guys aboard waving us down. We headed
in, roped them up and towed them back
to the ramp – not the start we were
hoping for as other competitors whizzed
past us heading upstream.
The day finished in fine form with Team
Venom landing 4 legal cod, putting us
in a good position and giving us a great
start to reach Shane’s KPI for Mulwala.
Day 2 was a big day with 10 hours of
After dropping off the unlucky crew at fishing.
the ramp, we floored it up to our first
We started off in one of my good spots
spot, hoping none of the other boats had
and 10 minutes in Shane pulled the
got to our first spot before us. Coming
hooks on a good fish. Luckily 10 minutes
around the last corner we were stoked
later he backed it up with a legal cod of
that no-one had stopped at Spot 1.
57cm from a spot that I’d never seen a
Quickly getting ready, we waited all of cod caught from before – we were away!
30 seconds before the official start time
The bite really shut down after that with
of 12 noon and first cast – crack! My
hordes of wakeboats, ski boats and the
spinnerbait got smashed but the fish
brilliant new craze of wake surfing all
failed to hook up. Things were looking
creating a maelstrom in the river and
good.
making the edges downright dangerous
Working our way through the backwater to fish!
saw us land two legal cod in the first
hour, as well as getting another couple
of hits, so we were pretty happy with
the start.
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