Murray Cod: reasonably tough going. Trolling seems to be the best option. Daniel and Dave from the ACT picked up four smaller fish up to 50cm on Saturday. They trolled a mixture of smaller hard bodies and spinner baits, towards Wade Island. Two cod were caught on a red and black Stump Jumper, one on a gold Deep Diver and the fourth on a spinner bait. Steve from Windsor also managed a very nice 68cm fish trolling a brown Deep Diver. There is a fair mix of lures in that report. Just goes to show you need to get the lure close to the fish and let it decide if it has the same choice in colours as you.
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Yellow belly: There are still some good fish being caught for the patient fisherman. The weather could not have been any better on the weekend for this time of year. I managed a very healthy 47cm yellow on Monday while casting a purple spinner bait up towards Barbers Bay. We also trolled up the Goodradigbee River for a couple of hours amongst the timber with a big AC Invader and a Stucky but did not get a touch. There have been a few fish trolled up in the main basin. Shane from Cobar managed two at 41cm while trolling 7.5 metre deep divers - green and yellow. A lot of fishermen were fishing from the Junction, Yass and Murrumbidgee, back down to Scrubby. These are mostly bait fishermen and most are still catching a feed.
Carp: Taking worms and corn.
Park news: Dean and Wendy are heading off for a break next week and will not return until the end of June. Ron and Vicky will be here as temporary park managers so don’t panic if you see new faces about the park. That means no fishing reports until then as well.
Water level May 20: 41 per cent.
Water level May 6: 41.1 per cent.
Current inflow: 1560 ML per day.
Current discharge: 460 ML per day.
Water visibility: up to one metre.
Rain past seven days: 17.2mm.
Weather: sunny for the weekend with temperatures between two and 16 degrees Celsius. Winds up to 7 km/h.
New moon: June 17.
Full moon: June 30
Water Temperature: 15 degrees Celsius.
