Fishing For Australia's Murray Cod!!

Today we go looking for my first ever Murray Cod! They're Australia's largest freshwater fish and I take you on my journey to catching my first!
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Fishing Gear
Reel - Shimano CURADO DC 150
Rod - Shimano CURADO 6'4 Medium 6-8kg
Line - PowerPro Braid (40lb)
Leader - Ocea Flurocarbon (60lb)

[@brandin8r550]

I love your vocabulary when you speak about fishing. I don't know if this comment will reach you. You have a beautiful voice and I find it to be extremely contrasted to other Australian fishing KZbin channels. None of this over the top vocals. Just straight to the point. I hope you keep innovating and continuing on with your adventures. Love you Nev's Fishing!

[@NevsFishing]

Appreciate it mate! :)

[@brandin8r550]

@@NevsFishing you are the man

[@robertheywood5061]

Just a bit of advice Nev. Never wear gum boots on a boat etc. If you end up in the drink they fill with water and drag you under. Try getting gum boots off when full of water and your sinking.

[@brewstamacbeth981]

I don't know Robert, lots of professional seafaring people wear boots that are pretty much a fancy gum boot. It's not like your tying concrete blocks or an anchor to your foot! When you are fully immersed in the water gum boots filling do not add much weight at all - close to neutral buoyancy if anything. I didn't mind wearing gum boots on the trawlers I worked on. When your portaging a kayak across stones gumboots could be a good thing.

[@MusMasi]

@@brewstamacbeth981 I walk on the reef in them at times, thing is I can easily just straighten my foot and kick them off, i Have practiced in deep water with them on, now if they are laced tightly on, that might be more dangerous

[@brewstamacbeth981]

@@MusMasi Hi Mus, well the thing about gum boots is they don't have any laces, so they are easy to kick off as you say. I agree they are good for walking across a reef. Both my son and I wear gumboots whilst wading across reef spearing fish. Cheers

[@Bretzky99]

Love the recent river trips. Keep them coming. Even the small cod look good to me. Great stuff

[@NevsFishing]

Glad you enjoyed mate! Cheers :)

[@JCrom116]

Great video Nev, looks like it was a real adventure with many memories made. Thanks for taking us with you on the trip ☺️

[@NevsFishing]

No worries at all mate, was a really fun trip!

[@nickfranklin1867]

What an amazing adventure Nev! those Murray cod are a beautiful looking fish!

[@NevsFishing]

Was an epic trip! Such beautiful fish the Murray Cod.

[@thebluepill1496]

I really enjoyed the scenery and travelogue content of the video. Freshwater fishing has the added dimension of sight, sounds and smells of the local environment. The surface lure takes can be spectacular especially when unexpectedly close to the kayak. What a versatile vessel your Hobie is.

[@NevsFishing]

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed the change up. The hobies are such great kayaks, very versatile as you said 👍🏼

[@michaeldevries4590]

Great when a plan comes together! Love your work, Nev!

[@steveborland5401]

Another quality video! Great example of how sometimes you need to adapt your plans in the hunt for fish

[@ziqianli8057]

Really relaxing video. The sound the reel makes is our asmr.

[@NevsFishing]

Thanks mate! The reel definitely makes a unique sound 👌🏼

[@naomimclean3132]

Love the ‘whiz’ of your casts! Keep up the vids, brilliant content

[@NevsFishing]

Haha surprised me when I first casted it. Thanks mate 😁

[@lmp8932]

What a lovely few days, I'm so jealous! I would love to do that, and catch a couple of Cod but I am physically unable too - I am fishing vicariously through you and I'm very happy to see you catch and release the fish. They are still listed as vulnerable, but thanks to fishers doing what you and many others do their numbers are on the increase. That area looked so peaceful, you could hear the sound of the river and the birds singing. Joyful! Thank you 😁

[@shuggiemcg1]

Cracking video Nev thank you for sharing!

[@NevsFishing]

No worries mate! Glad you enjoyed

[@NathanChisholm]

Absolutely loved it Nev, I must say it’s up there with one of your best videos! Well edited, well spoken and such a great fish, well done 👌

[@NevsFishing]

Glad you think so mate, thanks :)

[@hardstylefan5117]

Another great vid mate ! I think a lot of us need to get back to the bush now & then , reminds us how beautiful our country is & how simple entertainment can be. Thanks for this content mate I’m sure it inspires many.

[@NevsFishing]

I agree, is such beautiful country up that way

[@mudrox05]

Another great inspirational Video. Love your work...Cheers 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@NevsFishing]

Thanks :)

[@johnbarker6285]

Outstanding start for 2023 well done Nev, i enjoyed every cast and the excitement as the predators attack your lures was filmed to perfection big thumbs up from me.

[@NevsFishing]

Appreciate it mate, glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@thedonutdiariesfishing972]

this video really got to me emotionally mate. seeing you endlessly drag the yak in your search is really what fishing is all about. LOVED IT great content and even better editing effort

[@razinoff]

Great precision casting and beautiful fish. Love that location.

[@NevsFishing]

Thanks mate!

[@frednurk8590]

Nicely done mate. Great to see you switching things up a bit, and in such a gorgeous spot. Cheers.

[@NevsFishing]

Cheers mate!

[@tonypaine4958]

Really nice, mate. It's one of your best

[@NevsFishing]

Glad you think so! Appreciate it 😀

[@xmattc53x]

What an awesome video mate! Love this style

[@NeverRest300]

Excellent video mate!!!

[@NevsFishing]

Thanks a lot!

[@jackmcbryde1838]

Great Video mate! The editing was top notch. Keep up the good work

[@NevsFishing]

Thanks mate! Appreciate the support👍🏼

[@FlattyDaz]

That was bloody awsome Nev….. 👍🏼😜🎣

[@Rocco10104]

This is awesome mate to see you fishing around my neck of the woods, love the switch up mate such a pleasure to watch!

[@NevsFishing]

Thanks mate! You live in a great area mate, that type of fishing is super fun

[@tonyjeckeln904]

Good on ya, getting out and about, beautiful area. Well done, enjoyed the adventure.

[@NevsFishing]

Glad you enjoyed it, cheers :)

[@jeffbaade8480]

Thanks for the video nev

[@NevsFishing]

No problem!

[@auslifeandy]

Bloody good video mate. Always good to show how difficult it is sometimes, especially fresh water fishing ! Efforts are rewarded in the end, always 👍

[@NevsFishing]

Appreciate it mate! You're dead right, hard work always gets rewarded.

[@johnmakarainen1785]

Great vid mate awesome job!

[@NevsFishing]

Appreicate it mate!

[@explodingtopics3601]

Love how your mixing your content up. Nice stuff.

[@NevsFishing]

Appreciate it! Thanks mate

[@mdh5957]

great videos mate

[@NevsFishing]

Thanks 👍

[@anakinoriley1756]

Great 👍 job Nev especially love the kayak squiding videos please do more

[@NevsFishing]

Sure thing mate :)

[@nicv1365]

Awesome video man 👍

[@NevsFishing]

Thanks mate :)

[@ShadyCones]

Awesome vid mate

[@tyreecebrailey9393]

Absolute banging spot tbh

[@michaelremfrey]

Awesome Nev, despite loving your WP vids it’s great to see a change of scenery!

[@NevsFishing]

Glad you like them! Was good fun switching it up 👌🏼

[@redogskinness]

Great to watch. I realy enjoi your videos and that was really cool ,good effort brother 🤘🏻

[@NevsFishing]

Cheers heaps mate! :)

[@NIAL_8]

love your videos mate keep it up

[@NevsFishing]

Glad you like them!

[@simonvalladares5777]

Great video beautiful country beautiful fish 👍

[@liam-fk5yd]

great video nev, would love to see more travel based fishing :)

[@NevsFishing]

Cheers Liam, defintely more coming :)

[@jakpiggott7862]

id love to see u do some more of this type of fishing (river) cod fishing and stuff man, love all ur vids either way tho and congrats on the beautiful fish

[@Ashley75]

Thanks nev for inspiring me to be a better fisherman keep doing what your doing 😅

[@browntrout1156]

Epic video Nev. Just echoing the advice about gumboots in the boat. It's the same for waders in the boat as well. Congratulations on the catches, well done. Love the added scenery shots too.

[@NevsFishing]

Thanks for the tip! Thanks mate :)

[@shayne4288]

That's cool. That visual element to the fishing is such good fun. We have some similar sort of fishing for Trout here in Tas. It certainly gets the blood flowing! Well done.

[@NevsFishing]

Sure is different to what I’m used to, is good fun for sure!

[@martindekorte6732]

Loved the video mate ! I started the Murray cod journey in winter with a couple of trips to Eildon with no fish landed , it looks like the skinny water yields better results. Well done man 👍👊

[@utephoria]

Sick vid mate

[@michaeloakley810]

Awesome video mate looks like you had a great time

[@NevsFishing]

I did! Cheers 😀

[@michaeloakley810]

@@NevsFishing that’s great I love cod fishing out of the hobie

[@tHeBrOnAtIvE]

Bro sick video 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾

[@clive1539]

Some nice accurate casting there, very productive day…. You make it look easy 👍

[@NevsFishing]

Thanks 👍 It's not always easy though haha

[@archerroeding9082]

Great to see you chasings a awesome species it’s a big change from the saltwater

[@kinimatographos]

Awesome!!!

[@smellyvalley]

Great vid mate. Love to see you do some Surf fishing in Victoria

[@NevsFishing]

Thanks mate! Will definitely do some surf fishing in the future

[@bolgar1965]

Another awesome Vid Nev. Now I got somewhere to go besides the Bay :) I used to fish up that way back when i was a youngster with my dad while on holidays (I'm 58), and remember some big fish being caught.

[@NevsFishing]

Thanks mate! Is an epic area up there mate

[@lachieslogbook]

Great stuff mate! Such great country too, congrats and heres hoping i can tick one of my list soon enough too! 🤙

[@NevsFishing]

Thanks mate! Good luck on catching one yourself :)

[@davebrown7321]

one of your best videos ever Nev but you gotta taste on of those Murray's they're beautiful eating! I used to catch em with me Dad & they are the best tasting fish Ive ever had !

[@ZaftyBroskyz]

This is sick

[@NevsFishing]

Cheers! :)

[@ZaftyBroskyz]

Thx so much for commenting

[@mh_fishing_sa7210]

Awesome vids mate 😊

[@NevsFishing]

Glad you like them!

[@mitchellmuzza7631]

Tight drag for cod man aye if they turn and get back to the timber they dust you real quick as you found out. Awesome video 👌🏼

[@offroadfishing]

Cracker of a video mate almost like a documentary! Absolutely beaut fish

[@NevsFishing]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks 🙏🏼

[@elias-tv2627]

Nev i love all ur vids all of them are amazing but squid fishing vid are amazing❤

[@bstfishing]

Great video like always Nev! it's always exciting when you catch a target species! All I've caught from freshwater is the "Mud Marlin" in my youtube videos🤣

[@NevsFishing]

Hahah cheers mate! Carp are such a nuisance

[@deekaym836]

When I'm using a baitcaster a good cast is simply when it doesn't birdsnest 😂

[@NevsFishing]

Hahahah I had that happen acouple times.

[@matthewdonaldson5016]

can you please do another drone flathead vid. I cant stop watching your vids they're so good

[@jzfishing103]

Great video, ur vids r so calm and relaxing by the way I just got my PB legal kingfish went 68.5 in Sydney harbour

[@NevsFishing]

Appreciate it mate! And good effort, nice kingy!

[@sajohnm]

Hi Nev, great video. What is the lure you are using with best results?

[@peppipoohductionswakashunt3157]

Good stuff mate, can’t beat it getting them off the roof to. The green bug is hard to get rid of once you have it.

[@NevsFishing]

Thanks mate! Definitely getting the cod bug, is super addicting for sure

[@issyb7394]

Nice vid man! What’s that swim bait lure you’re using if you don’t mind me asking

[@johnoswin5407]

I loved watching your videos because I lived in myrtleford and would watch videos because we would go to Phillip island every year now you’re up where I am. I wish I was in Wang when you were there

[@Samsfishing1970]

Also it's good to use diving lures and spinner baits in the heat of the day

[@NevsFishing]

Will defintely pick up some of those soon :)

[@maccathirtythree]

Nice work mate. Bit of advice for holding your baitcast rig - hold the handle with the tang between your second and third finger and roll your thumb up over the top of the baitcaster's reel frame - much better control and leverage. Tight lines.

[@NevsFishing]

Thanks for the tip mate, appreciate it. I am a complete newbie to baitcasters haha

[@alecthefisherman430]

good mate

[@yep.fishing]

Probably your best video in terms of production and my 3rd favourite of yours. Loved you getting the Kingy and the 50 hood. You should try and hook up with Luka Gerkovich in Warrnambool. Absolute gun on the trout, tuna and kingies and prob your age too.

[@NevsFishing]

Appreciate it mate! I'll look him up and see how he goes👌

[@yep.fishing]

@@NevsFishing check his insta

[@lachiemcdonald4353]

use surfuce on twilight and use diver and lurer in deep water during the day

[@TommyT86]

If your still up that way, fish the pondage mate, a full of ex brude trout to be caught! Was in Wangaratta 2 weeks ago, fished the Oven’s at Warby Range Road, you could get the yak in their despite the steepish approach, caught a heap of cod land based, and a yella right at the end of the road, casting into the current and letting it settle.. Take a shrimp net, a mountain for shrimp around, perfect for Yellowbelly, just used cheese for both shrimp and Cod 😊

[@NevsFishing]

Back home now, but if I ever go back I'll keep that in mind. Thanks heaps mate :)

[@adamcimino7726]

Nice vid... How bout a catch and cook on your next fresh water adventure?

[@NevsFishing]

Great idea, thanks mate :)

[@fishingroundoz]

Hey mate, Really good video! I have a tip for ya baitcaster, i see how you're holding just the rod but you can get alot more control over the fish if you put your thumb on the top left side of the reel and the rest of your fingers on the rod. Also decreases the risk of a massive fish ripping the rod outta ya hand haha. Sorry for the bad explanation

[@bikesnfishin9591]

You should come down to Geelong and fish. Either that or apollo bay. Keep up the great videos mate, I absolutely love the content.

[@NevsFishing]

Maybe one day! Thanks mate, glad you enjoy the vids

[@davidmckitrick8331]

hey man just curious what the name of that hardbody jointed swimbait you were throwing id love to use it for pike and musky.

[@Fishing_with_Jett]

Go to murrabidgei I caught a 110centimetre cod there,the part near Canberra too

[@ygz4695]

Did well mate but with surface reel more slowly

[@NevsFishing]

I varied the retrive a fair bit, the faster wind got smacked a bit more. But will defintely take note, cheers :)

[@askfadzean]

ayyy you were up my way!!!

[@NevsFishing]

Is a beautiful area you're at mate, got some good fishing for sure

[@ronancamm4211]

Give Robbie fishing a message next time you go he knows all the spots around there in Wangaratta he’s got the best KZbin channel aswell great bloke

[@NevsFishing]

Will do mate, cheers!

[@lukeedwards4932]

What reel did you use in this vid mate? Great episode 👍

[@issyb7394]

Hey Nev I’m looking at getting the hobie compass same as yours worth getting ? What are your thoughts cheers

[@hughaggers9113]

hey i was wondering what type of lure the swim bait is that you used

[@Jack-ny4vu]

That’s awesome Nev!! If you were up near Wangaratta you could’ve met the freshwater fishing king Robbie Alexander. Another thing as well if you try stumpjumpers the cod go crazy over them. People fish with them in lake eildon and catch monsters, there’s a lot of small coves with fallen trees and stuff away from all the boats and JetSkis where they live. It’s good you had fun I hope you can do some more freshwater fishing vids 👍🏻

[@NevsFishing]

Haha I tried to catch up with Robbie, I think he was busy. Definitely going to return to Eildon to chase one of those giants 👌🏼

[@Bretzky99]

Nev and Robbie are my 2 favourite KZbin channels. Love to see a combo

[@Jack-ny4vu]

@@NevsFishing love to see it mate 💪🏻 good luck 🤞🏻

[@Jack-ny4vu]

@@Bretzky99 let’s hope so

[@lachlanwilliams3234]

Hey Nev, that isn’t a KZbin ‘free’ lure is it? Another great vid, cracking some cod in new ground is a big accomplishment. Well done.

[@NevsFishing]

Nah it isn't haha. Thanks mate :)

[@aarondean3655]

Hey Nev how do you know what areas to get what fish? Where do you learn this stuff

[@kaijaknevitt681]

Grt stuff mate! and yeh catching Murray cod is just spectacular. Quick question what was the hard body lure that you were using (the one that caught most of the fish). Thanks mate and keep up the vids.

[@NevsFishing]

Thanks mate! I agree, they're awesome fish! The lure was a Biwaa S'trout

[@kaijaknevitt681]

thanks so much. Legend

[@thegatingskardener9842]

yet to get my first, any tips nev? keep up the good work mate!

[@nobbymorph]

Another ripper of a video, Nev... I could watch you catch fish all day. Question: What is the churchbell sound I hear during each cast?

[@NevsFishing]

Thanks mate. I’m actually not entirely sure, pretty sure it’s the digital cast control or something hahah

[@nobbymorph]

@@NevsFishing do you hear it yourself whilst out on the water or does it just come through on the video recording?

[@NevsFishing]

@@nobbymorph I hear it also

[@bryanpolden1587]

G'day m8. Just some info on the difference between Murray cod and trout cod. 1st a Murray will be more gold/brown while a trout cod will be more silver . 2nd the trout cod has a black stripe accross its eye. 3rd, trout cod have a over hanging top jaw where as the Murray has a protruding lower jaw. 👌

[@NevsFishing]

Really appreciate that mate, will defintely help me out. Cheers!

[@zacallman8894]

What's the river called that you were catching the fish 🐟 in. I was up there last weekend

[@nuk-emz4230]

Hey are you coming out near Kingscliff or tweed would be good to go out with you on our kayaks.

[@craigdargie6929]

Great stuff Nev. Good to see you doing some fresh water fishing too. And you don't have to wash the salt off your gear. It's beautiful country up there with a great mix of species. If you haven't already, check out Robbie fishing on KZbin. He's born and bred in that area and is a wealth of information. Keep up the great videos mate. 👍

[@ynots0625]

Only thing i like about bait casters is how they sound when you cast 😅

[@NevsFishing]

Hahah they sound really different

[@garydelaney908]

hi Nev what brand and size reel are you using in this video

[@citwy9756]

I actually believe that the first fish you caught in the video was a Trout-Murray cod hybrid. They often happen in in places where Trout cod are stocked and can occasionally happen naturally. Anyways, Love your videos!

[@NevsFishing]

Oh wow! Thanks for that info mate, very interesting Appreciate the comment 😁

[@damianwestcott8885]

How good is the ovens river . Mint spot been there a few times..

[@NevsFishing]

Great spot for sure!

[@kevinwilson8350]

Well done Nevo. Keep the location a big secret please. 😉

[@NevsFishing]

Cheers Kevo! Will do mate