FISHING REPORT   – 27-09-2012

BASS

Bass fishing is still quite good around the area at the moment, Cressbrook, has produced Bass on soft plastics around Deer Island and Eagles Nest, you could also try casting TN60 Jackalls, blades and lightly weighted soft plastics to the edges. The fish at Boondooma shut down last weekend, after some pretty good storms Friday afternoon, but it has started to pick up through the week, with a few Bass being taken on slow rolled soft plastics and mask vibes around balancing rock and Pelican Point, while the timbered area of the Stuart arm has produced fish on live shrimp, Spinnerbaits and TN60 Jackalls. Bjelke Petersen dam has again seen low numbers of Bass taken on trolled hard bodies and live bait. Somerset is still producing plenty of big Bass throughout the dam, with Pelican Point and the Eagles nest areas being the most productive, ice jigs, mask vibes and soft plastics have picked up the most fish.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD.

Cooby Dam has seen a few Yellowbelly and some Eel tail Catfish caught on live shrimp around the edges, at  Boondooma, trolling hard bodied lures just off the bottom around rocky points and edges has produced some nice fish,  casting TN60 Jackalls, Spinnerbaits and using live shrimp and worms in the timbered areas of the Stuart and Boyne arms has seen some decent fish boated as well. Bjelke Peterson has seen some quality Yellowbelly taken on live shrimp, worms and frozen saltwater yabbies, Glenlyon Dam has picked up over the past week, with plenty of Yellowbelly on the move, using live shrimp and trolling shallow diving hard bodies has landed the most fish, the Yellowbelly have again been quite active at Coolmunda over the past week, with some decent fish up to 4kg caught on a range of lures, live shrimp and frozen saltwater yabbies, there has also been the odd Cod about and Leslie Dam has again fished well this week, with some good quality Yellowbelly up to 54cm, as well as a few Cod caught on live shrimp, worms and trolled hard bodies, bank fishing has also produced good numbers of fish. 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, trolled hard bodies and spinnerbaits, the Macintyre River at Goondiwindi has seen good numbers of quality Yellowbelly taken on live bait and trolled lures, casting spinnerbaits has also worked well, the upper and lower reaches of the Dumeresq River at Texas has produced plenty of good size Yellowbelly and the odd eel tail catfish, the best method has been using live worms

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

Conditions have been far from perfect for offshore fishing this past week, however there have been reasonable numbers of Mac Tuna and Squire on the closer reefs and the outer reefs have produced some quality Pearl Perch, Snapper and Cobia, while inshore, the Tweed River has seen a few nice Jack’s around the rock walls and structure, a few Flathead on the move throughout and Sand crabs have started to show in the upper reaches, up around Southport, there’s been a few Jewies and small Cobia in the Seaway and there’s been some good catches of Flathead and Sand crabs around Kalinga Banks.

SUNSHINE COAST

Very quiet offshore this week, with no reports coming in. Inshore fishing has seen plenty of Flathead taken throughout the passage at Caloundra and also in the Maroochy River, Bream and Whiting are active throughout most of the creeks and rivers, and the Noosa River has produced a few Jacks, Trevelly and Tailor throughout.

HERVEY BAY

Good numbers of Whiting and Flathead off the beaches, Barra and Threadfin Salmon on trolled lures in the Burrum River and Fraser Island is producing plenty of average size Tailor.