A great bit of research ... 220cm Murray Cod once existed
A great bit of research ... 220cm Murray Cod once existed
I thought this was worth a post - some of the statistics here are pretty incredible, as is the perspective on our current fishery:
https://theconversation.com/how-were-us ... alth-95369
https://theconversation.com/how-were-us ... alth-95369
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Re: A great bit of research ... 220cm Murray Cod once existed
What an amazing time it must have been back in the day to fish for these huge fish, all we have now are pictures of the halcyon days.
He who has the most fishing rods WINS !
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Interesting read indeed. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers :thumbsup:
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I found this very interesting. No doubt a lot of the detail was known by dedicated cod fishers but some of it was new to me. In particular, the link in the article entitled "Australian endangered species: Murray Cod" is worth a read. The author makes a couple of pertinent observations. He lists redfin as a threat to cod but makes no mention of carp as a threat. He also states "intensive aquaculture and introduced species have the potential to introduce viruses and diseases into wild fish". Make what you will of that.
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I have no doubt that if the work being put in today is kept up in twenty years there will be a fish that big somewhere...
There is always more to learn , fish to catch , places to see and friends to make.
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Re: A great bit of research ... 220cm Murray Cod once existed
Thanks for posting. Interesting read. :thumbsup:
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That's truedogz carrying that codhornet wrote:
What an amazing time it must have been back in the day to fish for these huge fish, all we have now are pictures of the halcyon days.
He still wears the same clothes today (only joking Will)
Cheers Gra
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Nah Graham, thats not me, he's too tall!
A lot of hyperbole in the article (helps to get funding).
In fact there have been 2 metre plus cod taken in the last hundred years, there are several news items about them, typically of 200 pound plus fish. Here is one example:
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/74145679
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Truedogz
A lot of hyperbole in the article (helps to get funding).
In fact there have been 2 metre plus cod taken in the last hundred years, there are several news items about them, typically of 200 pound plus fish. Here is one example:
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/74145679
Best Wishes
Truedogz
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I miss the good old days :thumbsup: I just wish I was around to experience it
A smart person knows what to say. A wise person knows whether to say it.
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Re: A great bit of research ... 220cm Murray Cod once existed
Emmanuel Labour, in the old days.Boonanza wrote:I miss the good old days :thumbsup: I just wish I was around to experience it
2 household Power points. 1 for wringer washing machine 2nd for radio in kitchen
Wood stove (used coke), with water jacket- kitchen was damn hot in summer.
Ice chest, outside loo, push mower.
When I first started work (1970) there were no computers, everything was hand written, so I was a mail boy for 2 floors (6th & 7th). Had to walk everywhere
Walked 1.3kms to school & my mate walked 3.2 kms (recently measured).
Would not think twice about walking to my cousins place in Glenroy, from Brunswick, at that time mid 60's, was only the second house in Glenroy.
Milk,coke & ice delivered by horse and cart
No vacuum cleaner, no dishwasher, no Tv, no electric blankets, no fridge, no atms (& the banks closed at 3pm).
There were plenty of jobs, if you wanted to be a manager, you needed to be a member of the Masonic lodge.
The car parks west of Moonee Valley racecourse were stables for the delivery horses and each stable had a massive peppercorn tree (massive to a 10yo anyway).
I've missed sh#t loads, but you get the picture
Cheers Gra