie123]

You will be ok,they are not hard to catch if you are in the right place.

Target every bit of timber in the water,overhanging Tee Trees and Willow trees,overhanging rock ledges and caves and any boulders in the water should have cod laying hard up behind them.

If you have a race of water coming down through boulders you will often see large swirling back eddies,these will hold good cod when they are out feeding.

Any structure and pockets of still water is where you will find them.

Generally they will avoid the faster running water unless they are out and looking for a feed but even then they generally like to lay behind some form of structure to ambush their prey.

With good Polaroids you will often spot them in the water as well and sight casting them in awesome fun.

Something to remember is often cod will bump a lure time and time again and not take the lure.

If this happens drop the rod tip back for several seconds to allow the lure to sit still in the water and then start the retrieve again.

This will often induce a proper strike.

If they still won't take the lure properly start changing lure colors and often the color change will get them to strike properly.

If not the annoyance of the lure will often cause a territorial strike after a while and when his pissed off you most times will get a solid hookup.

[Little Grey Men]

If you find a good looking snag make multiple casts all around it, when your sick of casting to the same snag put a few more casts into it. They don't move around a whole lot so you have to really tempt them away from their hidey holes.

Take Aussie's advice and invest in some Oar Gee plows....they are perfect cod lures.

[jeff f]

or you could go oldschool

get out the shotgun and knock down a few brightly coloured parrots

put the bird on a 8/0 hook tied to green cord handline :evil:

[maccatuna]

ive tried that :whistle:

or you could go oldschool

get out the shotgun and knock down a few brightly coloured parrots

put the bird on a 8/0 hook tied to green cord handline :evil:

[Cheyne_jones]

I fish for cod alot, best lures IMO would be spinner baits with double Colorado blades and Jackall tn's both 50 & 60's.

Are they Murray cod or Mary's?

Keep it a secret mate, you don't want it getting flogged out.

[BassTracker]

my advice, invite aussie or madmullet to come with you

[madmullet]

Over the yes i have caught many m/c and what i hsve notice is the are hugely terratorial and the bigger and sometimes more louder they are, will prompted them into smaking them harder.

When using spinner baits, dont buy cheaply made ones as cod will destroy them very easily.

Big jitter bugs worked accross the surface is a spectacular way of fishing.

When fishing for the cod hammer the snags snd structures.

A good all round outfit is 20lb, a little easy for they small felkas, but good stick for they bug boys

Hit any moving wster where it enters a deep poil and cast into the flowing water and bring it back with the current.

Best of luck bud