FISHING REPORT   – 18-10-2012

 

 

BASS

 

Bass fishing went a bit quiet last weekend, due to the weather change on Thursday, but it has slowly picked up as the weeks gone on, Cressbrook has produced Bass on soft plastics, ice jigs and blades out of some scattered schools, in the main basin. Boondooma has seen Bass taking spinnerbaits in the timbered areas of the Stuart and Boyne arms, while Ice Jigs and Mask vibes have produced lower numbers of fish around Pelican Point and the Junction. Bjelke Petersen dam has again seen low numbers of Bass taken on trolled hard bodies and live bait. There are still some good schools showing up at Somerset, but it has been a bit of hard work getting them to bite, Pelican Point and the Eagles nest areas have been the pick of the spots again and mask vibes, soft plastics and Blades have picked up the most fish.

 

YELLOWBELLY AND COD.

 

Cooby Dam has produced some good quality Yellowbelly on live shrimp and frozen saltwater yabbies, fishing off the bank, while casting spinnerbaits and Jackalls to the edges has worked as well, there’s also been the odd fish taking trolled hard bodies on the drop offs in the dam, at Boondooma, the fish have mainly been caught on bait amongst the timber in the Stuart and Boyne arms, while there has still been the odd one caught on trolled hard bodies around the rocky points and edges at the junction, Pelican Point and balancing rock. Bjelke Peterson has seen some quality Yellowbelly mainly taken on trolled lures, particularly off Bass Point and around the timber. Quite a few Cod from 70-80cm around Glenlyon at the moment, with purple, red and black hard bodies proving to be the most effective, while the coves and stockyard point have been the better spots to fish, but the Yellowbelly have been quiet with only a few landed on bait. Heaps of Yellowbelly coming out of Coolmunda at the moment, with anglers bagging out fairly easily, they have been caught on live shrimp, live worms and frozen saltwater yabbies and there’s also been a few Cod taken on large hard bodies around the timber. After a fairly quiet weekend, Leslie Dam has picked up through the week, with a few Yellowbelly  starting to take bait, such as, frozen saltwater yabbies and live worms. As far as the rivers go, the Balonne at St.George is still fishing well for Yellowbelly and Cod, casting spinnerbaits to the edges and around snags has produced the most fish, the Macintyre River at Goondiwindi has picked up over the past week with plenty of Yellowbelly and Cod spinnerbaits and bait in the town reaches, while trolling hard bodies downstream of Bungunya has worked quite well and the Dumeresq River at Texas has gone a bit quiet with only small numbers of Yellowbelly and a few eel tail catfish about, but there’s plenty of Carp around, the best method has been using live worms and frozen saltwater yabbies.

 

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

 

Offshore fishing has again remained a little quiet over the past week, but there have been some quality Snapper on 9 Mile Reef and some decent Pearl Perch on the 50’s, while inshore, the Tweed River has seen good numbers of Flathead and Jewies throughout, Jacks around the rock walls and a few Whiting in the shallower water on the sand banks, and up around Southport has produced School Jew and Flathead in the Seaway, Whiting around Wavebreak Island and targeting structure throughout the broadwater has been productive for Bream.

 

SUNSHINE COAST

 

Offshore fishing has livened up a bit this week, with good numbers of quality Snapper to 8kg landed on the closer reefs, while out wider has seen a few Marlin starting to show up. Inshore fishing has also picked up this week with good numbers of Flathead on soft plastics and Whiting on surface poppers throughout most of the estuaries, Jack’s in Bell’s Creek on livies, Trevelly in the Pelican Waters canals and the Noosa River has produced a few Threadfin Salmon and some smaller Barra in the upper reaches.

 

HERVEY BAY

 

Very similar to the past few weeks, with good numbers of Whiting and Flathead off the beaches, the Mary and Burrum Rivers are still producing some nice Barra and Threadfin Salmon and Fraser Island continues to produce decent numbers of Tailor.