Plenty of Australian fishing content is flashy — big boats, glide baits, livescope, open water. Juz Adventures' latest upload is the opposite, and it is probably a more honest snapshot of how a working Victorian cod angler actually sets up their weekend. Walked-in creek access. Two rods. A couple of hours of daylight. Fresh bait at the end of it.
"I know there's fish in here, but it's been a long time," the angler said at the top of the video. "Does it get any better than this? Probably not."
The spot is a small hole on a Melbourne creek — described as an urban-fringe trickle with almost no public access outside the cities — and the goal is pure bait work. Juz is headed to the Yarra, Goulburn or Murray in the coming days and wants fresh European carp to fish with.
"I love using carp for bait for Murray cod," he said. "I like using chicken. I like using cheese. I like using yabbies, but the best bait is a hybrid, a crucian."
The head is the specific cut he ranks highest.
"Carp head, best bait. I do like using chunks or tails, but the head seems to get way more bites."
The session's results were good. A 50cm carp in the first few minutes, then a bigger 58cm fish right as he packed up for the night. Both were dispatched on the bank.
"Not allowed to be released. They're invasive in Australia, so I got to kill it," he said. "New South Wales, as far as I know, is the only state in Australia where you're allowed to release them. In Victoria, it's illegal."
"If you don't want them in there, you definitely don't want them in your wild rivers, creeks, lakes and anywhere that feeds into the main river system. So, all the tributaries and all the main rivers need to be cleaned out of carp and this is one way to do it."
One small line from the session stood out for anglers who fish the same kind of suburban water.
"This creek is littered of goldfish," he said. "Upstream, I got a goldfish hole. Downstream, I got another goldfish hole."
Two carp, one quiet afternoon, fresh bait for a cod trip, and two less breeders in a system that already holds far too many. The framing is worth copying for any angler working the fringe of a major Australian city.
