FISHING REPORT   – 01-11-2012

 

 

BASS

 

Cressbrook Dam had been closed over the past few days, due to the fires in the area, but it has reopened for all activities. With no fishing pressure over that time, hopefully it will fish quite well, I would target the points and bays with blades and soft plastics and also look for schooled fish throughout the main basin and the Cressbrook Creek arm, these fish would be best targeted with soft vibes, ice jigs and soft plastics. Boondooma has seen Bass taking spinnerbaits, Jackalls and hard bodies around the edges through most parts of the dam, bait has also worked quite well in the Stuart arm. Bjelke Petersen dam has again seen low numbers of smaller Bass taken, casting small blades to the weed edges around Bass Point. Somerset Dam has been fishing well in most areas, including the timber at Kirkleigh, deeper schooled fish and also shallow banks around the points, soft plastics, Jackalls, blades and spinnerbaits are all working well.

 

 

YELLOWBELLY AND COD.

 

Cooby Dam has seen a few fish landed in the past week, they haven’t been big, but they are legal and very healthy, bait and trolled lures have both been successful, at Boondooma, the fish have been caught in in the timbered areas of the Stuart and Boyne arms with bait, Jackalls and spinnerbaits working well. Bjelke Peterson has seen some quality Yellowbelly mainly taken on slowly trolled lures around the edges and also on the drop-offs in the deeper parts of the dam. Plenty of Cod between 10 and 20kg at Glenlyon, spinnerbaits and deep diving hard bodies have been working well and bait has been the most effective for Yellowbelly. Coolmunda has again produced good numbers of Yellowbelly, dark coloured lures have worked well and frozen saltwater yabbies have again been very successful, there are also a few Cod taking trolled hard bodies around the timbered area. At Leslie Dam, trolling Jackalls and hard body lures has produced good numbers of Yellowbelly and Cod throughout the dam, and using frozen saltwater yabbies has again been a popular bait. As far as the rivers go, the Balonne at St.George has dirtied up a bit, but continues to fish well for Yellowbelly and Cod, casting spinnerbaits to the edges and around snags, as well as trolling Codger lures, has produced the most fish, the Macintyre River at Goondiwindi has gone a bit quiet this past week with only a few reports of Yellowbelly and undersize Cod taken on spinnerbaits and bait in the town reaches, and Yarramalong Weir near Pampas has fished well for Yellowbelly and a few smaller Cod, with a variety of baits, spinnerbaits and trolled hard bodies working well.

 

 

 

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

 

Strong winds have prevented most anglers from heading offshore over the past week, while inshore, the Tweed River has seen good numbers of Flathead taken off the banks, Jacks have been active around the bridges at night and you could pick up a few School Jew and Trevelly on live bait and plastics at the river mouth, while up around Southport, Flathead have been prominent around Crab Island and Kalinga Bank, plenty of Jack’s in the estuaries and anglers have been chasing Jewies in the deeper holes, inside the Jumpinpin Bar.

 

SUNSHINE COAST

 

Nothing to report as far as offshore fishing, due to the strong winds this week. Inshore fishing this week has seen good numbers of Flathead on soft plastics throughout most of the estuaries, Bream and Whiting off the boardwalk at Caloundra and throughout the Noosa River, the Noosa River and Bells Creek are also firing for Mangrove Jack and the upper reaches of the Maroochy River has produced some quality wild Bass on surface lures and crank baits.