Fishing | Murrumbidgee comes alive

I ventured to my normal stomping grounds over the weekend and had a great morning session; fish were very active in the shallows and took a fancy to my custom-made Last Cast spinnerbait.

I worked my lures parallel to the bank in two to three metres of water as fish were holding tight to structure.

I'd had plenty of follows but no hits; changed colour, three casts later - bang.

Sometimes all it takes is a little colour change and this weekend was no exception.

I also threw around the Rapala Otus and was quite happy with the versatility of this lure, and will a go-to for me.

Gungahlin Pond is the forgotten waterway. Some bored kids discovered the pond during school holidays and decided to chuck in a line with worms for bait.

The three boys didn't know a great deal about fishing but thought some of granddad's gear would catch a few carp for a bit of fun.

The boys ended up catching four fish - what they thought were carp.

After chatting to the boys about their "camo carp", turns out they didn't catch carp with camo-like patterns, but cod!

In the mountain lakes, fast retrieves across the flats has been the best way to make your reel scream.

Bait fishing from the bank has been a little slow but fish have come on the bite spontaneously.

To the salt, not much to report out wide as the weather has been lousy - not even the commercial boats are heading out.