Haha thanks mate, that’s many years of time on the water and practice. I used to cast into a wheel barrow at home as a teenager and then downsized to a bucket. Getting a cast in the right spot can be the difference between a fish and no fish sometimes so I highly recommend practicing to get it right

Big ones can be few and far between, plenty of 50-70cm fish in the meantime though. I fish anywhere from Wantabadgery to Narrandera, depends what type of water you want. Above Wagga it’s faster flowing a clearer the further up you go, you’ll catch more troutcod and yellas up that way. The closer you get to berembed weir the water slows down and gets deeper. Then below the weir to Narrandera it’ll speed up again and is shallower so depending on the time of year you’re fishing, be careful of hitting logs in the boat especially in winter when the river is low

@granthigginson5555 cheers we are going up late April. but coming from SA so probably more likely to not go any further than hay. it's a toss up between the bidgee, Wakool, Edward type areas. although leaning towards the bidgee so we can cover more area.

@@daniel-hz8rd April is probably the best time on the bidgee. Although you’re coming from the home of the big fish in SA haha. Hay is different again, but plenty of fish

@granthigginson5555 I'm the only person here who hasnt/can't catch a cod haha. so gotta go find some easier ones for my first. I think hay area will be best for travel and using the boat, yellowbelly don't really interest me, no issues at all catching them here, so it's really just a cod chase.

@@daniel-hz8rd haha first trip we ever had to SA we got 10 over a metre, 114 the smallest. Then the following 2 years went back and got nothing at all. Last year we went back and got another 7 fish but only one over a metre and 4 in the 90s. So hit and miss down there. The numbers are this way are definitely better but way smaller average. Yellas aren’t that common. I’ve probably only caught 3-4 in the last year while targeting cod

Thanks mate. Casting accuracy can be the difference between a fish and no fish. I started as a teenager with a baitcaster and wouldn’t cast into a wheelbarrow in the backyard. Then I’d downsize to a bucket. Did it again recently when teaching my nephew, good fun when you can’t get on the water haha

Thanks mate. It’s my favourite waterway & right in our own region. Plenty of options for access and it’s rare that you don’t catch something in a session.

Thanks mate, was good to get him after only 2 others for the 2.5 hours before that.

I’m based in Wagga Wagga mate

Thanks Brenton, it was a great couple of days that we will probably do annually now

Thanks Brenton

Thank you

Thanks mate, was plenty of action to keep me keen to keep casting

Thanks Glen

Thanks Rob

Thanks mate, good to see some bigger ones getting about lately

It was a PB for me. I’ve seen a few bigger in photos but only one bigger in the flesh when I was fishing with a mate about 10+ years ago. I can remember if it was 76 or 79 but it was a beast

I’ll check your videos out now

Cheers mate. I run a few different rods but they’re all 50lb suffix 832 braid and 50lb fluorocarbon leader. Rods on this trip are a couple of nitro undertakers and a couple of samaki zing from memory. Curado and curado DC reels as well as a 13 concept A.

Cheers mate, he loves it

She’s still buzzing haha. Took her and the kids out for a bait fish the other day and she now refuses to use bait, just wants to cast spinnerbaits instead. Nothing compares to an unexpected hit on a lure.

Cheers mate, got a few but still had to work for them.

Had a massive head on it.

Thanks mate

Thanks mate. I agree, although I have active target in my big boat now, I’d still take blind casting snags in a river any day.

Thanks Michael, was a great trip, keen to do it again

Thanks Robert, sorry for the late reply.

Yeah there’s plenty of timber in some stretches there. And yes, quite a few new trees in the water still with leaves on them. Would hate to be sitting under one when it goes in.

Yeah it’s been very hit and miss. We were camping at second beach for 3 days and the lure fishing was very quiet other than this surface session one of the mornings. I tried the same stretch the following morning and only had 2 surface hits. The rest of the trip I only caught a couple on lures. Even bait fishing with the kids was slow, not many bites other than a heap of carp off the bank when we targeted them with corn. Their numbers have exploded since the floods which can’t be good.

Fishing must be patient!! Awesome!!!

Cheers Craig. Was a good first session of the year. Off to Mulwala for the weekend so hopefully find some bigger ones there if we can

Haha I was convinced from the hookup that it was a better fish so it was panic stations.

😂😂 haha looked big on the scope then had weight when I finally got the reel back on. Adrenalin can do funny things

I love mine mate, and 4 piece so if I ever need to travel up north etc I can take it easily.

@@granthigginson5555 that’s so good. Mines a 2 piece that comes apart at the top of the rod handle and there tough as nails. Light as well. I’ve put a review beast on it

It’ll come

@@granthigginson5555 I hope so

Haha I know… it can be frustrating at times, but cool to see.

It’s only just started to come good after AGES of being too high, fast and dirty to fish. I’d days it’s been almost 12-18 months since I’ve properly fished it. Heading out again at sunrise

@@granthigginson5555 yea near me is recovering well we got five cod on bait three days ago

This was just up the mouth of the edwards river. Probably only a couple of hundred metres in