this river is full of mid summer cod fanning their eggs/ not
cod in the river but rivers of cod/ the water temperature rises
and warm currents come to hatch them/ spawning is by the
rising stream levels due to storm run-off or flooding/ breeding
is attached to submerged logs/ hatching may take a fortnight/
depending on the water temperature/ eggs are laid around logs
or downstream of logs/ a couple will take turns at fanning the
eggs/ while the other hunts for food/ they travel about one
quarter of a mile from their home, logs/ by swimming upstream
in first still or running water/ now immerse yourself in societies
of fish/ see if you can interpret them/ looking down into turbulence/
then swim back downstream on the opposite side of the river/
joining the dip and dunk of fish conception/ murray cods select
a permanent partner for life/ they turn bright yellow to
mottle deep green and brown in empathy with logs and drowned
trees/ small cod up to 3lb will swim in schools of 8-10 fish/ as
soon as a fresh rise of water hits/ they will feed and travel until
the water drops suddenly/ say a quick drop of 3-4 feet/ then
they will settle down with their logs beside them and mate
