Although some aussie swimbaits date back to the 1960 s a recent rise in quality and success has them at the end of many passionate cod anglers rods.
Best swimbait rod for murray cod.
This outfit allows for long casting and has the power to stop very large cod when fished as rod describes.
A 99cm cod caught on a westin swimbait in early morning.
A cracking white cod caught in the early morning on a 120mm swimbait.
A great benefit of this lure is the ability for it to back out of snags when the angler stops retrieving allowing it to be worked close to and even through heavy cover.
Heavy rod no longer than 6ft and 6 8kg 30lb braid 40lb leader hardbody lures up to 150mm and spinnerbaits.
If you are casting big lures for murray cod in dams you need to look at getting a swimbait setup.
Murasame wakebait and swimbait rods are some of the best value on the market.
You may just surprise yourself with results.
My personal rod choices for lure fishing for murray cod.
The author s lure was inhaled again.
Jj lures no 1 stumpjumper is a good sized strong actioned australian made lure that s prefect for murray cod fishing.
Designed to cast large topwater lures for our native fish like murray cod and having plenty of power where required to deal with the bulk of large fish.
Ask the same question to the same angler now and the answer would be a whole lot bigger.
Murray cod are a great example of this from old flatfish floopy s and oversize inline spinners to the big wooden hardbodies and spinnerbaits to the more recent surface lures.
Rod s three top lures for targeting cod.
Norbs has been using the venom swimbait rod since its aussie inception and doesn t make a cod trip without it.
Rated from 12 24kg and able to cast lures from 40 120grams this medium fast action rod is priced around 150 and would be a perfect match the latest storm r i p series of lures.
Plus they have tough gears and internals that are made for casting 150gm plus lures.
This murray cod has bucket mouth.
Abu garcia make some of the best gear and they have two good swimbait setups in this video i talk about two models in their range.
Until next time best of luck for the opening of cod season and fish hard with tight lines.
Born breed and made in australia the difference in the venom long baitcaster blanks is their glass and graphite composition.
This new one from storm the arashi swimbait model looked just perfect for casting big lures at cod jewies and barra.
These outfits are perfect for casting huge lures a long way.