FISHING REPORT   – 15-11-2012

 

 

BASS

 

Cressbrook Dam has continued to produce a few fish over the past week, targeting the edges around the points with blades and soft plastics and also casting soft vibes and plastics to the schooled fish throughout the main basin and the Cressbrook Creek arm of the dam has given the best results. Bass have continued to bite well at Boondooma, with good numbers of quality fish taking spinnerbaits, Jackalls and hard bodies around the timber in both arms and also off the edges through most parts of the dam, bait has also worked quite well in the Stuart and Boyne arms. Bjelke Petersen dam has again seen low numbers of smaller Bass taken, with spinnerbaits working quite well around Pelican and Bass Points. Somerset Dam hasn’t changed a lot this week, it’s still fishing well in most areas, including the timber at Kirkleigh, schooled fish around Pelican Point and Queen Street and also shallow banks around the points, soft plastics, Jackalls, blades and spinnerbaits have all worked well again.

 

 

YELLOWBELLY AND COD.

 

Cooby Dam has produced few fish again this week, 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, as well as around the edges throughout the dam, with bait, Jackalls and spinnerbaits working well. Bjelke Peterson has seen some quality Yellowbelly mainly taken on slowly trolled lures around Pelican Point and also on the drop-offs in the deeper parts of the dam, there has also been a lot of eel tail catfish taking bait throughout the dam. Good quality Yellowbelly have been prominent at Glenlyon this week, using bait has been most effective, there has also been some decent size Cod up to 98cm caught on hard bodies and spinnerbaits. Coolmunda has again produced good numbers of Yellowbelly, dark coloured lures have worked well, live crays and frozen saltwater yabbies have both been successful for the bait anglers, there have also been quite a few Silver Perch about as well. At Leslie Dam, good numbers of Yellowbelly and Silver Perch this week, bait and hard body lures have produced the most fish. As far as the rivers go, the Balonne at St.George continues to fish well for Yellowbelly and Cod, casting spinnerbaits to the edges and around snags, as well as trolling hard body lures has produced the most fish, the Macintyre River at Goondiwindi has been a bit quiet, due to a release of water out of Pindari Dam, there are still a few fish about, but not in big numbers, and are mostly smaller than what has been landed recently, the best options have been using bait, or casting spinnerbaits around the snags and the Dumeresq River has fished quite well for Golden and Silver Perch downstream of Texas, bait has proven to be the best.

 

 

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

 

Still quite a few Marlin about offshore, also some good Wahoo about as well, while inshore, the Tweed River has seen some quality Flathead to 78cm around Chinderah and behind the Golf Club, Jacks have been taken around Barneys Point, some large Whiting at the Anchorage and you could pick up a few Trevelly  at the river mouth, while up around Southport, some quality Flathead around The Aldershots, plenty of Jack’s in the estuaries, heaps of Whiting around the Council Chambers and some nice School Jew, have again been landed along the North Wall of the Seaway at the turn of the tide, using live bait.

 

SUNSHINE COAST

 

Offshore fishing has produced some Mackerel and Cobia on trolled lures and there’s still a few Marlin getting about. Inshore fishing has seen good numbers of Flathead on soft plastics throughout most of the estuaries, with some big specimens hanging around the bar entrance Bream and Whiting are prominent throughout the creeks and rivers as well, Jack’s have been taken around Bells Creek and there has been plenty of Trevelly and School Jew hanging in the deeper parts of the Noosa and Maroochy Rivers.