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Setting up for cold weather cod fishing
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It can also double as a
to fish using the gear we have today.
all the cod heroes who love their hands getting ripped up here.
great trolling rod.
My second rod is the
While I sometimes go down in size to a Bone Focus 130, that’s proba- bly as small as I go and then only if I have to.
We use a Wilson rub- ber landing net that is obscenely large, though when you go to pop a 120cm-plus cod in it, all of a sudden it looks a little small.
big bertha.
This is the Venom
Swimbait rod matched to a 200-300-sized reel such as a Daiwa Zillion HD, Ryoga or Shimano Tranx.
If you look for sub- surface lures in the 20- 30cm range, you’re in the ballpark.
Rod Mackenzie summed it up as good as anyone by saying why would you try and catch an elephant in a butterfly net?
The reel is also spooled with 50lb braid and a 60lb leader, and is used for casting the largest swimbaits and surface lures, as well as being used for trolling larger offering too.
Subsurface lures I prefer include the Bass- man Mumbler, Zerek Live Swimbait, Jack- all Gigantarel, and the little Bone Focus just keeps catching.
Be prepared.
Shane Wohlsen spent plenty of hours, totally fishless before the magic happened in the cold at Copeton for him.
This pic shows the soft office boy using the Mustad Landing gloves with his SIMMS fishing gloves sitting beside him – taken off so they stay dry, undamaged and ready to get back on his hands to keep them warm.
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It’s a real weapon of an outfit that easily casts the omnipresent Jackall Gigantarel with a chin weight attached to it – all without fa- tiguing the angler too much.
Our Aussie lure mak- ers are starting to pro- duce some really awe- some looking swim- baits that are super tough and I can’t wait to give some a crack – options are everywhere now.
As for the glove part, we use Mustad Landing gloves and they are fine for the job.
Let’s be honest here, casting 150-200g for any length of time is just plain hard work, so don’t get a ‘maybe’ outfit, get one that is built for the job and can handle the lures you’re throwing.
On top, bigger snake- like lures, clattering walkers and paddlers are all the go, but keep in mind you still have to cast them.
A heap of my fellow fishos get up me for being a soft office boy, and they’re right, I am.
The fish are not that hard to land when com- pared to delivering the lures in the right man- ner, so the important thing is to get the rod that can cast the lures.
I like the Aussie Crawler from Bassman, the Zerek Stalker and best of all, anything from Kuttafurra Lures.
I’m a soft office boy with hands that work for the next two weeks, and I am very reluc- tant to put my hands in cold water and undo all the good work my gloves and heat packs have done to keep my fingers working.
There are literally hundreds of awesome offerings out there to- day and they will all work, so you’re not lim- ited for choice as we were only a few years ago.
Yeah, I guess I am that soft office boy. Freezer feast
I’ve never understood the status of ripped up thumbs and palms.
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Lure wise it’s all about being big.
Fishing in the cold can be the most amaz- ing thing you’ll do as a cod angler and I can’t recommend it enough.
There is not a lure made yet a cod will not eat, but there are lures made that are too hard
You’ll also need an oversized net and a pair of gloves – insert
Don’t spoil your limit- ed opportunities – actu- al trips and encounters with fish – by not be- ing ready to go when it matters.
Countless personal best cod are testament to just
It is out there, so go hunt it down and get into it – you will never, ever look back.
how good cold weather cod fishing can be.
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Pay attention to your comfort and you’ll fish better.
If you’re shivering, something has gone wrong with your sys- tem, so you need to up- grade your clothing to gear that is made for the cold conditions.
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