Murray Cod Expedition!

To chase this item species nosotros had to traverse continents as well as position inward quite a few miles on the road. The elusive Murray Cod, i time hunted to close extinction, is the holy grail for Australian freshwater anglers. It is indigenous to the Eastern side of the Australian continent as well as generally the sugariness H2O holes that these fish telephone telephone dwelling offering merely about astounding scenery. Here's how nosotros did it...

You don't postulate especially heavy gear to tackle these freshwater giants. Armed alongside the trusty Evergreen Zephyr MJ Racing baitcast rod nosotros were pretty confident...

Your typical gorge reason Cod haunt, laid upwards against breath taking country...

The belatedly afternoon origin didn't yield results until the Sun had set. Then this lilliputian Murray Cod obliged alongside a prissy topwater take...

Working the large Evergreen Royal Flash swimbait deadening on the surface drew the strike...

Surface baits are the best agency to grab Cod inward the darkness. This i liked the noisy Jackall Pompadour walker...

Another Cod gets tangled alongside the sexy Evergreen Royal Flash swimbait, a favourite of ours for ultra natural wakebait presentation...

The topwater explosions were something else, and of course of written report at that spot were many missed strikes likewise but it provided much suspense inward the darkness. This i roughshod for the walking Jackall Cup Rup...

Slowly walked pencils similar the impressive IMA Little Stiks worked wonders too. Here's a nicer Cod...

Next morn nosotros were upwards brilliant as well as early on but the fish were non equally cooperative inward the daylight hours. Getting hits were tricky as well as nosotros had to trace out all the tricks inward the majority to larn this prissy i to strike...

When all else fails this Geecrack Swing Chatter laced alongside a soft plastic tail mightiness merely plough things around. And it did, alongside 2 prissy fish inward succession...

More similar the fish nosotros had come upwards to chase, this is a proper specimen of the beautiful Murray Cod...


Cod are non the entirely freshwater predatory species that telephone telephone these waterways home. This beautiful Yellowbelly or Golden Perch liked the DUO Realis Crank meant for Cod...

These fish actually fatten upwards inward these holes. Here's merely about other hold off at this fine Yellowbelly...

Murray Cod are classic ambush predators, they are never far from construction as well as so that's where nosotros had to larn our lures. Casting tight against snags tin move live daunting, but sure enough lures offering splendid command inward flying as well as the IMA Pinjack 200 crankbait is i such...

When natural swimming activeness is called for, the Zipbaits Khamsin DR is never far...

It accounted for this lilliputian Cod...

While the e'er versatile Evergreen Combat Crank made its grade alongside this capture...

Going calorie-free alongside the Evergreen Kaleido spin rod, this lilliputian Cod roughshod to the well-placed Jackall Cherry crankbait...

Along alongside groovy scenery nosotros were treated to spectacular sunsets...

The novel DUO Realis Fangbait 120DR makes the perfect Murray Cod lure, it goes deep as well as has an enticing wobble...

No monster Cod but a prissy lilliputian i none the less...

The DUO Realis Jerkbait is merely about other groovy lure for targeting shallower weedbeds. This i gets the approving from a feisty Cod...

Every session nosotros comprehend lots of terrain inward the hollo for for Cod...

Here's a trophy sized Cod which represents a dream grab for many an angler...

Topwater strikes inward the solar daytime are few as well as far between, but this fourth dimension the IMA Little Stik did the trick...

Wakebaits similar our favourite Evergreen Royal Flash also plough a deadening session into a hot one...

Here nosotros larn consecutive strikes on the Royal Flash...

We never tire of the explosive hits...

The Jackall Mikey proves effective equally good inward this item hole...

And nosotros larn a few fish inward quick succession...

The Cod look to honey the natural swimming activeness of the Jackall Mikey...

Then later on night something miraculously happens. As the Jackall Mikey gets slammed yesteryear an aggressive Cod merely about other much larger i tries to snatch it away. An amazing struggle ensues which sees both fishes landed later on the tussle...

The outcome is the fish of the trip, as well as at merely nether a metre long, maybe a lifetime...

And this is what you lot larn yesteryear sticking bare hands into a large Cod's jaw...

The side yesteryear side morn nosotros larn correct dorsum into it, this fourth dimension alongside the DUO Realis Jerkbait 100DR cast into a deep channel...

The lack of pelting over the yesteryear months hateful H2O levels are at an all fourth dimension low, revealing all the best structure...

Throwing a topwater star similar the IMA Little Stik inward the shallow H2O is a groovy agency to score...

Another agency is to function weedless lures inward thick weedy areas...

This is where a lure similar this Kahara Rat north Rats comes into play...

A spectacular persuasion of a typical breath taking gorge that has been shaped through millions of years...

In the darkness the Jackall Mikey i time once to a greater extent than rules, alongside this lilliputian guy...

The Yellowbellies proved pretty elusive so far, but this morn at a landlocked river it would live different. This prissy i took the deadening worked FCL Labo HKTS minnow...

Spinnerbaits worked tight inward construction also drew the Cod out. This is the Jackall Super Eruption doing its job...

And this is the fish that provided the amusement on the Evergreen Kaleido spin rod...

The handmade FCL Labo HKTS accounts for merely about other Cod alongside its life-like swimming...

Then nosotros larn lucky alongside merely about other good-sized Golden Perch which gave a groovy occupation organisation human relationship of itself on the spin gear...

The Jackall Cherry crankbait did the trace a fast i on for this one...

The river draws you lot daily. It is a special place...

And it pays off to function difficult into the dark, equally that's when almost of the activeness happens. Another Evergreen Royal Flash victim...

And non forgetting the explosive topwater strikes courtesy of the IMA Little Stik...

But the wilderness tin move live a unsafe identify as well as so it is essential to pay attending at all times...

After a few fantastic days nosotros had to larn out our lilliputian cottage behind for the long trek home...

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