The Best Bait for Murray Cod fishing. Better than cheese?

A quick video of the main bait that I use when targeting Murray Cod in the Murray river. Is this the best bait when it comes to convenience, cost, fish catching ability? Let me know your thoughts in the comments.

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[aaronjeffery]

That is a very cool boat mate!
..Making me rethink my plans of getting a pedal kayak! Cool to see someone else using hotdogs too.
Great video!

[outnaboutexplorers]

Haven’t tried these yet, but will have to give them a go! Cheers for the video mate 👍🏼

[WindsorBaitAndTackle]

The cocktail bait does not surprise me that much because a lot of the old timers used to put it in there doe bait but the sinker style and your hook rig is a fantastic idea.
The style of sinker your using makes the rig almost snag proof, I can see how the hook point would bounce over snags with the sinker acting as a weed guard.
Great idea you have taught me a trick thank you.

[glenbaker]

Interesting idea. I’ll have to try it. My grandkids will love it, they can have hotdogs while I fish. Lol

[peterharley]

As any regular cod fisher knows " cod will eat anything" it depends on their mood as to what they eat on any given day. I thought your choice of fishing spots was interesting. 2 factors when fishing for cod, structure and depth in proportion to water temp. Hang in there cheers.

[billyaitken]

😎🤗👍, I’m originally from the UK and my mate’s suggested a ‘Cod trip. I was just about to search for a ‘does hotdog catch cod?’ Video 😛👏👏👏. I have caught common carp in the Uk on hotdog though. (If you catch a carp, it’s ‘one less breeder in the pond’ as far as I’m concerned 😎👍).

[outbakbandit]

Great video mate. I’ll have to give it a try

[jimmychuuwang]

Been using them for years my pop showed me this method about 20yrs ago.. the theory behind it is the same as cheese it attracts bait balls of shrimp feeding on it (hence the scrape marks in the bait when you bring it in) and the cod come threw and grab your bait while hitting the shrimp... Great method tho!!!

[jeffwilkes]

Hi Brendan, my guess is that cod will eat most things. Ive seen them eat cabonosie and salami, but mainly small cod.

[JamesBowen-ci]

Have u try fishing in lakes weir they stock cod useing hotdogs ? Might give caincurren a go theirs big cod in that lake and try hot dogs

[GregoryMurphy-bv]

Ive always wanted to try one of those multi coloured python snake lollies.

[vassilylucashenko]

Hey Brenton, great video and good tip for the bait and the rig. BTW, what make and model boat are you on?

[keithbennett]

Good video mate just wondering what size your boat is I’m planning on up sizing my tiller tinny to a side console cheers

[DpuckFishingandOutdoors]

It seems like Murry Cod have the same diet as a catfish?

[macleoda]

Had a conversation with an old fisho a few years back and reckon he said that he used chicken salt chips to catch cod. The conversation moved on and I never got the chance to go back and check that I heard him correctly. Even if they're frozen I reckon, they would fall off the hook pretty quickly. Have you heard of anything like that being used?

[aussieanvil]

will deinately try the cocktail franks i was fishing the edwards at mathoura last year couldnt get a bite on the cheese or worms switched to bacon and caught one after another tried bacon again 2 weeks later couldnt get a bite hahah

[Ozzierob]

What are those sinkers called mate ?. Or do you drill out the bottom ?.

[scetchport]

It amuses me why sit in a boat and cast far away ?
It's like bank fishing, why do people always cast to the other side ?
I catch fish metres from the bank ...and minimise being snagged greatly.

[BobJones-kkob]

Hey Brenton, how do you actually select a spot to fish? It's interesting how you cast into the middle of the river rather than drop into snags

[DamianMealor]

You move your head around alot and fast lol. Cool vid tho.