I had never caught a cod as I have mostly fished bass and saltwater from my kayak so I knew I had to give it a go eventually as Steven M was making regular trips south to hit the border rivers in search of some green fish. So Steven and I planned a trip some time ago to hit the border rivers this weekend.
We made our way down Friday through Warwick stopping at a few tackle shops to check out some lures on the way. We had planned to go down through Stanthorpe and on to Glenlyon Dam to check out the three rivers down that way but Steven had a call from Junglefisher who had caught some fish down Texas way so the plan was changed to go there directly as we had planned to fish there today.
We fished the river below the weir at Texas in the arvo with Junglefisher who we met at the launch point. He promptly asked me about my lures and I gave him one to try. Their were high expectations for this section of the river but it did not happen. Craig who tied my lure on straight away proceeded to catch a yella on it, I dropped a fish after a 5 second run and Steven had several hits and misses. In any case it was a top afternoon fishing along side Steven and Craig.
The Launch Spot
Craig fishing on the river
Craig hooked up onto small yella on my Tangle lure
Steven catching the last of the sunlight on Friday
We finished the session, and went up and checked out Craig's property before driving into Gundy for the night for some tucker and a warm bed, cabin style. Saturday morning, we were up early and Steven drove back out towards Texas and we launched upstream of the weir. It was bloody cold, I had thermals and 4 layers on and feet with no feelings, good for my plantar fasciitis(sore heel). We made our way downstream, the fishing was slow but later in the morning when it was a bit warmer the fish came on the bite too. Craig met up with us again after he slept in and not long after that I was onto my first ever cod. Steven was the perfect guide, showing me the spots and the technique for me to secure my first ever cod and the best thing I caught it on my own lure again, the Tangle...looked like a legal as it was a fatty but went 56cm, I'm still a happy fella
Steven fishing a root ball on Saturday Morning
My first ever Cod in the net hooked on the Tangle Lure
I'm one happy fella
It seemed the pressure was off then for Steven as all he wanted was to get me onto my first cod, he had given me the instructions, passed on some techniques and let me fish all the good snags first. Not long after Steven was onto his first of many and it was great to see.
Steven's first of the Day
Steven with some Fertiliser, he thought he was onto a beaut Cod!
