green fish at somerset

[crabby 1]

Hi all i was not aware that they had stocked murray cod in somerset was out there on the weekend we got a cod about 45cm along with a heap of redclaw all in all a good trip apart from share farmers checking reclaw pots and rats had a drowned rat in one of the pots it was the size of a small kangaroo


regards crabby

[liltuffy]

Thanx Crabby - taking the kids up for a few claw on Saturday, any tips on where to hit??

Craig

[Apollo]

Murray or Mary cod?

[crabby 1]

Hey guys the claw are everywhere up there at the moment just keep an eye on your traps, opollo it was most definetly a murray released to fight another day beautiful fish photos on my mates camera

regards crabby

[warrior]

mary river cod are stocked in there i landed one a few years back 590mm great fighting fish

[Hornet_billy]

Most likely a Mary River Cod, I caught a 25 pounder there in a Bass comp last year . Two others caught the same weekend.

[Mike Delisser]

If it looked like either of these it was a Mary River Cod, the SWFSA have released about 40,000 of them at Somerset. The anglers are Matt Johnson and Baydon Sparrow.

[Fitzy]

Hi all i was not aware that they had stocked murray cod in somerset was out there on the weekend we got a cod about 45cm along with a heap of redclaw all in all a good trip apart from share farmers checking reclaw pots and rats had a drowned rat in one of the pots it was the size of a small kangaroo


regards crabby

G'Day Crabby,

What type of pots were you using?

I would think the rat was a water rat, they love eating small fish, cray & shrimps actively hunting them in the shallows. Can pick them easy by the white tip of the tail. They're a native animal & should be released if you happen to get one as by-catch. They normally don't get into opera house traps that well, I've only seen one caught in a trap before. I managed to video one from a bridge one day chasing rainbowfish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY6ydkSmvIs

There's no Murray Cod been stocked into Somerset. Would most certainly be a Mary River Cod which we stock most years into Somerset Dam, Wivenhoe Dam & the Brisbane & Stanley Rivers. While you can take one legal size one from the lakes they are totally protected in the rivers upstream & downstream of the dams. They should be released anyway, as their numbers are still quite low & we're hoping to establish them as a self sustaining (breeding) population.


Cheers,

Garry Fitzgerald
President - Somerset Wivenhoe Fish Stocking Assn

[francey]

If it looked like either of these it was a Mary River Cod, the SWFSA have released about 40,000 of them at Somerset. The anglers are Matt Johnson and Baydon Sparrow.

Matt Anderson not Johnson I think

[Mike Delisser]

Matt Anderson not Johnson I think

Dough!!!!! yes Matt Anderson, sorry Matt. Thanks for picking that up Francey.