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Thanks @61 crusher appreciate it mate.

Hi @Lizardboy Sounds like you tried all the right stuff. I have spent plenty of time in the Grabine area as well and actually fished there at one stage this day. There is definitely potential in Wyanagla, a lot of really big fish get caught there that aren't widely talked about so don't give up. If you are planning on heading back feel free to send me a DM I'll try help you out with what has been working and where to try as I fish there fairly often. Cheers, Trav

@big Neil always a spare seat in the boat for you mate

Great report Dave and congratulations Amy on your first cod. Beautiful looking fish and impressive looking spot you went too.

Thanks @Scratchie. I release all the cod I catch mate. The first cod I ever caught is the only one I have ever kept.

Thanks mate I’ve been very lucky the weather and barometer has lined up perfect for the last couple of trips.

So many great memories from time spent with my dad fishing to fishing with my kids. One memory that sticks with me like it was yesterday happened May 12, 2012. I took my now wife to the river for a picnic/ fish. I said I’d show her a spot I had been catching a few cod recently. As we ate cheese and biscuits and drank a bottle of wine we threw a few lures around. Chloe soon lost interest but I kept casting while continuing to eat. After an hour or so of casting I wanted to cast under a willow tree on the far bank that the fish had been coming from but it was just out of reach so I was getting a run up and heaving a bassman mumbler as hard as possible to reach the sweet spot. After a few running casts a cast landed right on the money. Hop...pause...hop...BANG! Instantly I knew it was a fish bigger than Id ever hooked. I yelled for Chloe to grab the camera as the beast of a fish swam up and down the river totally in control of the fight. I still remember the laughter as I shook uncontrollably when the big cod came to the surface for the first time. I fought the cod to a sandy bank and after a few quick photos and measure she was set free. My first meter cod a beautiful 104cm fish and a memory that will stick with me forever. To share that moment with my now wife was extra special and Chloe only now realises how rare these encounters are and why I was so excited by it. Cheers Trav.

Absolute cracking fish Gus well done.

Yellowbelly and cod are edible. They are extremely fatty from Windamere due to shear size of most of the fish that come from there though.

Thanks mate Cheers mate

Squeezed in one last fishing trip before my holidays end and decided to try my luck at Wyangala again. Went with the same tactics as last trip swimbaits early as the sun came up and scored a 90cm cod at first light in around 3m of water on a Jackall Gigantarel in the carp colour. Next fish a solid 77cm cod came a few hours later on a deep diving crankbait fished close to timber. Fish weren’t as switched onto the crankbait today so fished a chinweighted Jackall Gantarel in the carp colour around timber and got a 88cm and 99cm cod. Had a few other hits on the crankbait and Gantarel that didn’t connect so it was a great day again. The water looks to have dropped over a foot since a was there 2 weeks ago so I was happy to see the fish still active. I fished a similar area to last trip but managed to find better quality fish which was great. Cheers for reading, Trav.

Great work and persistence Dave that’s a cracker fish well deserved.

@rickmarlin62 yeah it’s a bit of a worry. Hope we get some rain soon.

Cheers @Scratchie was a great day. @rickmarlin62 was a great day but not quite as epic as your outing going by the photos. I only dream of landing one snapper that size in a lifetime keep up the good work.

Thanks @big Neil just one of those special days when everything lines up and the fish are switched on.

@Welster we definitely have some cool freshwater fish it’s defintely worth having a crack one day.

Thanks @Blackfish was such a fun day. Thanks @nutsaboutfishing wish they could all be as good a day as that.

Cracking fish mate great stuff.

Thank you there is so much more I could of said but I thought that was long enough.

Such a nice looking fish.

Plan was to leave for Wyangala Dam chasing cod at 3:30am but by 2:30am I couldn’t sleep through a mixture of trying to get out of night shift mode and the anticipation of the day ahead. Little did I know I had a good reason to be excited. Arriving at the dam just after 4am I set up and head off slowly in the dark to where I wanted to start my mornings fishing. The day started slowly as I fished swimbaits as the sun came up with no sign of a fish. There were cormorants and pelicans everywhere a good sign of bait in the area so the fish shouldn’t be far away I thought. As I fished my way along the bank casting as I went I cast to a tree in slightly deeper water and a fish slammed my lure and no hook up. Twice more it hit and didn’t hook up. Across the river was another large tree so I made my way over and first cast bang I’m on then moments later that sinking feeling as the hooks pulled. The two previous missed opportunities showed me a bit of a pattern the cod were relating tight to timber no real surprise but it was the biggest of the trees that held the fish. From then on I set the electric motor on high and purely fished the biggest trees and that’s when the results came. It was 8:50am when the first cod hit the net a solid 72cm cod. After a quick photo and release I was back into it. I fished on and had a couple more missed fish before I hooked up again landing another solid 80cm cod. Again quick photo and release. 10:08am 2 fish so far and the water was starting to get shallow so I was thinking of moving back to deeper parts of the lake but I pushed on. Glad I did. 10:30am I found a group of trees where a drain led into the dam from the surrounding hills. It looked very fishy but I thought it may have been too shallow. First cast was stopped mid retrieve only to miss the hook up. Twice more the fish hit the lure and failed to hook up. I changed angle and cast back to the same area and this time the fish ate it properly boating a 70cm fish. Next cast into the same group of trees was crunched again. I thought surely not the same fish but it was slightly bigger coming in at 74cm. After that I returned to a tree I’d earlier missed a fish. First cast was on the money and it was still hungry only to pay the ultimate price for not retrying after the last fish as the leader broke must have had a nic in the line I hadn’t noticed. Gutted as it felt like a big fish. I fished a few rock walls after that focussing on the steepest sections that had timber on them. Landing another 70cm cod and missing a few more. I fished until dark and landed a 73cm cod on a jackall gigantarel. One of the craziest days cod fishing I’ve ever had. Not because of size just sheer numbers. Ended up landing 6 and lost count of hits and missed fish. I fished a few different lures but majority of the action came on Lucky Craft magnum crankbaits which allowed me to cover water quickly. I fished a shallow diving lure in water less than 4 meters and the same lure in deep diving in the deeper water. Cheers for reading, Trav

Hi @Kaneo, I have never fished the river so can't help too much. All I can say is move slowly and quietly upstream casting as you go keeping an eye out for fish. A few of the lures I have had success with fishing for trout are, Shallow diving Jackall Chubby and pro lure crank both are 38mm . Shallow minnow style hard bodies in the 4-8cm range such as rapala x-rap or atomic hards suspending minnow. Any paddle tail soft plastics are another good option in the 2-3inch sizes. I use Kietech easy shiner or swing impacts and fish arrow j-shad. I fish plastics on as light a jig head the flow in the river allows even using resin jig heads in very slow moving water to really slow down a retrieve. Small spinners such as a rooster tails also work well. I mainly stick with natural colours and lures with no to little rattle especially in clear water but will go bolder colours and rattles in dirtier water. Cheers and good luck, Trav.

Late notice but I'm heading for a day trip cod fishing Friday if anyone is keen to come along. Cheers, Trav

Looks like you chose wisely mate scored good conditions and a great feed.

Hi @shakey55 we were just there for the weekend mate. Our fishing was limited to the beach and rocks in front of the cabins. We didn't catch much but enough to keep the kids happy. Hopefully you get amongst them next time you go.