madfishohamish Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Hey fellow raiders, I will be heading up to copeton soon and i was wondering if anyone has any spots in the dam they recommend to fish for cod and what lures I should use. Cheers Hamo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 copeton seems hit an miss at moment ..three of my mates fished it two weeks ago and didn't turn a reel..we all normally go alright on cod but the boys were devoed with nil result...the westerly winds and cold seem to be shuttin em down..there was a rumour of 1 fish caught 103cm but no one seen it...rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madfishohamish Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 36 minutes ago, rickmarlin62 said: copeton seems hit an miss at moment ..three of my mates fished it two weeks ago and didn't turn a reel..we all normally go alright on cod but the boys were devoed with nil result...the westerly winds and cold seem to be shuttin em down..there was a rumour of 1 fish caught 103cm but no one seen it...rick I was thinking of going late September so hopefully it will warm up a bit and what lures do you recommend for cod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 late sept is a good time..big question there are dozens of cod lures..everyone has faves I usestumpjumpers spinnerbaits surface walkers big paddletail soft plastics..there are fotos in previous topics ive posted ''new England cod and others'' there are lots of colours made but most are designed to catch fisherman not fish..mybest colors are green frog..yellow black stripes..purple..green orange...enter cod in the search function and you will find heaps of topics to sift thru check fotos in gallery and look for colours that others have had success with..rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madfishohamish Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 21 minutes ago, rickmarlin62 said: late sept is a good time..big question there are dozens of cod lures..everyone has faves I usestumpjumpers spinnerbaits surface walkers big paddletail soft plastics..there are fotos in previous topics ive posted ''new England cod and others'' there are lots of colours made but most are designed to catch fisherman not fish..mybest colors are green frog..yellow black stripes..purple..green orange...enter cod in the search function and you will find heaps of topics to sift thru check fotos in gallery and look for colours that others have had success with..rick Thanks for the help rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirvin21 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 i will probably be up there the last week of september the dam is massive and there are so many choices of places to fish its insane ive had plenty of success on yellabelly mostly fishing the timber and boulders around the points my uncle always reckoned cod were the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirvin21 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 just realised where your from nice to have another north coaster on FR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madfishohamish Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 13 hours ago, dirvin21 said: just realised where your from nice to have another north coaster on FR Yeah I just joined the other day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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