Lake Mulwala Drawdown Murray Cod

[@HaydenWilsonOutdoors]

Imagine the lures that are being found on them trees!

[@HawkesyFishing]

Have to be 1000s of dollars worth up there on the flats

[@HaydenWilsonOutdoors]

@@HawkesyFishing Video idea? 🤔 Walk around up there with waders or something

[@barmynick5027]

Good video young fella !Great content 👍 That dark coloured lure you found stuck on the twig did it have a black painted black bib 🤔 might be one of the lubins 🤣 ..

[@HawkesyFishing]

Thanks mate, the darker coloured one was dark because it had a heap of growth on it from being submerged for so long don't think the bib was actually painted but need to clean it up to be sure

[@thenativeproject311]

Nice couple of fish mate, well done!

[@HawkesyFishing]

Thanks mate!

[@browntrout1156]

Wow thanks for the video. Well done with the Cod and the lures. Wow Mulwala, love the photography. Well done.

[@HawkesyFishing]

Thanks mate!

[@rohantaylor1998]

Awesome cinematography, and some good catches too. Looking forward to your next great content.

[@HawkesyFishing]

Thanks mate!

[@FishingandhuntingwithAndy]

Good work legend! A nice couple of fish! Beautiful! 👏🤙🏻

[@HawkesyFishing]

Thanks mate, was stoked to get a couple of nice ones on the board first proper crack at them since its cooled off. Was meant to go again this week but the wind is killer atm

[@FishingandhuntingwithAndy]

@@HawkesyFishing yeah it might be okay still, I’m thinking of hitting the river myself but we’ll see, I might have to buy a yak, lol! Top effort legend!

[@HawkesyFishing]

​@@FishingandhuntingwithAndy ​ I only have today and tomorrow off. 40kmh winds is too much to get out there unfortunately. Might head back there next week otherwise just fish one of the rivers

[@FishingandhuntingwithAndy]

@@HawkesyFishing I’ve only been out once in the last couple of weeks for an hour, the last couple of weeks I’ve had to much on, this weekend I’m hoping to get out. Hopefully your into a good one soon keep grinding! 🤙🏻

[@MaluHunterFishing]

Holy cow mate - looks unreal. Good session too!!

[@HawkesyFishing]

Thanks mate, was incredible to see the exposed banks and just how much structure there is. Was awesome to get a couple of nice ones on the board too

[@quantumhit1837]

Hey mate good video 👍

[@HawkesyFishing]

Thanks mate

[@sloppyjoeoutdoors2980]

Nice work mate keep up the grate vids

[@HawkesyFishing]

Thanks mate!

[@tommymacfishing]

Nice job mate! 👌

[@HawkesyFishing]

Thanks mate!

[@darylC_2306tiger1]

Wow never seen Mulwala looking like that before, a great session there and looks like the place to top up the tackle box. great vid, Cheers.

[@HawkesyFishing]

Thanks mate! It was super cool to see. I was hoping to spend an hour or two just hunting around for lures up on the flats but with how muddy it was decided not to

[@nathansoutbackfishing]

Amazing work mate lake Mulwala is fishing well tho Damn it looks so different

[@HawkesyFishing]

Yeah it was really cool to see it empty like that

[@nathansoutbackfishing]

@@HawkesyFishing yea I bet

[@charliebarnes8637]

What a way to fill up your tackle box 😂

[@HawkesyFishing]

Yeah just go out and catch lures on your lure hahaha, was hoping to spend sometime wandering the lake bed looking for some but it was still too soft to walk on

[@simoncardonefishes]

Really nice video mate & well done on the cod! Subscribed!! Stock up on those JD Python's if you haven't already ;)

[@HawkesyFishing]

Thanks mate! I just bought the one to try out in the larger rivers and loved the action and the cod obviously did too, so I ordered a couple more by the time I got home haha

[@Henrys_Fishing]

That lure that you caught is my favourite orgee lire

[@HawkesyFishing]

Its the second one I've found and I've still never fished one hahaha

[@Henrys_Fishing]

@@HawkesyFishing haha

[@Peter57808]

Well done! but hell that is seriously spooky on that lake A tip when you don't have the net handy, get a grip on the leader with your right hand (while dealing with the rod!!), you can then just pull the fish up to the lip grips.

[@HawkesyFishing]

Thanks mate, was super cool to see with no water on the flats. I prefer not to grab the line when I'm landing fish since that removes a lot of the give in the system and can result in pulled hooks. Just back the drag off a bit and guide it in to the lip grips

[@clive1539]

Impressive, less water between fish when it’s like that. Nice light for the video too.

[@HawkesyFishing]

Thanks mate, there was plenty around on the sounder but getting bites proved a bit more difficult than that

[@alexmarti7684]

Awesome footage man!! As a Queenslander I’ve seen scenes like this before, very impressive. Love the video!

[@HawkesyFishing]

Thanks mate! Very cool to see a lake almost empty. Luckily with mulwala they'll have it full again by the end of winter

[@duanesfishn]

Pretty cool to see all that structure. How deep was it at the time??

[@HawkesyFishing]

I was in the main river channel so there was still holes upto 7m deep. Not too sure how much lower it will get though

[@aydencarr2180]

Did you use majors ramp to launch the yak? Thinking of doing the some this week

[@HawkesyFishing]

I was at the ramp but it was well out of the water, was just the bank below it

[@sandytrackxfishing2810]

That's awesome man! I'm surprised you caught anything! After what all the cod guys say about cod not liking fast rising or dripping water levels! So you smashed that theory! Would be an awesome time to find some more new lures with all that water being so low! Awesome vid as always legend 👌❤️

[@HawkesyFishing]

Thanks mate, I really wasn't sure how the fishing would be. Had been seeing good reports but they were pretty much all caught with livescope in the slower water closer to the wall. Was hoping to spend an hour or two wandering around for lures but the bank was way too soft to walk on very well

[@DavidBrown12.6]

Another quality video mate, thankyou! Can I ask what editing software you use?

[@HawkesyFishing]

Thanks mate! I use Adobe premier pro

[@art-is-lazy4509]

Dam who even knew about that draw down thing, stupid mad what the lake looks like when they do it. Woulda thought weed was a good thing, no pun intended. Two stonkers bud but stepping out into that slush was a bad idea, what if you had bogged down to your dusters, got stuck and they flooded the lake again. Hawksey woulda been goneskey, ha ha.

[@HawkesyFishing]

hahah thanks man, a lot of the regular mulwala fisherman I've heard talk about it have said they like the weed and the habitat it provides for the fish. Unfortunately when its grown up to the surface in a lot of areas it creates a pretty negative experience for recreational users of the waterway. I thought I picked a pretty solid spot to stand on the bank but evidently not

[@andrewgalea7319]

Able to find somewhere decent to launch obviously Didn't see any boats out

[@HawkesyFishing]

I just launched at one of the boat ramps. It was well above the water but below it wasn't too bad. Was still a few boats about but it was fairly quiet