FISHING REPORT   – 22-11-2012

 

 

BASS

 

Cressbrook Dam fished quite well last weekend, with some decent numbers coming on live shrimp, however it has been a bit quiet as far as lure fishing goes, with nothing much to report for the past week. Bass have been out in force this week 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 arm. Bjelke Petersen dam has again seen a few smaller Bass around the 35cm mark taken, casting small blades and spinnerbaits around the points throughout the dam has worked best. Much the same again this week at Somerset Dam, it’s still 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 have worked well again.

 

 

YELLOWBELLY AND COD.

 

Cooby Dam has produced few fish again this week, bait off the banks 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 the edges 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 are still a few decent size Cod about, they have been 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 fished well this past week with good reports of Yellowbelly taking spinnerbaits and bait, eel tail catfish have been out in numbers as well and the Dumeresq River at Texas has fished well for Yellowbelly using spinnerbaits and eel tail catfish and Silver Perch have been caught, using bait.

 

 

 

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

 

Offshore fishing over the past week, has seen some nice Mackerel, Cobia and a mixed bag of reef fish on most of the closer reefs, and there’s still a few Marlin about as well, while inshore, the Tweed River has seen good numbers of Flathead and Whiting around the Golf Club and throughout the lakes, Jacks are still active around the bridges at night and you could still pick up a few School Jew and Trevelly on live bait and plastics at the river mouth, while up around Southport, Flathead have again been prominent around Crab Island, The Aldershots and Kalinga Bank, plenty of Jack’s in the estuaries, heaps of Whiting around the Council Chambers and some nice School Jew have been landed along the North Wall of the Seaway at the turn of the tide.

 

SUNSHINE COAST

 

Offshore fishing has produced some Mackerel and Cobia on trolled lures, there’s also been a few Marlin providing anglers with a bit of fun. Very much a carbon copy of last week, as far as inshore fishing goes, there has been good numbers of Flathead on soft plastics throughout most of the estuaries, with some big specimens hanging around the bar entrance at Caloundra, 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.