Surface cod
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 1:51 pm
Ive had 4 donut lure sessions this season on the yarra (including a donut bait fishing session), so confidence and general will to put in the effort to go out and keep cracking at it has been down (not to mention limited time availability right now + everytime ive had time the yarras been dirty/high/fast). But the stars seemed to align a little on the conditions and availability front, so i decided to take advantage of the super hot friday turning into storms (ie. dropping barometer) to see if i could get a touch.
I headed to a section that's i thought would suit the conditions best and left all the sub surface lures at home to concentrate on surface only. Session started slogging through the bush (in 40+ deg) to get away from the car, stopping occasionally to work the better looking pools. One of these stops, i got a small boof on the first handle turn after the drop. Paused, worked and reworked the area for no other action. At least i had more action than the prior 4 trips - meaning the trip was already a success of sorts.
Reached my point of cbf'd sweating and scratching my way through the tea trees in 40deg and started methodically working the water back to the car as dusk and night was falling. Just on dusk - i got a 2nd boof, again paused, worked and reworked the area and got no further signs of interest. But i was now setting a record with 2 boofs in the same trip - definitely worth the effort now haha.
A few more sections down, i found a small backwater and started working it, about 6 casts in and with the cod cracker a few feet away from me the water unexpectedly exploded - a split second i felt weight; the next split second i felt none and the rage started rising; the next split second i felt weight again, rage turned to exhilaration and it was a quick lift to get the fish to the bank. Finally, first yarra cod on surface - prior to this id had 2 boofs to my name over about 10+ trips.
No measure, but guesstimate close to either side of 50cm with a little bit of a pot belly on this one. Quick snap and back into the water.
Rain hit about 11pm and made my way back to the car slowly - the already tough walk was even more difficult now as it was dark, raining and these large spiders and even larger webs (covering most of the vague track) were out in force making it a jumpy walk back for every rogue leaf that happened to fall down the back of my shirt haha
Cheers, Chris
I headed to a section that's i thought would suit the conditions best and left all the sub surface lures at home to concentrate on surface only. Session started slogging through the bush (in 40+ deg) to get away from the car, stopping occasionally to work the better looking pools. One of these stops, i got a small boof on the first handle turn after the drop. Paused, worked and reworked the area for no other action. At least i had more action than the prior 4 trips - meaning the trip was already a success of sorts.
Reached my point of cbf'd sweating and scratching my way through the tea trees in 40deg and started methodically working the water back to the car as dusk and night was falling. Just on dusk - i got a 2nd boof, again paused, worked and reworked the area and got no further signs of interest. But i was now setting a record with 2 boofs in the same trip - definitely worth the effort now haha.
A few more sections down, i found a small backwater and started working it, about 6 casts in and with the cod cracker a few feet away from me the water unexpectedly exploded - a split second i felt weight; the next split second i felt none and the rage started rising; the next split second i felt weight again, rage turned to exhilaration and it was a quick lift to get the fish to the bank. Finally, first yarra cod on surface - prior to this id had 2 boofs to my name over about 10+ trips.
No measure, but guesstimate close to either side of 50cm with a little bit of a pot belly on this one. Quick snap and back into the water.
Rain hit about 11pm and made my way back to the car slowly - the already tough walk was even more difficult now as it was dark, raining and these large spiders and even larger webs (covering most of the vague track) were out in force making it a jumpy walk back for every rogue leaf that happened to fall down the back of my shirt haha
