FISHING REPORT   – 20-12-2012

 

 

BASS

 

Cressbrook Dam has again produced some decent fish this week, rolling blades through suspended fish in the deeper water has been effective, while trolling hard bodies through the same areas has been successful as well, soft plastics have also worked well at the Cressbrook Creek end of the dam. Boondooma Dam is still producing good numbers of Bass, trolling spinnerbaits and hard body lures from the main basin through to the river arms is producing fish, good quality Bass are being caught casting Mask Vibes and Blades around rocky edges in the Stuart timbers. Bjelke Petersen dam again produced large numbers of smaller Bass, with the odd bigger in amongst them, casting small blades and spinnerbaits around the points and timbered edges throughout the dam has worked best, live shrimp have been good as well, and at Somerset Dam, most areas from Pelican Point through to the timber at Kirkleigh are still holding fish, there have been some big numbers caught over the past week, soft plastics and blades have worked well on the suspended fish, while hopping soft vibes along the bottom has produced the bigger fish and there’s been plenty of Redclaw in Cressbrook, Somerset, Boondooma and Bjelke Peterson.

 

YELLOWBELLY AND COD.

 

Cooby Dam is still producing a few fish on bait off the banks, and also on trolled lures and spinnerbaits, working the drop-offs throughout the dam, at Boondooma, live shrimp are working well around the timber in the Boyne and Stuart arms and trolling hard bodies in 30-40ft of water is producing fish as well. Bjelke Peterson is still producing some quality Yellowbelly, trolling hard bodies in the deeper water has worked well, while casting spinnerbaits around the timber has also seen some decent fish caught. Good quality Yellowbelly are still taking darker coloured lures at Glenlyon this week, there have also been a lot of smaller Cod about, with bait and lures working on these fish. Coolmunda is still producing good numbers of Yellowbelly, with a few smaller Cod in amongst them, trolling the old creek beds and along the wall has worked well, casting spinnerbaits amongst the timber has also been effective and live crays and frozen saltwater yabbies have both been successful for the bait anglers. At Leslie Dam, Yellowbelly have again been out in good numbers, they have been taken on frozen saltwater yabbies and live shrimp, trolling deep diving lures has worked as well, there has also been quite a few smaller Cod and stacks of Silver Perch and Jew landed using bait. As far as the rivers go, the Balonne at St.George and Surat continues to fish well for Yellowbelly and Cod, casting dark coloured spinnerbaits 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.

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GOLD COAST AND TWEED

 

Offshore fishing has been a bit quiet this week due to big seas, while inshore, the Tweed River has again seen reasonable numbers of Flathead throughout, Jacks have still been active around the bridges, while up around Southport, there are a few Jack’s around structure at Runaway Bay and in the Nerang River, big Whiting in Coombabah Creek and the Seaway has again produced Mulloway along the north wall, on the run in tide.

 

SUNSHINE COAST

 

The same story as the Gold Coast with the offshore fishing, inshore fishing has been a bit quiet as well, with a few Queenies landed in the Pelican Waters canals, plenty of Whiting off Golden Beach at Caloundra and also small numbers of Whiting, Flathead, Jack’s and a few Tailor in the Maroochy and Noosa Rivers.