Fishing on the Darling River.

When the water is low it is the best time to go fishing cause there is less water between fish ;)

Um... is that from experience in the Darling.

I thought the fish just might have trouble seeing the bait or lures through the mud at some times!

I have fished for over 20 years in the Muddy waters of the Murray Darling system and have caught fish on most occasions using either bait or lures. Lures are usually ones with a rattle in them.

You just need to know where to fish in such conditions.

The yellowbelly in my rig pic was caught in very muddy water about 1m from the bank in a snag. I was using earth worms and caught about another 5-6 undersize ones within an hour.

Cheers Kev

There was not enough water to fish in at Tilpa when I was there in December... that was really what I was hinting at.

If you dig around you can find them LOL

G'day folks,

We stayed on Trilby Station south of Lowth (between Wilcania and Burke) in April. It was very cold at night but the water temperature in the river was still quite warm and there was a really decent flow due to rains up in South Western Queensland.

We spent a lot of time travelling up and down river and exploring and it was absolutely fantastic. We didn't get too committed to fishing but did manage to find a lot of carp there and lost a monster that we think was a cod... I know I know - it's always "the one that got away" story!!!!

One thing that we did find was excellent yabbies and shrimp. We caught both in opera house pots on the bank with lamp chop bones. At that stage the water was still warm enough for them to be very active. The shrimp were absolutely plentiful and made great live bait.

It might be a little cold for yabbies now, but for anyone going to the Darling I'd recommend that you take some pots!

Matt.

I normally use a 10lb line on a hand line (easier to store) with either a 1/0 or 2/0 hook with a running ball sinker (larger enough to keep in on or near the bottom if the water is flowing.
Use earthworm, witchety grubs, shrimps, small yabbies for bait.

Cheers Kev