Current discharge:2400 ML per day. Water level December 14: 94.9 per cent Current inflow: 600 ML per day Water level December 5: 95.9 per cent Water visibility: 100 cm Weather: Last week was wet and the weekend was mostly fine with temperatures ranging between 11 and 28 degrees Celsius. Full moon: December 14 New moon: Dec 29 Water temperature: 22 -24 degrees Celsius BURRINJUCK:
The great start to December and the Murray cod season continued with another three fish over the magic metre recorded on the office catch sheet. Mark Brett from Leeton kicked things off on Friday night, when he landed a 101cm fish on a 190mm White Crow hard body. Jared Greme landed a 110cm fish on a spinnerbait in the Bidgee River Arm and Mathew Brett also from Leeton landed a nice 106 cm cod on a 120mm AC Invader around Wade Island. Plenty of other smaller fish also on the sheet with Pat Brennan recording 14 cod over the weekend between, 57 and 86 cm, mainly caught in the Goodradigbee River Arm, using both hard bodies and spinnerbaits. Jarrod from Albury landed 7 cod, between 75 and 85 cm all while casting spinnerbaits in the Bidgee River Arm. These are only the fish we hear about as many fisherman leave the park keeping their catches secret.
We had a bit of rain to stir things up and the full moon was on December 14 so I expected to see a few of the regulars out chasing a big one through the night. Yellow Belly Not surprised to see everyone was chasing cod on the weekend. There was not a single Yellow Belly recorded on the office catch sheet, However, the Yellows are still about, there just aren’t too many trees for the bait fisherman to tie to at the moment. Some popular spots over the past couple of weeks have been, a troll along the tea tree opposite Macey’s Bay, McPhersons Creek and the run from Carroll’s Creek to the mouth of the Bidgee as well as Cave Island. Redfin The reddies have taken a back seat during December while the cod fishing has been so good.
Trolling small lures is a good way to locate a school of redies then try some small plastics on light gear or drop out a worm if you can zoom in on the school. I usually find them in around 5 to 7 metres of water holding close to the bottom at this time of year and they don’t seem to need structure such as rocks and logs but seem to be happy with hollows or ridges in the lake bed. They still can be found in the trees and show up on the sounder like a ball around the tree.
Park News: A Blue Green Algae Warning was issued on Friday, November 25, for Burrinjuck. Most people when asked about the water condition over the weekend replied: “What algae?” Wishing everyone a safe and happy Christmas and New Year period and safe travelling.
