Fishing Report 02-03-2012

FISHING REPORT – 01-03-2012

LAKE BOONDOOMA BASS PRO
Matt Johnson broke through for his maiden BASS Pro event win at the opening round of the 2012 Smak Lures BASS Pro Series at Lake BoondoomaCompiling a 6/6, 7.91kg bag to win the event Johnson relegated Mark Mangold to second and session two leader Brad Clark to third. ABT BASS Pro debutant Joshua Schwerin claimed the non-boater title plus the Smak Lures Big Bass prize courtesy of his day two kicker fish (1.90kg). Overall there were 209 Bass weighed in at an average weight of 990 grams. The majority of the fish were caught on soft plastics, with a few being taken on Blades and Ice Jigs.


BASS
At the time of writing this report, Cressbrook Dam was still closed. Bjelke Peterson is still producing a few Bass, trolling hard bodies around Bass Point and the banks opposite have been the most successful. Earlier this week Somerset was at 117%, and closed to all water based activities, however it was reopened Thursday morning, and there are quite a few fish schooled up in about 30 feet of water. If you were heading that way this weekend, it would be worth a look around the Pelican Point, Queen Street and Bay 13 areas and if you target these fish with soft plastics and blades you should pick up a few.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD
Cooby Dam opened again last Saturday, unfortunately the weather kept things fairly quiet out there. Boondooma and Bjelke Peterson have both produced pretty good numbers of quality Yellowbelly, the majority of fish are being caught on bait, as well as casting Jackalls, Blades and Spinnerbaits, and trolling hard body lures. The Macintyre River at Goondiwindi has again fished extremely well for Yellowbelly this week, targeting the fish with Shrimp and frozen Saltwater Yabbies has produced the most numbers. Fishing has again improved at Coolmunda this week, with quite a few quality Yellowbelly being caught, working Jackalls, Spinnerbaits and hard bodies around the timbered area of the dam. The Yellowbelly have been on the chew at Leslie over the past week, best bait has been live Shrimp and frozen Saltwater Yabbies, while trolled hard bodies and Spinnerbaits have landed a few as well. Glenlyon has again fished well this week, with some nice Cod around the mid 70cm to mid 80cm mark, these have been caught on Spinnerbaits, trolled hard bodies and bait, there are still quite a few undersize Cod being caught and released as well. Yellowbelly and Silver Perch have been plentiful, but they have mainly been coming on bait.

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

Offshore fishing has produced good numbers of Spanish Mackerel, Yellowfin and Striped Tuna, from the Seaway entrance to Mermaid Reef, Pearl Perch and Sampson Fish on the northern 50’s and Dolphin Fish and Wahoo on trolled lures around the outer grounds. Inshore has seen good numbers Jewies and Sharks caught in the Seaway, mainly on live bait, some nice Jack’s around the bridges and rock walls in the Tweed River, quality Whiting near the Council Chambers in the Nerang River, Flathead at Seagull Lakes in the Tweed and throughout the Jumpinpin area, Trevelly and small Yellow Tail Kingfish at the mouth of the Tweed and good size Muddies in the mouths of the creeks and rivers.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has seen reasonable catches of Snapper and Sweetlip at 5 Mile Reef, good size Spanish Mackerel and Yellowtail Kingies at Sunshine and North Reefs. Inshore fishing has again proven to be a bit hard, with most of the estuaries becoming dirty due to the big rain last week, however there has been a few Flathead and Bream around the Boardwalk at Caloundra, Jewies in the Maroochy River and Tailor, Trevelly and the odd Jack at the mouth of the Noosa River on the incoming tide.