Fishing Report 02-08-2012

FISHING REPORT – 02-08-2012

BASSIN SERIES HEADS TO MOOGERAH THIS WEEKEND

The Bassin Teams Challenge heads to Moogerah Dam for
the third Queensland round this weekend, these tournaments provide you with the
chance to get a feel for competition fishing, anglers competing against each
other, the clock and the bass. Tournament fishing is exciting and a great way
to meet new people. They are a very social event, where families can fish
together, a couple of mates can have a
go, or a fishing club can use it as part of their event calendar, set up their
marques, flags etc and just have a great weekend. These events have a social
feel about them, but will also cater for the needs of the more seasoned
tournament angler, with lots of cash & great prizes on offer. I have fished
quite a lot of these tournaments since they started, and they are always a very
enjoyable weekend, nominations are excepted up until Friday night, for more
information check out their website at www.bassintournaments.com.au.

BASS
Cressbrook Dam
was reopened last Thursday, after being closed to boating for about a week,
there have been some quality bass up to 47cm caught in the past week, best
spots are, out from the boat ramp, near the buoy line, Bull Creek arm and
around Deer Island, soft plastics and blades have provided the most fish.
Bass are fairly
scattered throughout Boondooma Dam, but there are still fairly good numbers
of fish being landed, with ice jigs and blades getting the most attention. Very
hit and miss at Bjelke Peterson dam at the moment, with the odd smaller Bass
being taken on ice jigs and bait around the timbered area. Very much a carbon
copy of the past few weeks at Somerset, with a few scattered fish about, and
there is the odd smaller school starting to form as well, try targeting these
fish with soft plastics and ice jigs and you should land a few, but it is still
hard work. The best areas have been from Beams Creek right through to Queen
Street.

YELLOWBELLY AND
COD.
Cooby Dam has
been relatively quiet this week, with the odd Yellowbelly caught on live shrimp
in the deeper parts of the dam. In Boondooma Dam, very similar to the bass,
Yellowbelly are scattered throughout, with blades and ice jigs picking up a few
fish, there’s also been the odd one taken off the edges on Jackalls and
spinnerbaits. Bjelke Peterson Dam, has seen small numbers of Yellowbelly caught
in the timbered area of the dam, with live bait proving to be the best. As far
as the rivers go, the Balonne at St.George is still producing good numbers of
Yellowbelly, as well as a few nice Cod throughout the river. The Macintyre
River at Goondiwindi has been a bit quiet this week, this is due to a fresh in
the system, which has dirtied the water. The border rivers are producing some
decent catches of Cod on surface lures, early morning and late afternoon, or
even targeting the shaded areas during the middle parts of the day has worked
well. Glenlyon Dam has seen some nice Yellowbelly landed, these fish have
mainly been in deeper water and using blades has produced the best results. And
at Leslie Dam, small numbers of Yellowbelly, have been landed in 10-15ft of
water, early morning, on live bait.

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

Offshore
Fishing has improved with the better weather this week, there has been good
numbers of Snapper and Spangled Emperor on the closer reefs and around Cook
Island, while inshore the Tweed River has produced some Bream and Blackfish
around the rock walls and a few decent Tailor off the beaches, while up around
Southport, some fun for the anglers, with plenty of Tailor, Trevelly and
Kingies coming on surface poppers and metal slugs in the Seaway and throughout
the Broadwater, some nice Bass in Robina Lakes and a few muddies and sand crabs
in most of the estuaries.

SUNSHINE COAST

Again,
the offshore fishing has improved this past week, with a good mix of reef fish
and palegics caught on the closer reefs. At Caloundra, inshore fishing has seen
plenty of Bream taken off the Boardwalk, on the run in tide, Whiting around the
power boat club, Trevelly in the Pelican Waters canals, Flathead throughout the
passage and at the bar entrance, Jewies around the river mouths and headlands,
while the beaches have produced good catches of Bream, Dart, Whiting and
Flathead.

HERVEY BAY

Offshore fishing is producing a few Snapper on the
closer reefs, while Fraser Island is still producing some reasonable catches of
Tailor, with some nice Whiting and Flathead in amongst them.