Where to camp on the Murray

Thought I’d chuck this question out there just in case someone knows something that could help.

My wife and I, and our 2 young children, will be heading to Barmera SA soon to meet up with friends (the Friday of the Mothers Day weekend). We will be leaving on the Sunday prior and wanted to spend 4 days bush camping on the Murray somewhere. We will be fully self sufficient, but were hoping to find somewhere not too crowded and with easy access to launch/retrieve my fishing kayak to both go fishing and sightseeing with one of the girls on the back.

Does anyone have any ideas where we could go, especially somewhere where the water would be deeper than knee deep so that the fishing might be a bit more reliable (I want to troll for Yellowbelly and Cod – catch and release of course) Some reasonable scenery woud be nice too, not worried about a beach for swimming, only that it’s got reasonably easy access for the kayak.

I’ve seen a lot of the national parks/game reserve campsites that would require me to launch away from the campsite due to being a long drop down to the water. I’d like to try and avoid this if possible.

Also, if somebody has contacts for private land owners who allow camping for a fee on their property, and the location suits, we would love you to pass on the contact details.

Also open to any info on catching the above mentioned species, particularly what lures would be working at that time of year and what areas seem to be producing at the moment.

Hoping someone can help.

Cheers

Damien