🎣 COD TALES PODCAST 🎙️

2025 RECAP • CHRISTMAS • RIVERS • PBs • WHAT’S NEXT

This one’s a proper sit-down yarn.

No rush. No egos. Just looking back on a year that gave us everything — the highs, the heartbreaks, the quiet nights, and the moments that make it all worth it.

🔥 2025 wasn’t just about fish numbers

It was about time on the water, time with mates, learning rivers properly, and earning every bite.

💥 Big moments this year

• Metre-plus cod

• Surface eats that still live rent-free in our heads

• Watching mates land PBs they’ve chased for years

🎯 Azz’s year

PB trout. PB barra. Two different fisheries. Two massive achievements. Proof that the grind pays off.

🌊 Cod opening & river reality

Not a smash fest — but honest fishing.

Early surface windows. Weedless surface becoming essential. Slower presentations winning. Timber, edges, and patience holding fish.

Some nights it’s one bite… and that one bite is everything.

🚤 Dane & the new boat

He’s closer than ever — and when it happens, Cod Tales levels up. New water. Bigger trips. More chaos.

🧠 Mental health & the Cod Tales community

What started as mates talking fishing turned into something bigger.

Real conversations. Lure auctions. Fishing as therapy.

If this pod helped one bloke through a rough patch — that’s the win.

🎄 Christmas check-in

This time of year isn’t easy for everyone.

Check in on your mates. Slow down. Get outside. Wet a line. Speak up if you need to.

🔮 Looking to 2026

✔️ Bigger guests

✔️ More river breakdowns

✔️ More technique talk

✔️ More mental health initiatives

✔️ More trips

✔️ More honesty

To everyone who listened, shared, messaged and supported — thank you.

From all of us at Cod Tales: Merry Christmas, stay safe into the New Year…

🎣 One more cast is never just one more cast.

We’ll see you in 2026. Tight lines, legends.

#CodTalesPodcast #MurrayCod #RiverLife #FishingYarns #MentalHealthMatters #SurfaceEats #PBSeason #AussieFishing

What an absolute belter of a cod opening week! The crew clocked up 25+ hours on the water, pushing sunrises, late nights, and everything in between – and it all paid off in style.

We kicked things off with a thumping 107cm cod to officially welcome in the season, and by the end of the week we’d landed over 65 fish. Some on surface, some subsurface… but one thing stood out more than anything else:

👉 Weedless surface is taking over river cod fishing.

The way these lures let you punch deep into the willows, skip across snag piles, slide through the skinny water, and draw those explosive eats… it’s changing the game. And this week proved it in a big way. We break down:

• Why weedless surface lures are becoming the new must-have tool for river systems

• How adapting your presentation around timber, current seams and shadow lines can double your chances

• The mistakes we’ve made, the wins we’ve had, and what we’re doing differently now

• A few wild moments (and near-misses) from the week that you’ll hear about in the episode 😅

We also chat about the big plans coming for Cod Tales in 2026 — new projects, new adventures, and some seriously exciting stuff we’ve been working on behind the scenes.

If you love cod fishing, big surface hits, long hours on the water, and a few laughs in between… this is one episode you won’t want to miss.

Tune in, settle in, and let’s relive one of the best opening weeks we’ve ever had. 🎧🔥

#CodTalesPodcast #CodOpeningWeek #MurrayCod #SurfaceCarnage #WeedlessSurface #RiverCod #FishingLife

🎣 NEW EPISODE DROP – Grant from Colourshift Customs! 🎨🔥

Buckle up lads… this one is packed with proper fish-catching wisdom.

We sat down with Grant from Colourshift Customs, the detail-obsessed mastermind behind some of the cleanest paint jobs and custom jigs getting around.

In this episode we chat about:

🎨 Lure colour selection and why it changes with depth + dirty water

⚡ How UV helps turn follows into eats

🪝 What makes the perfect jighead

🐟 Grant jumping on a couple river runs with Aaron… and somehow landing a TROPHY fish both times 😳

🎣 The gear he’s developed – jigheads, football jigs, chatterbaits, swimbaits – and how he can paint ANY lure exactly how you want it

If you love your cod fishing, custom gear, or just want to learn how to get more bites… this is one you won’t wanna miss.