The fishing is excellent.
A lot of people use flashy spoon type spinner lures. But I reckon the all time best bait is bardie grubs. Earth worms are also very good...Or smelly cheese.
Yes, cheese. Cod don't like cheese but the fresh water prawns in the rivers do like cheese. The prawns swam on the cheese and along comes Mr cod and grabs the prawns along with the cheese and hook.
Yes they put up a fair fight. You also get yellow belly (golden perch) among the cod, which I think are better fighters.
itsaboat mate...Life is just a boat and then ya marry one !