queensland Yakking in the wind Sat 31st May

[SchultzyT]

Forecast of 40 knots & rain so why not go for a fish in the yak?

Spent an hour or so on the Stanley before the rain and cold chased us back to the car to turn on the heater.

Got one strike for one hookup and one fish landed (by Dad not me ).

Just a little fish again. [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/afo_7673.jpg

[Shrimpo]

That flows into somerset doesnt it? Was their much rain?

[SchultzyT]

Enough to get wet but nothing flowing into the dam yet.

[Dinodadog]

Ya can't let a little rain put you off hey, well done for the effort

[pcsolutionman]

Nice one guys, What part did you fish? same as when we went out?

have you guys bought yourselves an outfitter?

Lee

[Rocket75]

Lovely looking fish, well done and just reward for braving the conditions.

Rocket

[WayneD]

Good to see that some one else went out also.

I will have to visit this stanley and get one of those buggers one day.

Did you end up buying that outfitter or is it just overdue to be returned to Mal?

[lonegans]

very nice eater size, well done to you

[ellicat]

NIce result for a quick session. (For most of us anyway:P )

Did anyone call the fire brigade when they saw Neil's jacket ?:dry:

[shaggy]

lonegans wrote:

very nice eater size, well done to you

Put em back mate, let em breed, let em grow, far too nice to catch only once.

Does anybody know if they would be a no take in the Stanley, or are they considered stocked??

[Terry H]

To my knowledge:

They are not native to the stanley and are stocked.

What I found interested in a recent site I read regarding their recovery plan, was that you're allowed one if its caught above the walls of wivenhoe, somerset (stanley river) hinze, baroon etc but no mention of below.

of course, below Baroon Pocket Dam's wall would be considered the mary river catchment, and fishing for and taking of cod is totally prohibited.

[Plastic Man]

awesome little cod guys well worth the effort

[pinkey]

Nice fish mate, what gear was it taken on?

[lonegans]

sure, i dont mind if u release more for me to

[STU]

One Mary is worth the pain of crap weather good onya neil

[Schultzy]

WayneD wrote:

Did you end up buying that outfitter or is it just overdue to be returned to Mal?

:blush: :blush: :blush: NO, just a long term loan from Mal. He'll be sending out the repo man soon.

[Schultzy]

lonegans wrote:

very nice eater size, well done to you

To quote a fishing author from a recent article, "Cod are far too impressive a piece of Mother Nature's artwork to be used as a cheap source of protein".

I've never kept a freshwater cod, (Murray, Mary, Clarence nor trout cod) and never will, regardless of the regulations.

Terry you are right about the cod below Baroon, they are in the zero take area. The reason the regs don't specifically mention downstream of Wivenhoe is a mystery; they've been stocked directly in to the river. I'd assume that like all other waters outside the Mary they would be included in the 1 fish limit area.

One must however remember that our grandfathers fished the Brisbane River cod into extinction in the mid 1900s. Let’s do whatever we can to prevent a second occurrence of that shameful event.

Release them all & treat those we do catch as the treasures they are.

Bass are far more plentiful and are good to eat.

[Plastic Man]

really well said neil

[Schultzy]

pinkey wrote:

Nice fish mate, what gear was it taken on?

Got it on a Pflueger President CA631XH rod (6'3" 6-15kg) & Pflueger President Wide plug reel loaded with 15lb Platypus Super Braid.

Lure was a 125mm "Cod Lolly" ® in yellow with brown stripes.