South Australian Angler – June 2018

but the truth is they rarely get used.

These lures cover the common depths

of water found along the Murray and,

most importantly, are easy to use. Lures

that are hard to cast or retrieve only

decrease your chances of a bite.

Of late I’ve been really liking natural

coloured lures, which I think are perfect

to fool a fish that may have seen a bit

of pressure over the years. Typically,

the bigger the fish, the harder they are

to fool. It is really great that PIRSA has

set a standard with regard to taking

photos of cod in South Australia. Anglers

can now have “part of the fish” out of

the water to get a quick picture for a

memory that will last a lifetime. You can

search the video on the PIRSA website

that demonstrates how to go about it.

While I still think there is work to do with

stocked fisheries, this is a great thing for

anglers fishing the Murray River.

DAY SAVER - JIGGING FOR

CALLOP

There is no doubt, if you desperately

want to catch a Murray cod, you need

to cast lures from dawn until dusk. That

said, I have been quite enjoying finishing

the day with a callop session on the way

back to the ramp. It’s quite incredible

how many callop there are in the Murray

at the moment, and it often makes for

the perfect end to a day on the water.

One thing that has substantially

increased catch rates of callop is jigging

vibes in heavy timber. It is now not

uncommon to pull multiple fish from

each snag you fish, and some pieces of

timber can produce up to ten in very

short time. It just seems like the fish

have been lined up all day just waiting

for you to drop a vibe in there! Each

snag on the Murray will hold callop, but

it’s the very heavily timbered ones that

I find produce the best results – the

snags that you can’t get a lure in to

using a conventional cast with a crank

or spinner bait. The method is simple.

On the way down or up the river cod

fishing for the day, take note of any of

these gnarly looking snags and store

them in the memory bank for the trip

The Storm Arashi is perhaps

the best cod lure of all

Callop are all power, courtesy

of that big paddle tail

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