EDWARD RIVER Fish biting in the

With the water cooling, clearer waters and the river dropping, I think this triggers the fish into having a feeding frenzy before the metabolism slows down for the winter months.

Bait fishing is still a great option though, but if you own a boat or you know someone who does, do yourself a favour, get out on the water. Before you do, head into to Deniliquin Outdoors & Camping in Deniliquin to see Pete and grab a few lures to cast and troll around the Edward.

Get out whilst there’s still some water to fish as the river is continuing to drop. The numbers of fish being caught recently have been outstanding and it’s not uncommon to go fishing for a few hours and land a handful of legal sized fish.

There’s one thing I’ve noticed this year, the amount of local lads really getting into fishing. The likes of Luke Holloway, Isaac Behsman, Will Green, Evie Fox and Jay McCully. I know I’ve missed a few but the lads have been landing some quality fish lately. It’s great to see the future fisherman practising catch and release and, they are great a bunch of klids. Keep at it and you will be rewarded with some nice fish and memories that will last a lifetime.

Brett ‘Guru’ Suckling and his boys Isaac, Nash and Chad have also been getting among some quality fish. Brett has bragging rights over the boys with a 102cm Cod caught casting a Koolabung surface lure. The lads have been trolling and casting between the McLean Beach boat ramp downstream to the boat club. The lures of choice have been the 110mm Coddog LogHoppers.

Tristan Fitzsimmons landed a cracking 103cm cod casting a Reaper Spinnerbait up into some shallow water recently, a few bends downstream from the boat club.

You may think a certain area of river gets a lot of attention with people fishing it, but persistence is key. The big fish are there you just have to be at the right place at the right time.

And you know the fish are biting when Anthony ‘Wriggler’ Bradley can catch a fish! Wriggler managed to book an afternoon of guided fishing with the Guru Brett Suckling. It was a great afternoon with Wriggs landing a new personal best cod of 75cm along with four others.

Zayah Wereta landed his new PB of 92cm and his mate Jade Parsons-Cooper with a PB of 62cm walking the banks of the Colligen Creek. The Colligen Creek has been the place to fish over the past few months with great numbers of big cod being caught. Whether walking the banks, casting surface or trolling lures, you would have been unlucky not to have caught a fish from there.

The Yellowbelly seem to be making a comeback with a few starting to be caught and all in good condition and size. The few I have caught have been in the deeper waters of about five metres.

Neville Lester is having a good run at the moment trolling up nice cod and Yellowbelly. His biggest just recently being 85cm caught trolling upstream of the Four Post on the 110mm Coddog Loghopper.

Jeremy Branson has also been reeling in a few nice cod up to 75cm.

It’s been a great season to date and it’s been great to see new faces popping up in the Deniliquin Fishing Group.

As I write this article there are still a few boat ramps that are useable, McLean Beach, Lawson Syphon and Four Post. The others are usable but a 4WD is needed.

Looking forward to next month, the Mulwala Canal will be lowered and the same goes for the Edward River. As to how low this year, I’m unsure.

It’s a great time of year to have a look around at what the river has been hiding over the past couple of years. I know I’ll be out trying to retrieve a few of my lost lures and take note of what timber lays beneath the surface.

If you’d like to see some of the recent catches check out the Deniliquin Fishing Page, answer the questions and you’ll be automatically joined. Or check out my YouTube channel Ranga with a Rod, like and subscribe.

For all your fishing tackle and camping needs call into see Pete at Betta Deniliquin Outdoors & Camping, Deniliquin’s number one fishing and outdoor supplier.

If you see or suspect illegal fishing, please call 1800 043 536. Make the call and make the difference.

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