Big Bay Cod

[Horse]

I headed out early this morning in search of a nice Snapp or two in the central/northern Bay area. My brother Glenn (Cervelo) played deckie for the day. A good run saw us at Spot X;D nice and early. We worked placies for a while but could not find a reasonable fish. We released a few around 35cm before heading over to see Brent, Tim & Jim on Aquarious. They were finding the going hard as well so we took of a little further North (I should have waited a bit longer as the boys scored well on the Snapps:) )
Not long after reaching Spot Y we had a nice feed of 3 Cod onboard. Two on Placies and one on live bait. I then decided to swim a new plastic I had just picked up from the US. Out went a 10" Strike King Rage Anaconda. It lasted about 5 minutes before the rod buckled over and the drag screamed:o . Glenn sorted the other rods out and started to chase as I tried to stay connected to what felt like a very big fish. It was well over 20 minutes before we saw colour and a huge Cod popped up:D .
He was totally exhaustd and blown up:-/ . We tried to revive him for about 30mins but the fight had taken too much out of him so we eventually checked his length (to make sure he was legal) and pulled him on board and emptied the 120L esky to fit him in
The fish went well over 110cm in length and on the bathroom scales went an impressive 22.9 kg which put him just over 50lb in the old money.
I would have been happier to see him swim away but he will not go to waste. We had some for dinner tonight and it was very nice;D .
By the way it had a jig head in its mouth. It was one I am not familiar with so whoever lost can probably ID it. I will post a pic in the morning but it has the lead sitting below the hook like an anvil (I might have the answer now)

[snapperbasher]

nice fish mate!!

not a bad consalation prize!!

Cheers Lochie

[Nico.d.R]

nice , the cods huge what lb line were you useing ?

cheers nico

[Steven78]

Good report Horse, I was talking to Brent today and he told me that you were playing with a rather large cod :) I wanted to go out today but a cold and moveing house had some thing to do with it. Horse I might be going out tomorrow, Jim maybe coming along too.

[Aquarius]

Hi Neil, Mate it was good to catch up for a chat this morning.
Yep you should have stayed 30 minutes longer.
That has to be the biggest bay cod i have seen.:o
A top effort to bring that monster up from the depths.
Cheers Brent.

[tailorboi99]

Words (Well I'm sure they can but not appropriate words) can't describe the size of that Cod, especially on what seems to be light gear. Please tell us how he goes on the tooth.

Thanks Tom

[slyman]

Mate thats a beast cod! well done on the capture, though it was a pity it was too stuffed to go back.

[TimD]

Nice Cod Horse,What are you having for dinner tommorow night...Would it be Cod :D



cheers tim :)

[loophole]

Verry Nice cod... What gear did u pull him up on?

[chief]

Thats a great fish, congrats , 22.9 kg WOW

[stessco]

thats a big cod!

[robersl]

very nice cod did well to get him to the boat

shane

[hooknose]

Nice Rodney Cod there Horse, they get a bit chewy at that size but still good tucker, time to get some mates around for a barby.
ps bake the head as the cheeks are awesome !!

[skipjack]

Awesome cod there son! The weather looks uncomfortable, we went out on sat to the cathedralls and it was quite rough, allthough it was worth it with a few snaps coming an board. ;D

[MattChew]

The only thing I can say mate is :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

Cod & Chips for weeks!!!!!

Ta
Matt

[bayfisher]

:o Nice cod Neil, seems fish don't mind that sweet coffee flavor either. ;D.

[Horse]

Verry Nice cod... What gear did u pull him up on?

I was using a bits and pieces outfit consisting of a Okuma Epic 50 on a cheap Wilson 8-10kg stick. I was running 30lb Whiplash with a 30lb fluro leader to a 1oz 7/0 TT jighead

[RAT-KING]

Well done im sure a cod that size has had more than the one hooks in its mouth!
great 2 c u tried 2 release the monster!!

[cervelo]

Again well done on the catch. That's one plastics PB I'm not sure I will be able to beat.

Had some for dinner last night and it tasted great.

I have to admit though I didn't think you would het any takers for the wierd and wonderful plastic you used (I wonder if it was a first for the bay) anyway put me down for a dozen on the next order.

Cheers
Glenn

[Horse]

I have to admit though I didn't think you would get any takers for the wierd and wonderful plastic you used (I wonder if it was a first for the bay) anyway put me down for a dozen on the next order.

This was the culprit..... 10" of coffee flavoured worm:o

[whatscracken]

Awesome Cod Horse, its a shame the big fella didn't make it but I'm sure you've given her a good home.

[ozscott]

Horse - that makes my golden spot cod I posted up about a month ago look a bit lame....bloody hell mate that will feed you for a while! Well done. It must have been great fun pulling it in!

Cheers

[Jurkyjj]

Horse,

That is a great fish mate!!
Well Done!!

Cheers, Jason.

[bayfisher]

It looks like the mystery of the jig head has been solved.... I would like it back along with my fish ;D.

[Horse]

It looks like the mystery of the jig head has been solved.... I would like it back along with my fish ;D.

Finders, keepers;D ;D ;D

I might have to go for a fish on the 29's and see if I can find that fish that stole your Twinpower. I might even get the reel back;D

[Fish_gutz]

thats a cracker cod Horse, Congrats.

Andrew