BIG COD CAUGHT AT LESLIE DAM

[caveman]

can't tell you much as i didn't see the pics it was apparently about a meter long and here the sad bit they took it home to eat very sad to see such a fish slaughted

[bdowdy]

all im can say is big fish, (let em go) too good to catcht once.bdowdy

[McCod]

Poor old Cod did well to escape slaughter for as long as he or she did .... given the water levels & angler pressure that place gets.... big shame indeed

[peterr]

Yeah, If it was near the metre would have most likely been a spawning female, shame to take her out of the water.
Is Leslie Dam the one near Warwick?

[McCod]

Yeah, If it was near the metre would have most likely been a spawning female, shame to take her out of the water.
Is Leslie Dam the one near Warwick?

Yeah mate its near Warwick.... been suffering low levels for a fair few years now.

[peterr]

McCod See your Ausfish picture with a nice Barra ,but you seem to have a healthy respect for the big green speckly fellas, do I detect a soft spot for em ?
Cheers Pete.

[caveman]

mate most of us have a soft spot for these beatiful fish, its very rare that i will take one to eat unless i've taken someone on their first fish for one and they want to eat it

[McCod]

McCod See your Ausfish picture with a nice Barra ,but you seem to have a healthy respect for the big green speckly fellas, do I detect a soft spot for em ?
Cheers Pete.

Yep... Love Murray Cod... used to spend hundreds of hrs per year fishing for em in Glenlyon Dam and the border rivers... love poking along the rivers fliking lures for em... just been a bit hooked up with Impoundment Barra fishing the last few years... and don't get down that way much anymore.... gunna get back down and into them real soon.

Cheers Les

[scotty]

yer it was 18 .5 kg very sad to hear that the big old girl was taken very sad

[caveman]

where did you find that out goin west

[scotty]

hey cave man

it was posted in the coastwatch reports last week
www.coastwatch.com.au
there also was a big one caught out at st geoge 17.5kg i dont think he would have seen the water again
cheers

scotty

[scotty]

do cod breed in dams just curiouse as i dont no

[McCod]

do cod breed in dams just curiouse as i dont no

Yep... they sure do.... if the conditions are right.


Cheers Les

[LOUIE]

Guys

I want to hear your thoughts on cod. I was of the opinion that all big fish are breeders but recently I was corrected.

I was told fish up to 5Kg are the breeding stock fish over that weight become marauders and attack their smaller cousins.

Thoughts please.


Louie

[McCod]

LOUIE.... I'm no expert on Cod breeding but i Have seen a lot of breeding pairs over the years... and its not uncommon to see big females like around 60 lb and more pairing off with smaller males @ around 20 lbs or smaller. I have never seen fish of the same size pair off... But i spose they do ? Have seen a lot of fish that have been in some big blues with some Big Cod. Some of the pairs may have been the other way around... The big ones may have been male fish with smaller females... Its just we allways think of the big one as females.... But its not all true as a lot of the big cod are males. As a rule most cod can not breed untill there aprox 60 cm and or around 4 to 5 KGs ... But this is a variable.

Cheers Les