[Guest]

Hey Fellas 8)

I'll post pictures as soon as I can get my hands on them, but I received a call at 6:30am on Saturday from my mate Chris (some of the guys might remember Chris from the first Hinze get together, fishing from the yellow Tarpon?)

Chris managed to land a monster 107cm Murray Cod :shock: fishing the Dumaresq River at Texas on the QLD/NSW border, fishing from my old yellow T120 which he is now the proud owner of.

He nearly tipped the yak dragging the big bugger over the side......and from what he tells me once the big girl was onboard there wasnt much room for him left on the yak!

There is some video apparently as well, so I'll see if we can work out a way to digitize that as well 8)

Stay tuned.....

*** EDIT ***

Ok......pictures are now attached!, and Chris has given me some info to post along with them 8)

Location : Dumaresq River, TEXAS QLD 4385

Caught at 5:45am approx 1km upstream from their campsite, on a Green Mudeye Depth Charge surface popper flicked into the snags at the rivers edge, casting from the middle of the river, Cod smashed the popper after it was cast in tight to a snag.

5'8" Penn Powerstick Tournament, Shimano Chronarch MG Baitcaster, 30lb Fireline with 40lb Jinkai leader.

 

[Polar]

Excellent cannot wait to see the piccies and vid

 

[YakAtak]

That will be a sight to behold I'm sure. 8)

 

[Phoenix]

Yakkers can do anything - and do it better than boaties.

 

[bushwoodboy]

That really is some kind of murray cod!!!! Top effort to land it. Can't wait to see the pics. Mal

 

[Guest]

Sweet Jesus :shock:

Chris sent me a photo just now...... :shock: :shock: :shock: what a fish!!!

I must have had cotton wool in my ears at 6:30am when he called, I thought he said 104, but have since been told the fish went 107cm, 37.5lbs

I wont post the one picture he sent, as its not the best photo (taken well after capture, he is having it mounted by a taxidermist as its his first Cod over the magical metre).

He has some better photos which are going to come through later on so I'll post them as soon as I get hold of them

 

[YakAtak]

:shock: Oh My Goodness! I think I spy Jonah's boot in his mouth..

 

[Fishing Man]

hi dallas,

do you know if they caught much else down there ?

 

[Guest]

Heya Ben,

Yeah mate, Chris goes to Texas at least once or twice a year (usually at Easter time). This trip he spent 5 days down there I think, and he mentioned 21 fish during that time, and another 10 or so for his mate.

Most of the river is accessed only via Private Property I think, but Chris has some good mates who live down that way and its no trouble organising a camp site by the river on private land whenever he gets the urge.

I have camped down there a couple of times with Chris. Its way way way off the beaten track, but its a top spot to camp. The weather is great, the river is great, albeit a little low lately due to the drought. Its a top spot for yakkin though

Cod and Yella's make up the bulk of the captures, but there are also Eel Tailed Catfish, Silver Perch & Carp.

 

[RedPhoenix]

Unfortunately, due to the change in ownership of this web site and the lack of response by the owners to my requests to remove my email address from all administrative-level notifications and functionality, I have decided to remove my posts on AKFF. Thank you for the great times, the fantastic learning experiences and the many many fish. If you are desperate for the old content of this particular post, it is available below base64 encoded and bzip2 compressed.

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[Dodge]

Dallas great to see your old tarpon is still producing, Chris has a bigger grin than when he was at Hinze :wink:

 

[PoddyMullet]

I just posted about seeing a big old cod...and whatta ya know! That's an awesome fish

 

[Kevin]

That's a great fish especially out of a yak and lure caught.

 

[garrick]

Congrats to the angler. cant wait to do the same. still waiting to get my hobey delivered and then wait for 1/12/06

 

[Y-Knot]

wow :shock: shit :shock: r-u-fairdinkum :shock: yibbada yibbada

 

[PeterJ]

Nice fish, but a pitty such a big ole fella is dead

Have to admit i share the same C&R on cod as Scott does on bream especially that they are listed as a threatened species of national significance. Is the season closed from 1 September to 30 November. It is here and southern NSW, can't see it being any different.

anyway each to his own :?

 

[Squidder]

http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/xchg/ ... A_HTML.htm

"Murray Cod off limits

News release | 01 September, 2006

Anglers are reminded that a closed season for Murray cod is now underway in certain Queensland waters from September 1 to November 30, 2006.

Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F) senior fisheries management officer Anita Wohlsen said that waters affected include the Barwon, MacIntyre and Dumaresq Rivers."

It's an amazing catch from a yak, but does this mean what I think it does? :?:

 

[Guest]

edit: pics removed...sorry

Cheers, Allan

 

[polylureosis]

Allan,

We know when - You haven't had that Hobie long!
But clearly you are putting it to good use.

We know where - the ACT

We don't know what lure - But I would bet one of those funny looking double pronged spinnerbaits.

Am I close?

 

[OneLastCast]

wat a dream.

Is that a shimano Critica 200D ocerhead reel aswell

I think I have the same reel