FISHING REPORT 22-12-2011

FISHING REPORT – 22-12-2011


BASS

Cressbrook Dam has continued to fish well, with good numbers of Bass around the 30-40cm mark, being taken on Soft Plastics, Jackalls and Blades.
Bass fishing has slowed a bit at Boondooma over the past week, but there has still been a few fish taken in some of the bays throughout the dam, Jackalls, Blades and Spinnerbaits have proven to be the best lures. Bjelke Peterson has again produced a few Bass around the points on live bait.
At Somerset the Bass are schooled up around Pelican Point and The Spit, try targeting these with Blades, Jackalls, Spinnerbaits and Soft Plastics and you should pick up a few nice fish.

Yellowbelly and Cod

Still good numbers of Yellowbelly in Boondooma, trolling hard bodies and Jackalls has given the best results. You could also try casting Jackalls and Spinnerbaits, working along the steeper banks, and for the bait anglers, using live Shrimp in the Stewart arm of the dam should see you land a few as well. The Ballone River at St.George is still a bit dirty at the moment; however there has still been good catches of Yellowbelly and Cod throughout the river, with live Shrimp and frozen Saltwater Yabbies proving to be the best bait.
The Macintyre is again producing good numbers of Yellowbelly and Cod, with frozen Saltwater Yabbies and live worms being the pick of the bait, while the Bondi Bridge area has been the pick of the spots. The fishing has slowed a bit at Coolmunda this week, but there has still been a few Yellowbelly taken around the timber, using Jackalls and live Shrimp, and also the odd one caught on the flats trolling hard bodies. Leslie Dam has produced some quality Yellowbelly, mainly trolling hard body lures in the dam wall area. Glenlyon has again fished well over the past week, with some nice Cod around the 65 – 75cm mark, as well as plenty of Yellowbelly, caught mainly on Spinnerbaits, trolled hard body lures and live Shrimp.













GOLD COAST AND THE TWEED

For those of you who like your Mackerell fishing, there are plenty of Spotties about at the moment, particularly off the Tweed Coast; there has also been good numbers of Dolphin Fish on the wider reefs. Inshore has seen good catches of Bream and Whiting at the Pumping Jetty at Southport, some big Trevelly and Flathead in the canals and near the boat ramps in the Tweed, there has also been heaps of Trevelly and a few Jewies in the Seaway and throughout the Broadwater, good numbers of Jack’s around the bridges and rock walls in the Tweed and there has been good reports of Spanner Crabs about, after the season for these opened on Monday.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has been reasonable over the past week, with good numbers of Spotty Mackerel and the odd Dolphin Fish around 12 Mile Reef and also some quality Snapper at Brays Rock. Inshore has seen good numbers of Mangrove Jack in the canals and Trevelly in the Boardwalk area at Caloundra, the Noosa River has also produced plenty of Mangrove Jack and Trevelly, with a few quality Barramundi thrown in as well, the Maroochy River has settled abit as far as the Bream and Jacks are concerned, but there has been some good catches of Flathead throughout the area.

HERVEY BAY

Heaps of Squid and a few Coral Bream about on the shallower reefs, while the Burrum River has again provided some good fishing with plenty of Threadfin Salmon and Mangrove Jack about and. the Mary and Susan Rivers have also produced good numbers of Salmon and Barramundi throughout.