Fishing Report 06-09-2012

FISHING REPORT – 06-09-2012



BASS

Bass fishing is
still quite good around the area at the moment, Cressbrook was a bit quiet over
the weekend, with the weather system that went through late last week, but it
has picked up during the week, with a few fish landed along the buoy line, as
well as near the toilet block in the Bull Creek arm of the dam. There are still
plenty of schooled fish at Boondooma, with ice jigs, blades and soft plastics 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, around the junction and at the start of the timber in both
arms of the dam, has produced some quality fish as well, there has also been
some good size fish landed on bait in the timbered area of both arms, while in
the same area, Bjelke Petersen dam has only seen a few Bass taken on trolled
hard bodies and live bait. 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 Moogerah Dam has again produced a few Bass on ice jigs, along
the ridge, out from the main boat ramp.


YELLOWBELLY AND
COD.

Cooby Dam has
seen a few Yellowbelly and some Eel tail Catfish caught on live shrimp in the
deeper parts, as well as off the banks , 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, Coolmunda has again seen a few
Yellowbelly caught on live shrimp and quite a few eel tail catfish taken off
the rock wall on live worms. And Leslie Dam has again fished well this week,
with some good quality Yellowbelly caught on live shrimp and worms, casting
Jackalls and Spinnerbaits around the timber has been successful as well. As far
as the rivers go, the Balonne at St.George is still producing good numbers of
Yellowbelly and Eel tail Catfish throughout the river, these have been taken
mainly on bait, as well as trolled hard bodies, the Macintyre River at Goondiwindi
has seen good numbers of Yellowbelly and Cod landed on live bait and lures,
working surface lures around structure, late afternoon, has produced a few Cod,
on the Dumeresq River, while Yarramalong Weir near Pampas has again produced
some quality Yellowbelly on live worms, spinnerbaits and trolled lures.


GOLD COAST AND TWEED

Offshore
Fishing has been good, due to the weather, with big numbers of Snapper,
Kingies, Mackerel, Tuna and Cobia coming off most of the reefs, while inshore,
the Tweed River is producing quality Flathead and big Whiting
throughout, with freshly pumped Saltwater Yabbies and live Sandworms picking up
most of the fish, up around Southport, there’s been some small catches of
Tailor and undersize Mulloway in the Seaway and at the Pin, plastics have
proven popular with the Flathead, while at the bar entrance, there have been
some larger meter plus Mulloway taken on a mixture of soft plastics and live
bait.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore
fishing has gone well this week, with Snapper, Sweetlip, Coral Trout and a few
Cobia landed on most reefs, with the wider ones producing the bigger fish. Inshore
fishing has seen plenty of Flathead taken off the Boardwalk and throughout the
passage at Caloundra, Bream and Whiting are active through most of the creeks
and rivers, a few Jacks are starting to show up in Bells Creek and the Noosa
River has produced a few Tailor and Trevelly throughout.

HERVEY BAY

With the favourable weather conditions, anglers have been
getting in amongst some quality reef fish and pelagics on the wider reefs,
while Fraser Island is still producing some good catches of average size Tailor
during the day, while night time fishing has again seen some bigger fish landed.