cod and yellas (secret spot)

[scotty]

left yesterday with a mate who told me he no a spot that no one else no about so grabed my gear and off we went after 3hrs to get there then 20mins of 4wding we got there im sorry i cant tell anyone where this spot is as for the respect of the
fish cause if i did then you get them ppl who go there set lines and catch and kill them and half the time they just sit in a frezzer for a year anyway we didnt take a boat as i was assured that we dont need it plus u would have no boat left on the track we took set up camp nd got straight into it second cast got nailed by a fat 52cm yella straight away i throught this was gonna be a good 2 days after that my mate told me to use a kokda yabby and whack smached by a 92cm cod i sh!t me self when i seen it come up after 20mins of fighting it got a photo and let him go 10min later hit again 78cm cod for the two days got 14 cod all over 60cm smallest was 62cm largest was 92cm and 12 yellas from 38cm to 58cm all caught on yabby and stupjumper lures,lost 4 fish this has made me think about selling my falcon and buying a 4wd i will try and get the pics off my mate when he gets it developed

anyway good fishin to us all

scotty

[SWFISHER]

what two days :( :( didiu take the laptop with u? does't add up :-/

[elephrez1]

i second that :o

[fishingnottake]

he travelled back in time to when the fishing was good :|

[scotty]

friday and saturday and yes i do have a laptop which i did take

[SWFISHER]

sorry mate but pics will clear all doubt for every body cheers

[McCod]

Thats great fishing there scotty... We fish Cods country a fair bit and sometimes get up to 30 Cod in a day. Thats 2 or 3 anglers fishing out of Canoes or Yaks. Where lucky to get 1 cod over 60 cm per 30 or 40 fish with the average size being aprox 50 cm. Sounds like a real Honey Hole ya got there... ;)

This is our average small water Cod...

[scotty]

thats good mc cod it is a good hole and good thing was that not just the cod were good the yella s were good as well and swfisher the pics will clear up all doubt once i get them off me mate (once i work out how to reduce the size of the pic )

[mackmauler]

scotty, sounds good, i swap marlin/tuna trips for cod trips if your interested.

[speckly]

nice going scotty ;) 92cm thats one big cod :o me and a mate go cod fishing alot but we haven't done that well good on ya

cheers speckly

[drawn]

I'd be keen to see a pic of the 92cm cod as I bet they have beter colours than the ones I get in SA. 92cm that would be a cod around 35lb.
Geez Mackmauler, I'd almost think about doing a swap. If you came to SA I could give you as close to a guarrantee of catching a 90cm plus cod as you could get. If you were lucky you could get one over 1m like this one I caught on the Sunday just gone. Took a quick pic prior to release.

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We also get some nice callop- yellow belly to you easterners.

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[McCod]

Yeah... drawn the colours are a real nice up this way... that is if ya get em from the clear water around Tenterfield New England area.
But if ya get em out of the murky waters from the lower Condermine area west of Dalby and down to the Darling river they look like that Big MC you have in your arms. Nice fish there mate ... Fat as mud!

Attached is a photo of a small impoundment Cod from up this way. The small water cod from the rivers in the same area have a bit less bronze in them and a bit brighter green.


Cheers Les

[woolybugger]

I agree, these fish definetaly have nice colours, however cannot go passed a healthy fresh water raindow trout.

[zedjack33]

I'd be keen to see a pic of the 92cm cod as I bet they have beter colours than the ones I get in SA. 92cm that would be a cod around 35lb.
Geez Mackmauler, I'd almost think about doing a swap. If you came to SA I could give you as close to a guarrantee of catching a 90cm plus cod as you could get. If you were lucky you could get one over 1m like this one I caught on the Sunday just gone. Took a quick pic prior to release.

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Hey drawn, taken around "BigBend" by any Chance? [smiley=jester.gif] [smiley=jester.gif] [smiley=jester.gif]

[scotty]

thats a nice cod youve got there drawn and the yella is nice as well as mc cod has showed you the coulours up this way are darker but still beuetaful fish prob around 30 lb id say was good got to get pics off me mate but soon as i do they will be posted up

[McCod]

Hey... Woolybuger is that a Marry River Cod ?

[drawn]

Zedjack33, nope not from around Big Bend.

The fish in the pic was 106cm and around 60lb but I do have pics of cod around 85cm from over here and they are quite yellow with a tint of green and grey.

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[McCod]

Drawn... looks like its been pigging out on Carp... Far out that is a fat fish
Have seen Impoundment Cod of 116 cm @ 64 lb."male fish"
And one from same pond 106 cm @ 44 lb. " male fish"
Must be a food supply thing... Plenty of it ;D
This same water has some real big girls in it of around 160cm...
Must be up around the 120 lb plus mark ? Know not how we are ever going to get one up beside the boat for more than a look .

Cheers Les.

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There are definately some big ones around. The best fish I've actually seen was caught from my boat by a mate, it was 126cm and about 80lb.
A bloke I know has caught one 150cm but I've also seen pics of a 99cm cod that weighed 100lb - now that fish was fat, as I've caught one 99cm that weighed around 50lb.

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re-landing big fish, it can be luck too, a mate has been bricked 3 times in the area I caught that cod but I hooked one half an hour before it at least the same size and it swam straight out into the open only to have the lure come out as it rolled on the surface. Then a little further along I hooked the one in the pic which also slammed the lure and swam into open water, making it relatively easy to catch.

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[teeka]

Hey guys
I'll see if i can get some pics of a couple big Namoi cod, you can't even see specs of colour on most, they are nearly all green and white.
Anyhow good fishing men.

[drawn]

Cool I like seeing the different colours of cod from different areas, they sure are majestic fish.

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[fishingnottake]

have you got the pictures yet scotty?

[scotty]

nah not yet mate goin out there again on the 23rd so should get them then plus im taking my didgetal camera so i can get some of my own so next time there wont be a wait

[elephrez1]

Good ides dude,

nothing beats fresh pics.

did you go to maroon dam?

[scotty]

NAH MATE NOT TOdAY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE TO WINDY SO GOIN TOMORROW MORNING HOPEFULLY HAVE DO AS GOOD U AND EXCLUSIVE DID YER GUNNA NEED FRESH PICS AS MY COMPUTER DOESENT HAVE A SCANEER


CHEERS


SCOTTY

[elephrez1]

can't you upload pics off your digi camera

[scotty]

yer i can but the pics my mate took are off a standerd camera i just dont no how to post them up and resize them

[elephrez1]

you need to open the pics in PAINT then go to IMAGE on the top of the screen then go to STRETCH/SKEW and change the HORIZONTAL and VERTICAL to 20% then SAVE AS to MY DOCUMANTS.

then when posting pics just go to BROWSE... and then go to were you saved it . any probs just message me.

[scotty]

cheers mate appreaite it

[elephrez1]

Not a problem happy to help.

I love looking at other peoples catchers