Fishing Report 30-08-2012

FISHING REPORT – 30-08-2012



BASS

Bass fishing
continues to fire around the area at the moment, Cressbrook has again produced
some quality fish, out from the boat ramp, near the buoy line, Bull Creek arm
and around Deer Island, soft plastics, ice jigs and blades are still producing
the most fish, there’s also a few starting to come off the edges, on TN60
Jackalls. There are still plenty of schooled fish at Boondooma, with
ice jigs and soft vibes working the best on those fish, casting TN60 Jackalls
and Spinnerbaits to the edges and trolling hard bodies around rocky points and
edges in the main basin in about 16ft to25ft water, near the third marker buoy
and at the start of the timber in both arms of the dam, has produced some
quality fish as well, 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, mask vibes and soft plastics 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, working
along the ridge, out from the main boat ramp.


YELLOWBELLY AND
COD.

Cooby Dam has
seen a few Yellowbelly caught on live shrimp in the deeper parts of the dam and
hopefully as the weather warms, should start to produce a few on lures as well,
very similar for Yellowbelly, as with the Bass at Boondooma, casting TN60 Jackalls and Spinnerbaits to the edges in
the Stuart arm and trolling hard bodies around rocky points and edges in the
main basin has worked well, you could also try using live shrimp and worms in
the timbered areas of the Stuart and Boyne arms. Glenlyon Dam is still a bit
quiet, with only a few Yellowbelly and a couple of smaller Cod landed in
shallower water, compared to being in deeper water over the past few weeks,
Coolmunda has seen a few Yellowbelly caught on frozen saltwater yabbies and
quite a few eel tail catfish taken off the rock wall. And Leslie Dam has picked
up this week, with some good quality Yellowbelly to 4kg and a few Cod around
75-80cm. 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 mainly on bait, with the odd fish taking a lure, the Macintyre
River at Goondiwindi has been a little quiet in the town reaches, however,
above Boggabilla Weir and below Goondi Town Weir, there have been plenty of
Yellowbelly and a few nice Cod landed on Spinnerbaits and locally, Yarramalong
Weir near Pampas has produced some nice Yellowbelly on bait and lures.


GOLD COAST AND TWEED

Offshore
Fishing has seen good numbers of Snapper and Cobia on the 18’s, and out wider
on the 36’s has also produced some quality Snapper and Yellowtail Kingies,
while inshore, the Tweed River is producing quality Flathead and big
Whiting throughout, reasonable numbers of Bream and Blackfish around the rock
walls and a few decent Tailor off the beaches, up around Southport, there’s
plenty of Tailor, Trevelly and the odd Jewie taking metal slugs, soft plastics
and live bait in the Seaway, with night time producing the bigger fish, plenty
of Flathead throughout the Broadwater,
good size Whiting in the Nerang River and few Mud and Sand Crabs starting to
show up in Coombabah and Pimpama Rivers.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore
fishing has been a bit quieter this week, with a few Snapper and smaller reefies landed on the closer
reefs, while the wider reefs have produced a few bigger Snapper and Mac Tuna.
At Caloundra, inshore fishing has seen plenty of Blackfish and Flathead taken
off the Boardwalk, on the run in tide, there’s also big numbers of Flathead and
large Whiting throughout the passage, Maroochy and Noosa River, the Noosa River
has also seen good numbers of Trevelly, Tailor and Hair Tail throughout and
still good numbers of Trevelly hitting surface poppers in the Pelican Waters
canals.

HERVEY BAY

Fraser Island is producing plenty of average size
Tailor during the day, while night time fishing has seen some bigger fish
landed.