Hi All,

The current freshwater fishing magazine has a story suggesting that the sound of one large cod boofing a lure or some food could be the trigger that causes other large cod to come on the bite.

It's more detailed but that's the jist of the story. A few years ago I was lucky enough to have fished for a day with a well known fishing identity. He recounted a story about when he was fishing for barra at Awooga and they were not catching anything. Whilst on the water they met old local fisherman that they knew and pulled over for a chin wag. After commenting that they hadn't caught a fish yet the old bloke pulled out a broom handle with a coffee cup taped to the end of it. Raised it up and let the cup fall to the water which made a 'boofing' sound. "see if that helps" he said.

They continued fishing the area and they began to catch some good metre fish.

I have now got my own broomstick with a coffee cup on the end. If i'm out in a boat luring for cod we go upstream for half our time and then back. If we haven't caught fish on the run up then I plonk the cup on the water every few hundred metres. The amount of times we catch fish on the way back only is incredible. Some days we don't need it and some days we just don't catch anything. Some days I forget to bring the wretched thing.

I am a firm believer that it does indeed work. I've noticed that we might catch a couple on the run up but after using the cup, the fish we catch on the way back are a good deal larger.

Food for thought people. I hope this can improve some catch rates. I especially like to use this method if i'm fishing with one of my mates from Sydney and I want to show 'em my favourite fish. She's always on the same snag and some days she takes ages to come to me. but most of them have seen her now and most of the credit goes to the Phantom mug on a stick.

take care and good luck

Dicko..