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Certainly helps fish structure more thoroughly when in the kayak and while it can slow the fish down a bit it also narrows down the spots they can hide.

@DougKelly2828 yes absolutely it concentrates the fish into the deeper holes

Thanks Archie. It's a kuttafurra mudhoney 100mm. Great quality Aussie made lure. 👌 perfect for banging against the timber. And added bonus it's timber. 👍

Looks can be deceiving! 👍

@@DougKelly2828 oh fair just looks realllyyy similar. Great sessions tho

I fish that system regularly but not in that area. This gem, however, is not that river. Thanks for watching👍 I do my best not to give away location as I don't want them flogged out for myself but mainly as it may be someone elses honey hole. The point of the content is to share my knowledge and experiences, not my location.

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Was good to get on the water. Things have been slow in the river so it's nice to get on foot and chase some smaller cod

Thanks mate 👍 I got mine direct from USA. If you google mike bucca bullshad. Got about 50cm deep on a long cast and are a slow float. However ive been adding a chin weight to make it slow sink and get down to about 1m only adding 1/4oz chin weight. Just sit down when you see the price 💰💰💰

Thanks mate glad you enjoy. Be careful Cod fishing is very addictive haha. The feature is called hindsight. Probably best to google it as I'll butcher the explanation. Pretty much Gopro is always recording but when I press the button it only takes the previous 30 seconds and forward. Save a heap of room on the memory card. I've noticed I lose a lot of fish as I'm pressing the button 🤔 not sure if it's coincidence or that I might lose some pressure on the fish🤷‍♂️

@@DougKelly2828 thank you so much for your answer mate. I’ll have a look

All good. Are you using a Gopro?

@@DougKelly2828And yeah I from Switzerland and fishing over there it’s quite different. But fell in love with COD fishing. I’m from Wangaratta so I fishing in the Ovens river.

@@DougKelly2828 yeah I got the GoPro 10. So still try to figure it out what are the best settings for fishing

They can't all be good days or everybody would do it. Glad you enjoyed!

Thanks for watching! I was a bit negative in the video had the flu coming on hard, considering its winter and size of the lures it's probably an average day. Haha we all do them I was just glad the lure floated would have been an expensive cast 😅

Glad you enjoyed 👍 just gotta keep casting the big one will come. Fish are in great condition at the moment

Thanks I'll give it a go. Although the fish didn't seem to mind 😂

@@DougKelly2828 yea I've found that with yellowbelly and cod I slowed my retrieve down and I actually started catching heaps more fish and bigger fish to

Glad you enjoyed! They are a special fish that's for sure. Yeah don't want to make it any more snaggy the advantage the lure had is the way it navigates through the timber. And while it is easy enough to get a snag off in the kayak is easier to not be snagged but still be in the zone. Also the bull shad are very finely tuned so don't want to upset that too much. They certainly eat in winter time you'll get less numbers but better quality, the cold normally thins it the fisherman not the fish. I'm very fortunate to live near this river fish on every snag!

Thanks. That's fishing you can't catch them all

@DougKelly2828 absolutely. Can you please tell me what river that is or is it a secret ?

@gato8695 happy to share the content but I won't share the location. Anyone else is welcome to though👍

Thanks mate👍 no ordered direct from bull shad website usa.

Bull shad 4x4👍

I'm not. The real advantage of this lure is the way it rides over timber. I feel adding split rings may hang the treble a bit low and lose that advantage 🤷‍♂️ might have to look to doing it though. My first fix is going to be to set the hooks harder which is hard in the yak because with my drag locked when you strike it just pulls you toward the fish.

I couple of extra snags in the kayak is easy to un snag. More hook up's on good fish worth the trade off. But that is just me 🤣

@42fishing69 I'd definitely like more hooks ups haha. I haven't had this issue with it before so I'm gunna try setting the hooks harder first then I may have to give the split rings a go. Thanks for the suggestion 👍

Not a problem

It is days like this why we fish everything lined up nicely. Yes this is a possibility but it is this bib that makes is so good in the river. They are a pretty cool lure hopefully I can fool a big girl with it. Thanks for watching

Happy your getting something out of it Steve. Glad to share definitely not hard yards when I'm fishing! Yep I reckon I can do that great suggestion. Two lures that caught fish in this one were Deps evoke 4 and Mike bucca bull shad 4x4. Just sit down when you see the price. Haha

It was a 190mm river to sea whopper plopper which is the og for this style of lure. Got it out of America and I'm determined to get a cod on it.

Still waiting! I thought it was 120cm when it hit the lure 😳

Thanks glad you enjoyed! It's made for large mouth bass but there is no doubting our Murray Cod love it! I haven't found many other swimbaits I can fish in this style that's so snag resistant. Was strange this session normally it has a very good hook up rate.

Yes! As with most high end swimbaits built overseas they are definitely not cod strong out of the box. I always do a flex test on the trebles of I can flex them I change them. From memory I was using BKK hooks here.

@@DougKelly2828 really enjoying this completely new to me fishing haha. Like hardcore bass. Awesome! Keep posting videos and I’ll keep watching for sure!! Also from a yak makes it even better!

@codycutshall2721 thanks man!

Thanks mate. I'm a sook when it comes to cold weather but having good warm gear makes it bearable. Good set of waders and gloves are essential, staying dry is half the trick in the yak. Hot tip is buy some of those hand warmers and stick in the back of your gloves. 👍

Thanks for the tip Mark. I'll give this a go. I'd be a little worried having the hook inside the tail might take away from some of the action. I think the pay off for being completely weedless/snag free is missing a few bites. I also think that I'm missing the smaller fish most big bites I get on them seem to connect. Thanks again for the tip!

@@DougKelly2828 You can go with this method if you want to keep the tail floppy czcams.com/video/v9OhI_lwqY4/video.html

Thanks Steve! I wasn't enjoying it at first the other day, battling through the scrub. However it's such an effective way to fish that first couple of metres of the bank in a way you can't from a kayak. Big tick for the bait junkies just can be very frustrating on the weedless with hook ups. Lock drag, strike hard! 👍

Haha and the best part it was a Wednesday! Had big rain on the farm and had been going for a few weeks straight so took the chance to go recharge the batteries.

Thanks I'll give it a go👍 I reckon they get a lot more bites mainly because I'm not scared to let it go deep into the structure however missing the bites is very frustrating. The few good fish I've caught on them never miss though so I'm probably just missing the rats.

Thanks Steve👍 glad you enjoyed. Can't quite see it on the footage but as I cranked the lure I could see her head appear from under the log and come barrelling toward the lure. Thats when I knew I was in strife. 😂

​@DougKelly2828 that's gold! That would've been pretty spectacular

This is why you do it. Days like this are special, just lucky to be at the right place at the right time doing the right thing.

Glad you enjoyed 👍

You'd hate to be whatever they are having for dinner! When they want it they get it. Built like a farm tractor low geared and powerful! Thanks for the comment👍

Thanks 👍

Thanks Michael! Two of the reasons I wear the GoPro. Re watching and sharing with my kids and seeing the way they take a lure. Can you imagine being a little duckling 🐥 💥 proper scary stuff.

🤣🤣 whatever all that means. I'll have to go ask my grandfather

No idea what any of that means 😂😂

Thanks man, sessions like these make the tough ones worth it.

This river is in top condition and a lot of people doing the right things helps. Hard to beat that surface strike ey!

No truer words spoken 👏

I enjoyed making it. Fish were switched on and so many visual eats. Glad you enjoyed 👍

Thanks Steve! Was a session to remember so cool getting those visual bites. The non accurate casts don't make the final edit 😉😂 thanks for the comment!

Haha, yep, but there's enough right on target casts to make me realise I've got a bit of work to do. Looking forward to your next video.

@user-fh4ji6tn6h after the amount of casts I have done I hope to be able to land them where I'm aiming 👍 certainly is a part of the recipe to getting more fish.

Almost the word I used 😂

It's these fish doing these things that haunt you. 😳 She pretty much had her nose sitting on the back treble.

Cockatoos and kookaburras mainly

If you get a flock of cockatoos sitting above you while you drift it can be deafening and drive you mad! Hard to beat the sights and sounds of the river.

I'll be damned. I could feel it was paddling funny didn't know it had a left and right. I very rarely need to use it normally 😅 thanks for the comment plenty of talk in this one as the fishing was steady.

Good video mate…me young fella went down same spot Saturday morning and got 3 in the low 60’s👍

Lol if you are not sure have the written the right way around.

@corywilliams7125 yes it'll be my last trip there for awhile great spot but getting a little too popular for my liking.

Moments like these are why I wear the GoPro

Glad you enjoyed. I use 2 miller cod freaks and diawa tatula 200 and shimano curado 200. 50lb braid 60lb leader. Can't beat that feeling such a cool fish!

All I can think is she must have been in some mood when she ate it. Would love to know what flavour it was haha. Hopefully she can regurgitate it, the fact that she still ate my lure tells me she isn't feeling too bad. I'd can't imagine they digest turtle shells so they must have the ability to spit it back up.

Yes the appetite for you lure is a good sign@@DougKelly2828

Hey mate. Central West NSW. I'll let you work out the river. Kayak is a Hobie outback.

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Thanks Robbie! Not too sure hopefully she can find a way to regurgitate it. Must have been in some mood when she ate it, surprised she didn't crush it then.

@@DougKelly2828 As you said "grubs". It's not hard to take your rubbish home hey!