16-01-2007, 03:36 PM
No Steeny, I've had a few hits but the water is still too dirty for good lure fishing. The other guys I fish with have been trying for a cod for the past 10 months, and still haven't got one, so I'm trying to stay patient <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> I would have a batter chance trying to catch a cod using bait, but I am determined to catch one on a lure - if the cod takes the bait down deep there's a reasonable chance that it will die, whereas with lures (especially spinnerbaits) the fish are hooked in the jaw 99% of the time, which makes for an easy release.
We speared some nice fish down the coast on Sunday near Bateman's Bay - some quite different fish to what we see in Victoria. Most of the fish are black reef leatherjackets, but we also got 2 mosaic leatherjackets, a black drummer, a luderick, a red mullet, and 2 yellowfin pike.
' /> I would have a batter chance trying to catch a cod using bait, but I am determined to catch one on a lure - if the cod takes the bait down deep there's a reasonable chance that it will die, whereas with lures (especially spinnerbaits) the fish are hooked in the jaw 99% of the time, which makes for an easy release.We speared some nice fish down the coast on Sunday near Bateman's Bay - some quite different fish to what we see in Victoria. Most of the fish are black reef leatherjackets, but we also got 2 mosaic leatherjackets, a black drummer, a luderick, a red mullet, and 2 yellowfin pike.