Epic Murray Cod Fishing From My Kayak 

I definitely have to grab a few sumos, cheers for the discount code legend 👍

Hi Bruce, thank you so much for your kind words mate. 👍👍

WOW Rob that is such awesome info. It validates my observations and has taught me something. Thanks so much mate. 👍👍

Thanks so much Sam. I hope you enjoy it mate.

​@@robbiefishinghaha I did I watched it in school

Haha poor Ben.

Thanks mate. Certainly was one to remember.

Thanks mate. I agree about the heavy line. It definitely does take a lot of fight out of the fish. One of the main reasons that I use heavy line is to get more lures back. So many times I have got a lure free just as I expected the line to snap. Had I been using 40lb line instead of 50lb line I would have lost the lure.

@@robbiefishing I completely understand that, cod lures aren't cheap either.... Lost a few over the last few trips, unfortunately they were never coming back, regardless of the line I reckon haha At least it's an excuse to buy a few more hahaha 👍

🤔 I seem to remember more than a lure being taken. A certain Sedona that buckled under itself did not really take it well... Sorry for the memory, but, it seems relevant, and Robbie, of all people, can commiserate. He is the Master of Rod Breakage. i have learned from him (or would have learned, if I had not already known through bitter experience) not to leave rods leaning in car doors (a Wildfish I think), not to Highstick them, not to walk through grass and scrub with them strung and all sorts of other ways to break a rod and NOT GET ANGRY ABOUT IT!!! That is Robbie's magic. He never gets mad about the rod, just shrugs it off and gets on with the job.

Thanks mate, I agree.

G'day mate, it's a great time to catch cod at the moment. If you're heading into the lake try trolling on the shallow water hard up against the timber. 👍

@@robbiefishing i think were gonna be near zinettis beach to bruces beach, somewhere around their

Carp - 3 - 6 kilo line/leader (depending of course on your rod), no sinker, size 6 - 2 circle hook with a bread bait. Cod, Similar rig, size 1 - 3/0 hook, cheese. Stumpjumper lures are always worth a throw.

Thank you so much Allan. I use to fish Lake Mulwala from my kayak a lot. It's a relaxing way to fish the lake.

Hi Rob, no mate I never have. If I ever saw a gold one I would pick it up. Haha

Thank you so much for your very kind words Toby. 🙏

Toby, You could not pick many better idols to follow than Robbie. He is a true blue, fair dinkum, good bloke,. And he knows his fishing stuff as a bonus! I have seen some pretty solid looking inflatable setups, definitely worth thinking about. Porta Boat is another option for small storage boating.

@@AndrewFishman your absolute right he is a good man Robbie, I love him and his content very much

WOW What a monster, well done UF. 👍👍

@@robbiefishing Yeah. I was fishing 1 of the quarries here, won't say which 1, but I was casting out wide & not getting a touch. As the sun went down I put on my headlamp and scanned the margins and I spotted at least 1/2 a doz cats cruising the margins, from about 15cm long to well over 30, + that 40 plusser I spotted. Chucked my float in with a worm on it, in front of him but nah, he didn't want it. 10 mins later he nailed it! LOL! Got him on a brag mat, 43cm of chunky eel tailed catfish! BEST 1 I've caught in years! (Even better than what I usually get in the Wimmera R!)

MEEEOWWW!!!

Very nice kitty Fisho, well done mate.

@@AndrewFishman Cheers Andy!

Thanks Andrew. Someone else explained it too, apparently farmers often cross breed cattle for that very reason.

Hey Nathan that's so awesome mate. Good luck with your new fishing rod.

@@robbiefishing thanks mate 🙂

@@nathansoutbackfishingLet us know how you go mate.

@@AndrewFishman will do 😁

Hey mate I read that myself. I really hope it happens. I much prefer wet years over dry years. Water brings life.

WOW I did not know that. Thanks for the great info. I had actually wondered what the difference was between Mule and a Donkey.

Thanks so much mate. I try to drop pearls of wisdom along the way in the hope that they can help people.

Hi mate, a baitcaster helps me to cast a lot more accurately. It also allows me to cast faster, meaning more casts overall for the trip and it allows me to cast low and flat, ideal for casting under willow trees, log jams and into tight places. A spinning reel will certainly work well, but I find that a baitcaster is so much better for this type of fishing.

Baitcasters - Allow accuracy in casting but sacrifice distance. The line is pulling the spool, not just free looping off it so energy is spent. Allow heavy lures to be cast with more control as the line is over the rod and is thus more supported rather than dangling under and the line having a much greater degree of free play as the rod flexes. Allow greater control when fighting a hard hitting fish as the line over rod configuration gives a lot less slack on strike and remains true through the fight with less give when the rod flexes, as spinning have with the line suspended under the rod. As the bow forms the line pulls away from the rod, giving line to the fish. Not sure if I am making sense, but string a spinning rod and you will see, when it is flexed and the line is taught, there is a fair bit of play between the blank and the line. More immediate setting of hooks - Again, because there is no sag between rod and line, the strike is immediate and hard. Spinning reels - Allows greater distance, whilst sacrificing accuracy. The line cones of the spool in a cone as it loops around the spool on the way off. This gives a degree of swing to the bait as it flies through the air, which affects the accuracy. However, with no drag other than the friction of the spool lip, the line will fly alot further. Good for bait fishing and soft mouth species where a bit of give in the strike is desirable. As the road loads, for the reasons discussed above, spinning rods are preferable to not rip baits out mouth or hooks through lips. Good for small soft plastics which are fished slowly. THese are a few considerations about which rod to pick up on the day.

Thanks guys, awesome info. I’ll have to give one a go! Cheers

@@wild13bt Hope I made sense and helped out mate. I love my bait casters and my spinning reels and usually have at least one of each with me on the day. In fact, I have one of each in 1,5 kg, 3 kg, 6 kg, 8 kg, 10 kg and 15 kg. And then some others. Lol. As Robbie says, can never have too many rods and reels. 🎣🎣🎣

@@AndrewFishman hahhaa, preaching to the converted mate, just got to get it by the minister for war and lack if finances 🤙🤙

Thank you so much for your very kind words Sharon. I've certainly had my share of issues behind the scenes. Both recently and in the past, but I always go above and beyond to stay happy. I've fought depression a couple of times in the past, and being happier is a much better option I can talk you.

Thank you so much mate.

Thanks so much Al. 👍👍

Thanks mate. I love my Tatula.

Hi Frank, I shared a yabbying video last week mate. I am sharing another this Wednesday night and I have a ripper yabbying catch and cook coming out on Sunday night. Dad is going well. Right now he's down at Lake Mulwala with his brother and some friends. He drives a school bus on school days, which happen to be the days I do most of my fishing so it's been a bit hard hooking up to go fishing. Hopefully we can get to Lake Buffalo soon.

Thanks so much Des.

Thank you so much for your kind words mate.

Hi Henry thanks for the great suggestion mate.

G'day mate, my best suggestion is to pop into your local tackle store. I don't even know what 90% of the reels on the shelves are because I don't work in a tackle store. 👍👍

Thanks Pete. I just got back from a 3 hour session with my friend Tim. We caught 1. Haha Talk about Hot and Cold.

Thanks mate. I am looking forward to doing more of this type of fishing this summer.

Thanks mate. Maybe one day. I do have a catch and cook coming out next Sunday night, but it is yabbies, not cod.

Thanks bro. This certainly was a memorable trip. Did you see my recent video with Holly, where we caught 1 small trout cod? That was the day after this a few bends downstream. Red hot bite one night and almost completely dead the next.

Haha

Thanks bro. 👍👍

Hi mate, they are Mustard line clips. There is a link to them in the video description mate. 👍👍

Thanks so much Mike. Absolutely. I don't need the latest and greatest I just need the reel to work, and this one is still working. God bless you and your family too. 🙏

@@robbiefishing I still use my old barrel body Abu 2500c, it is only 30 odd years old. I got it in about 1993. It has knocked around the Eastern seaboard, catching everything from barra and mangrove jack to brown trout and blackfish. It works. Sure, it could us a servuice, but I only replaced it because I tipped the rod and got a "Buy a rod, get a reel" deal on the Savage rod and reel I use now. I do have 2 tatulas, a fuego a Shimano Calcutta 2000 and a pile of other baitcasters, I think about 9, at last count, but the ones I use are fine :D I must say though, my little Daiwa reels are very nice. As you say, you can never have too many rods and reels.

G'day mate, they are Mustard Fastatch. If I have done my job properly, there should be a link to them in the video description.

Quite possibly Andrew. Either way.... It got off. LOL 🤣

@@robbiefishingThat happens to us all lol.

Thanks mate. They're the size that is easiest to use. The smaller ones, although strong enough, are quite fiddly and harder to attach.

@@robbiefishing Thanks heaps for responding to my earlier question about these fast release clips, and for explaining your choice. Greatly appreciated.

Thanks Wayne. That water was soooooo nice mate. It won't be long now and the water will be a bit cool to swim in..

Hi Wayne :) Baitcasters are great for their purpose. Spinning gear is fine for its purpose too, but I truly love getting out with the BC and just lobbing lures around.

Haha thanks Rob. I am a champion conversationalist, even when nobody else is around. LOL 🤣,

@@robbiefishing I find myself the best company to keep whilst fishing. I often talk AND reply to myself. I often, in fact, argue with myself. And usually lose.

Thanks mate. It sure was a ripper. 👍👍

Hahaha I am a champion at talking to myself. LOL 😂

Hahaha thanks mate. WTF the mong looking thing is. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Yeah, I have caught them in the Nepean, Shoalhaven and Clyde also. Looking like a Mong looking Bass or a mong looking Ep but not quite either. I wonder if the yebbly would hybridise with them? Same family, but there would have to be some extreme circumstances I am sure. However, I wonder if the Maccas and yebblies are known to interbreed?

Thanks so much for watching.

Thanks so much mate. I agree. If it ain't broke don't fix it..

Give me a 30 year old Abu over a 30 day old Abu any day.

Thanks mate. I didn't actually mention it because I wasn't sure myself. I have since spoken to Victorian fisheries and all hybrids should be treated as trout cod and released.

Steven, the reason to treat them all as Trout Cod and thus protected is to prevent, I presume, misidentification of an actual trout cod leading to killing it. Some hybrids are hard to tell. So they are treated as the protected species, not the regulated species.

Hahahaha

Stroke meh stroke meh!

Thanks so much Neil. I have spoken to fisheries and they have advised that hybrids should be treated as trout cod and released. I do agree mate, I think they exist more than people realise.

@@robbiefishing Pretty sure bass and Estuary Perch will mix their breeding a bit also.

Thanks so much Dmac..👍👍

Thanks Wombat. I have once on my channel, and do keep the odd one. It was actually a "how to fillet Murray cod" video. I should film a catch and cook some day..

Cheers thanks mate will look up old video

Thank you so much for your generosity Allan. It is hugely appreciated. 🙏🙏

Thanks so much mate. Nature sure is amazing isn't it.

@@robbiefishingThe most amazing things are the things we don't understand, like the interactions between organisms we cannot even piece together, yet can spell the down fall of ecosystems if interrupted. That is why I am so conflicted on carp. I cannot see the point of attempting to control them in waterways they have established an equilibrium, but to hear of them making it into Googong Dam and thus the Queanbeyan River and Burra Creek, which hold some of the oldest populations of Australian brown trout, is very troubling and if I catch one there, it is history.

Hi mate, it is the Ovens River.

Thanks Keith. 👍👍

Thanks so much mate.

Thanks so much mate.

They're great reels mate aren't they.

Hi Tommy, no mate. I have spoken to Victorian Fisheries, and the reply was that all hybrids should be treated as trout cod and released.

Hi mate I've only ever fished the Bidgee once and caught a yellowbelly. Haha I would love to fish it more often. I am in Victoria..

@@robbiefishing Come up and fish the Bidgee with me. It is my river.

@@robbiefishing okay nice, ive never really fished in victoria i would like to but im not sure where to go

Haha I wish I had of thought of that. LOL

@@robbiefishing "You can get it rowing a Yak..." is what I was thinking, but I think Solo Man is more appropriate lol.

Hi mate, no I just run straight braid.

Hi mate, spin rods will work fine, but eventually you will probably want to progress to baitcasters. The cast much more accurately.

@@robbiefishing thanks legend ! I’ve been wanted to give it a go for ages but don’t know where to start 😅

@@MattFogarty95 Start with a good kit. A dodgy reel or an unsuitable rod makes it totally unenjoyable. Choose a weight range you want to target fish in (for example - Golden Perch 3 - 5 kilo, suitable also for trout, redfin, carp, small cod, bream, flathead and other estuary species OR Medium Cod 6 kg - suitable for big goldens, getting a bit heavy for the standard ones big reddies and stuff OR bigger cod 10 - 15 kg won't throw smaller lures well, but handles big lures and fish or biggest 25 kg + Throw a brick, brain a cod is the idea) So, choose your targets. This makes rod selection easier. You know what line you want, so pick a rod within the range required. DO NOT OVERSTRING the rod, i.e put 10 kilo line on a 4 kilo rated rod, that leads to heart ache and broken rods, not more big fish. If you want to fish 10 kilo and 4 kilo, get 2 rods, really is that simple. Alot of more experienced fishos will put heavy line onto a lighter rod and rely on the drag to sort things out, this is dodgy and best avoided until you know what you are really doing. Get a slightly longer rod than the common 5'6. It is easier to cast longer distances, gives better lure control with plastics and swimbaits and just makes life easy when fighting the fish. My shorter rods are reserved for heavily vegetated banks or really heavy divers with a big bib. (Orgee plows being a good example of these). Fast action is my preferred action. Learn to use your thumb to control the spool, not the brakes. Most baitcasters today have excellent braking systems to help assist with preventing overruns and birdsnests. However, learn to use your thumb to feather the spool as it spins to control the line and you will have much better casting habits. Get a reel that allows you to use a rod in your strong hand. A left hander should use the commonly available reels with the Right Hand retrieve setup, a Right handed person should be using a left hand retrieve reel. This allows the person to control the rod with the strong hand and not have to change hands to use the reel. Learn to cast using your wrist, not using any upper arm in the action. Just some things I have picked up

@@AndrewFishman wow thanks so much for that effort you put into that !! Defs a great starting point for me

@@MattFogarty95 Are you from Canberra? I knew a Matt Fogarty. The brother of a couple of mates of mine, Terry and Paul.

Thanks mate. 👍

Thanks Tubby. 👍👍

Haha thanks mate. You can never have too many. LOL 😂

Dad always tells me I don't need anymore but I keep buying them

@@joshuamcdonald8716 LoL, One day, I will list how many I have and watch people just faint. Daiwa TD Black rods, Tatuala, Calcutta, TD and other reels and all sorts of stuff. And I just use my knock around Shimanos and Savages 99% of the time Lol. The rest just sit in the cupboard waiting for that "special trip" to take them out on 🤣🤣 (🤔Like when I go fishing with Robbie and Rohan... THEN the Daiwa TD Blacks and special reels will be in play😆😶‍🌫 Give me a time and date Robbie, so I can break out the gear)

Thanks so much Frank. 👍👍

Thanks Dmac. Although in your video recently the carp hit your bait like a cod. LOL 🤣

In one of my latest, I don't even realise I have the cod on for the first 10 metres of retrieving a cheese bait. No strike at all. They can be sneaky little devils.

Thanks so much for your kind words mate. 👍👍

Thanks Leo, it sure was a wonderful afternoon mate.

Thanks Fred, that's what I reckon. I don't need the latest and greatest mate, I just need it to work and this one is still working fine.

@@robbiefishing it like they were cheapest 2000 series Chinese reel I brought about 5-6 years ago, it nearly s*** it self spooling the line on, and didn't get better first outing, contacted supplier's they replaced no problem's that's service pre COVID, won't happen now, brand was Catyerlist

@@fredscheerle7592 The best advice I can give to someone setting out on the baitcaster route is spend a little money on a good rod and a little more on an excellent reel to match it. Nothing ruins a fishing trip more than a bad experience with a baitcaster. You can get away with throwing a hook with bread on it, but you need a good rod and reel to do so. Spend the time and money on research and quality and you will be in for a pleasant trip.

@@AndrewFishman when funds are limited cheapest is always the best option, Sorry, If you don't agree

@@fredscheerle7592 It is not that I do not agree mate, it is that cheap is often nasty. Unusable rubbish saves no money.

Thanks so much Cam. 👍👍

Thanks mate. They're certainly a bit strange. I spoke to VFA and they have advised me that all hybrids should be treated at Trout cod and released. 👍

@@robbiefishing That is good advice to prevent people killing trouties misidentified as hybrids or something.

Thank you so much Jeff. I hope you've had a great weekend. 👍👍

Thanks so much mate. I agree 100%. Simple and yet so effective. 👍👍

Well, 3 varieties if you wish to include the hybrid 🤣 But, not "all 2 varieties" as if there are only 2 varieties available. Maybe in Robbie's area, but do not discount variant species such as the Mary River Cod (Maccullochella mariensis) and Clarence River cod (M. ikei), and other, allied, goby cod species (blackfish, sleeper cod, gudgeons) There are a range of cod and allies, the Trout and Murray are just the most abundant and widespread. This is why it is important for introductions to be done methodically and without interference. The Murray Cod will likely decimate the Mary cod if established in the same waters.

Thanks so much mate. 👍👍

Thanks so much mate.

Thanks mate, it was amazing. Perfect.

Hahaha I wish I had of thought of that. LOL 😅😅😅 I have been known to add links to my margarine in my cooking videos. 🤣🤣

There is about 2000km of that telecom rope stored in my pops shed.... $100 a km 😂😅 It's getting rare, be sure to get in quick lol

​@@robbiefishinghaha link to the margarine is a classic 😂 How about the cutlery 🍴 lol

At the car show

G'day mate, it was so nice to meet you and Pat your enormous dog. 👍👍 Thanks for tuning in mate.

​@robbiefishing Enormous dog? Damon now I need to now what kind of dog you have, cheers from another big dog lover.

@@adrianzmajla4844 I would love to tell you what it was but I can't remember. Its head was bigger than one. LOL The only difference was that the dog didn't have facial hair. LOL

@@robbiefishing Haha, OK that rules out giant schnauzer then.

Thanks mate, it was as close to perfect as it gets.

Thanks so much mate.

When you are bait fishing, keep an eye on the belly of the line also. Often a fish will pick up a bait moving toward you and the line will go slack. This is the only indicator that a fish is on your bait until an hour later you check and find you have no bait. If there is a slight tic forward or a bit of movement in the line slackening with no reason (wind, current, rod movement), it is always worth investigating.

@@AndrewFishman yeah I know. I’m very smart with bait fishing but never realised with lures

@@bussieboy7064 Best of luck to you in both mate :)

@@AndrewFishman cheers bud Tight lines as always