Right now it’s time to March

well worth the wait.

Finally, we’ve seen many of our local creeks and rivers start to return back to normal flows and clarity after a long wait. And with more regular flows and better clarity, naturally comes better

Over the past few months I’ve been mainly fishing Lake Mulwala in preparation for upcoming competitions held there, however with the small water systems starting to clear up it’s been impossible not to go foot trekking and doing river floats in the kayak and punt. I have been getting some really good numbers of fish from the rivers and creeks locally lately, and I’ve heard reports of other anglers landing over 50 fish for weekend trips around the region. Numbers like this are crazy, and it’s so good to see this happening across many different waterbodies too.

March is always a good time to be on the water, especially the rivers and creeks. Typically, the days start to get a bit cooler, making it easier on anglers to spend large amounts of time on the water, and fishing in March on the numbers side of things seems to always be one of the best months to get good numbers. The best thing to do is just explore, find public access points, and plan floats or wander on foot. There are countless places to fish around our region, you just have to get creative and adventurous with it. The recent flows have created some really good opportunities so we might as fishing opportunities for we Murray cod anglers.

As previously mentioned in reports from the past few months, good system flushes are super important and beneficial to a waterway’s health, which improves fishing once these flushes pass through. However, for the past year or so it’s just been rain after rain, keeping our local systems high and dirty. But now, we really do have some excitement brewing, many of our local systems are flowing nicely again, and the fishing is proving to be well make the most of it!

It’s been so good to be back in the punt doing river floats again. After the systems have had bulk flushes, the fish are in fine shape.

Obviously, some days will be slow, while on other days the fish will be switched on. Patterns become more noticeable with certain weather trends, flow, clarity, and water temperatures for the waterways fed by impoundments.

Another factor I’ve always been influenced by is the activity of cicadas. This year we have seen a later than usual cicada hatch, which means these critters will continue to sing in our ears for longer than usual. In my experience, when the cicadas are going mental, much of the time the surface fishing in particular will be more productive.

To wrap it all up, I am predicting that March will be