Fishing Report 16-08-2012

FISHING REPORT – 16-08-2012




BASS

Bass fishing
around the area is very good at the moment with most of the dams that hold
Bass, producing good numbers. Cressbrook actually went a bit quiet over the
weekend, with the weather system that went through, but it has picked up during
the week, with some quality fish landed, in the usual spots, out from the boat
ramp, near the buoy line, Bull Creek arm and around Deer Island, soft plastics,
ice jigs and blades have produced the most fish. The fish are holding in the
deeper water at Boondooma, ice jigs and soft vibes have been working
well, ice jigs and blades have produced low numbers around the timber at Bjelke
Peterson, Somerset is still firing, with plenty of big Bass landed throughout
the dam, anywhere from The Spit through to the timbered area at Kirkleigh, ice
jigs, blades and mask vibes have picked up the most fish, and finally, Moogerah
Dam has again produced good numbers of quality Bass on ice jigs, blades and
mask vibes, in about 28-32ft of water.


YELLOWBELLY AND
COD.

Cooby Dam is
still fairly quiet, with the odd Yellowbelly caught on live shrimp in the
deeper parts of the dam, using live bait in the timbered areas of the Stuart
and Boyne arms of Boondooma, has produced some nice 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 and the odd Eel tailed catfish caught in
the timbered area of the dam, with live bait proving to be the best. Pindari
Dam, near Inverell is still producing plenty of Yellowbelly and Cod, Glenlyon
Dam has again seen some nice Yellowbelly landed on blades and Jackalls, these
fish have mainly been in deeper water. And at Leslie Dam, small numbers of
Yellowbelly, and quite a few eel-tail catfish have been landed on live bait in
deeper water, compared to the past few weeks, where they were holding more in
10-15ft of water. 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, these have been taken on frozen prawns and dark coloured lures, the Macintyre
River at Goondiwindi has picked up this week, with some nice Yellowbelly and a
few Cod taken, mainly on live bait and trolled hard body lures, and a lot of
the weirs and deeper holes along the Condamine have produced a few Yellowbelly
and the odd Cod on live bait and lures.




GOLD COAST AND TWEED

Offshore
Fishing has seen good numbers of Snapper and Spangled Emperor on the closer
reefs and around Cook Island, while inshore, the Tweed River has produced
quality Flathead in the upper reaches, still reasonable numbers of Bream and
Blackfish around the rock walls and a few decent Tailor around the headlands,
up around Southport, there’s plenty of Trevelly and School Jew in the Seaway,
these have been targeted with live bait and bigger Squidgy Slick Rigs, good
numbers of Flathead and Bream around Crab Island and try the sand pumping
jetty, early morning for some quality Tailor on pilchards and metal slugs.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore
fishing has gone alright again this week, with good numbers of Snapper on the
closer reefs, while the wider reefs have produced quality Pearl Perch, Amber Jack,
Parrot and Snapper. At Caloundra, inshore fishing has seen plenty of Bream and
Blackfish taken off the Boardwalk, on the run in tide, Trevelly in the Pelican
Waters canals, Flathead throughout the passage, the Maroochy River has also
produced some nice Flathead and Bream and a few Sand Crabs in the lower
reaches, the Noosa River has seen good catches of School Jew and Trevelly at
night, the best methods for these have been, using live bait and slow rolling
soft plastics and there’s been a few Whiting and Dart coming off the beaches.

HERVEY BAY

Offshore fishing is producing Snapper, Sweetlip,
Mangrove Jack and Coral Trout on the outer reefs, inshore has seen big Bream,
Whiting and Flathead taken off the Urangan Peir, while Fraser Island is still
producing some reasonable catches of Tailor.