FISHING REPORT   – 10-01-2013

 

 

 

BASS

 

Cressbrook Dam has produced a few Bass this past week, they’re not out in big numbers, but the quality is certainly there, if you happen to hook a couple, slow rolling plastics off the drop-offs at the Cressbrook Creek end of the dam has been the most successful.  Boondooma Dam hasn’t changed much over the past week, with quality Bass taken off the edges, Blades and Jackalls have again been the most effective, spinnerbaits and bait are still working in the Stuart and Boyne arms, while trolling hard bodies around the junction has again produced some fish as well. 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, the timber at Kirkleigh is producing a few Bass in amongst heaps of Yellowbelly, while Bay 13 and Queen Street have seen some quality Bass landed on blades soft plastics and mask vibes.

 

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 and weed edges throughout the dam, at Boondooma, using live shrimp and casting spinnerbaits are working well at the start of the timber in the Boyne and Stuart arms, while trolling hard bodies at the junction and balancing rock has produced some decent fish as well. Bjelke Peterson is still producing quality Yellowbelly, trolling hard bodies in the deeper water has worked well, while casting spinnerbaits, using live shrimp and frozen saltwater yabbies around the timber has also seen some decent fish caught. Big numbers of quality Yellowbelly have been taking trolled and cast lures at Glenlyon this week, afternoons have produced the most fish and the Cod are starting to become a bit more active, after being a bit quiet over Christmas. Coolmunda continues to produce good numbers of Yellowbelly, with a few smaller Cod in amongst them, trolling the old creek beds and along the wall has worked well, live shrimp, 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. And for the rivers, even though it has dirtied up a bit, the Balonne at St.George continues to fish well for Yellowbelly and Cod, casting spinnerbaits around snags, as well as trolling hard body lures has produced good numbers of fish, bait has been the most productive in the Macintyre River at Goondiwindi, with plenty of Cod and Yellowbelly taking live crays and frozen saltwater yabbies, trolled hard bodies and spinnerbaits have produced a few fish as well, and the Dumeresq River up and downstream at Texas has fished reasonably well for Yellowbelly and Cod using lures and bait, there’s still quite a few Carp downstream of the township.

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GOLD COAST AND TWEED

 

Offshore fishing this week, has again seen good numbers of smaller Black Marlin around the 30 metre line out the front of the Pin, Yellowfin Tuna and Mackerel are hanging about 9 Mile Reef, and out wider has produced some decent Wahoo and Dolphin Fish, while inshore, the Tweed River has seen good numbers of Flathead near the golf course and Whiting at the anchorage, Jacks and Trevelly are still active at the river entrance and around structure, while up around Southport, Flathead and Whiting have been plentiful, just north of  Crab Island, plenty of Jack’s around Sovereign Island and the Runaway Bay canals, and the Seaway has produced Mulloway on soft plastics along the north wall, as well as a few Trevelly and Yellowtail Kingfish, the run in tide has been the best time.

 

SUNSHINE COAST

 

Offshore fishing has seen the inner reefs producing a mix of smaller reef fish, while the wider reefs are producing a few Spotty Mackerel and Striped Tuna, while inshore fishing has produced heaps of good size Flathead in the Noosa River and around the bar entrance at Caloundra, Whiting early morning, along Golden Beach, some nice Mangrove Jack also in the Noosa River and Bells Creek, Trevelly at Military Jetty and a few Threadfin Salmon up to 70cm have shown up in the passage at Caloundra.