big Neil Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 G'day folks. I've been getting out fishing a bit lately and have caught plenty of fish too. Only problem that I and others are encountering is that the fish are being particularly lazy. They are being caught on bait but seldom on lures of any type. I've used spinnerbaits, diving lures and surface lures without even the slightest bit of interest, in the past few weeks. I must add that the river has been getting hammered with stacks of visitors camping along the banks over the past month. Should be a lot quieter in February so I expect a further improvement, provided there is still water being sent down. Today I went out fairly early as there was a bit of water being run through for irrigation purposes. Managed to get past the main shallow area and into some less fished areas and I wasn't disappointed as I set about fishing the snags and edges of the flows. As usual I needed to find out what they were "liking", so I made up a couple of paternoster rigs and tried 4 different baits (cheese, marinated chicken, shrimps, worms). Caught fish on all but the stand out was cheese today but shrimps 2 days ago. I lost stacks of gear today with some wily fish maximising their snaggy environment to the max. This eucalypt may soon be in the river... Hhmmm, nice snag! Just legal Murray Cod...returned unharmed Shrimp / yabbie aerator (Xmas pressie from one of the grandkids) A nice juicy live shrimp bait... So plenty of Murray Cod about, although not too many larger models. (These are usually caught using lures, etc) Haven't caught a single Trout Cod so far. Usual amounts of Carp which I always dispatch and an abundance of turtles. Caught some nice Redfin in the irrigation channel. I know that there has been rainfall in some areas in recent days but we have still had none. Thanks for reading this Murrumbidgee update, bn 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Great stuff BN, good to see your getting a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Awesome BN. At least your getting a few and I can’t wait for the crowds to die down either 🤔 cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Good to hear your catchin a few neil we got rain today hope you get some soon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Super Photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankS Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Good to see you got the boat in the water and fish to boot, wouldn't like to be under that tree when she goes. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbdshroom Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Awesome report! I really like that photo showing the exposed tree roots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Great report, Neil! Glad to hear your river is still fishable. Hope you get the rain we’ve been getting soon. Are you making notes of where all those snags are for when the river has more water in it in the future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Great photos & report BN hopefully the rain gets out there soon🤞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 3 hours ago, Berleyguts said: Great report, Neil! Glad to hear your river is still fishable. Hope you get the rain we’ve been getting soon. Are you making notes of where all those snags are for when the river has more water in it in the future? Thanks Baz. Yep after all the years of fishing the regular stretches near where I live I pretty much know where all the snags are and still lose tackle regularly in them. Hope we do get some serious amount of rain too, time will tell. Cheers, bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Nice work Neil, I like your live tank set up 👍 Is that your own DIY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 19 hours ago, kingie chaser said: Nice work Neil, I like your live tank set up 👍 Is that your own DIY? No it's a store bought one kc. Works very well though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 On 1/17/2020 at 4:01 PM, rickmarlin62 said: Good to hear your catchin a few neil we got rain today hope you get some soon Thanks Rick. Monday morning and we've just had a fabulous downpour. Thunder, lightning and a few inches of rain in a couple of hours. Stopped now and getting very muggy. Hope it's falling in the catchment area. Fishing tomorrow, most likely. Cheers, bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Bert83 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Great report Neil good to see you have been getting out and into them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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