Heard a report during the week that a couple of blokes had picked up 13 odd fish in a few hours out at the canal during the week. I hadn't been out to see the aftermath of the floods yet so I saw it as a good oportunity to check it all out.
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| Playing the little cod. |
Got to the canal at about 2.30pm and it didn't look to bad, plenty of water being released out of Berembed and it was creating some nice slow water and back currents up one side of the canal. Threw a bright green mudguts spinnerbait around, about 20 casts later I managed to pick up a small Murray Cod. I thought that was going to be the start of a good day! I was wrong! Moved further along the canal for another hour or so, but no more inquiries.
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| He sure liked that spinnerbait! |
Decided to head back out to the main road and check out the canal/creek further downstream. Water was a lot dirtier down here and there were literally thousands of Mosquitos. Spent 30mins here and after being attacked by Mozzies, decided to head back into Old Man Creek in the hope that the 'Local' water would produce the goods!
Got to the creek only to be a little dissapointed at its hieght. But from all reports the dirty water and high levels were not stopping the fish from taking lures, so hopes were still high! Went straight up to the weir and pumped a few hundred casts in and around the rock walls and trees, no inquiries! Fished back to the car, constantly talking of how hard the creek is to read when its at high water level.
An interesting day, with stormy weather predicted for the majority of this week it could be quite a while before the creek settles back down into its normal summer flow. But I am predicting some brilliant fishing when things do settle down!Weather
- BOM unknown
- 27*c
- Gusty wind
- Unknown water temp
- Small Murray Cod
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