KhalidMSyed

24 minutes ago, dnardy said:

Hi Guys i never reported back. I had a ball fishing Mill beach right at the eastern end near the rocks. About 3 sessions in late arvo into the early evening got me a good variety - pretty satisfied for someone who only ever fishes fresh. I used pillies and squid. I didn't keep any due to my lack of knowledge on whats good eating but I took photos, got them back in the water and identified them later.

I tried looking for beach worms and pumping for yabbies but no good. Khalid I checked out your spot but didn't get a chance to fish it, but will put it in the bank for next time.

Rock Cod? Caught a few of these.

I actually thought this was a Flathead i'm that inexperienced with Saltwater species - Blind shark?

Banjo

What do you call this one? Saltwater Murray Cod? haha

 

Thanks again for the advice everyone, had great fun!

Great, thanks for your report. Good to see that you caught a variety of fish, well done. Looking forward to your next sea fishing adventure.

1 hour ago, Bob9863 said:

3 from 6 is a pretty good strike rate, I don't get that from stocked fishing parks. So pulling that of from a river is definitely an impressive run. 

Shows how great this spot is. If I was fishing in one of the lakes in Canberra then this would be completely impossible.

18 minutes ago, Bretto77 said:

Great fish! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks mate

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

Some healthy looking fish and a nice looking place to be, too.

Yep, beautiful spot to fish at.

19 minutes ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Good cod! 

Thanks mate.

A friend of mine convinced me to try night fishing. We did and caught two good sized Murray Cod. See the video report below:

20 minutes ago, Acoustix said:

Thanks so much Khalid - that's super helpful (particularly for a newbie!).

Welcome

27 minutes ago, Acoustix said:

Thanks for sharing all of this Khalid - looking at the sun and shadows, were these caught early morning-ish?

Cheers

 

Yes, most of my freshwater fishing happens early in the morning, shortly after sunrise. On hot sunny summer days, Murray Cod usually stop biting by 8:30am. On cloudy or foggy summer days, the feeding activity may continue till around 9:30am. In winter, you can start even later as sun comes up later.

1 hour ago, a-frame81 said:

Cheers,

I saw that in your other post and it was where I thought it looked like. Will have to hike down for a fish some time. Do you hike in from Uriarra Road side or from the Holt side?

Uriarra Road side when I am fishing at Molonglo River. The map below shows 5 parking spots in the area:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9LUwj-kj0wH5BTQ3sVhqjw/community?lb=UgxEMee2O5c0MVREGnV4AaABCQ

Thanks mate. Yeah, this is a good spot due to Bengello Creek that flows into sea here. However, you can improve results here by using burley.

Had the opportunity to return to Bengello Beach after a long time and had a good session (burley was required). See video report below:

33 minutes ago, a-frame81 said:

Awesome work Khalid! I'm still yet to crack a Murray Cod, just Yellowbelly and Redfin but I have only tried a few of the lakes from the shore and kayak so far. I'm trying to pick where on the Molonglo your videos are from and have a bit of an idea. Might have to plana hike to try and locate the.

 

Cheers,

Andrew

Thanks mate.
The spots are all documented under the Community tab of my channel, here is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9LUwj-kj0wH5BTQ3sVhqjw/community?lb=UgkxX7xxK1OosaCSzD4dGLbMRVhpo6ll0E6-

On 28/12/2022 at 10:33 AM, Bob9863 said:

That's some good fish for around Canberra, it's often amazing what you can catch if you spend a little time exploring the area you live in. 

There can often be some great fish that don't get targeted by many people that don't put in the time to find them.

Thanks mate. After fishing actively in Canberra for several years, I am sure that Canberra offers World-class fishing.

Agree, like always one has to invest some time in finding good fishing spots and then exploring them thoroughly.

19 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Thanks for sharing. Some good fish there. Good session in the last video !

Thanks mate.

My best session at Molonglo River. Caught 3x Murray Cod and 6x Carp. Have a look:

My biggest Murray Cod so far @ 80cm, landed in just 24 seconds! Have a look:

Here is another video report from a spot in Molonglo River that was difficult to reach and difficult to fish from. But it was all worth it:

Hello All,

Here is a video report from a freezing Canberra winter day when I caught my biggest Yellow Belly so far at 51cm:

Hello All,

Starting a new thread as the previous one was specific to Molonglo River. I have been fishing on several spots in Canberra and wanted to gather all my fishing reports in one thread. For those of you who have not seen my fishing reports from Molonglo River, please view this thread first:

More reports to come below. Stay tuned!

21 minutes ago, dnardy said:

Hi Khalid,

I am heading to this area in January. I haven't done much saltwater fishing and I was wondering what bait you are using?

Pilchard works well. You can either use Pilchard pieces with single hooks or whole Pilchard with gang-hooks.

8 hours ago, ellicat said:

Nice size sole. Good eating if you want to keep them.

Thanks for letting me know.
Did not know it was good eating. Will likely keep it next time.

Went to Durras North again with a friend of mine and caught something I have never caught before, a Sole fish. Did not even know what the fish was called or whether it was a fish. Googled later and found out that it has many names and one is Sole fish.