FISHING REPORT   – 24-01-2013

 

BASS

Cressbrook Dam has again produced a few Bass this past week, they’re still not out in big numbers, trolling LittleMax blades along the buoy line and slow rolling plastics off the drop-offs at the Cressbrook Creek end of the dam, has produced the most fish, there has also been the odd one caught off Deer Island on bait.  Boondooma Dam has had a slight change over the past week, with the Bass moving into deeper water, due to the hotter water temperature. The fish have tended to take trolled deep diving lures and heavier Spinnerbaits, rather than cast lures, Pelican Point and the Junction have been the pick of the spots. 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 again seen some quality Bass landed on blades, soft plastics and mask vibes. Cressbrook, Boondooma, Bjelke Peterson and Somerset have again produced good numbers of Redclaw.

 

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. Good quality Yellowbelly have been out in numbers at Bjelke Peterson, casting and trolling spinnerbaits around the timber has worked well, while blades and ice jigs have also produced decent fish, there’s also been some cracking Silver Perch, up to 50cm taking trolled lures towards the wall end of the dam. Still good numbers of quality Yellowbelly have been taken on live shrimp and trolled and cast lures at Glenlyon this week, afternoons have produced the most fish and some nice Cod up to 112cm have been hitting hard bodies and spinnerbaits. Coolmunda continues to produce good numbers of Yellowbelly, 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. A carbon copy of last week at Leslie Dam, Yellowbelly have again been out in good numbers, they have been taken on frozen saltwater yabbies, live shrimp, trolled lures and spinnerbaits, and there is still plenty of Jew being landed using bait. And for the rivers, the Balonne at St.George continues to fish well for Yellowbelly, even though the water level has dropped, dark coloured spinnerbaits have been producing the most fish, the water is starting to settle and the fishing is improving in the Macintyre River at Goondiwindi this week, anglers have been picking up a few Yellowbelly on bait, while some bigger Cod have been landed, using lures and bait.

 

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

 

Spotty Mackerel everywhere off the coast at the moment, with 20-40 gram Arma metal lures working the best and around the 50m line, trolled skirted lures have produced good catches of smaller Black Marlin, Wahoo, Yellowfin Tuna and Dolphin Fish, while inshore, the Tweed River has seen good numbers of Flathead and Whiting behind the golf club, Jacks around the bridges and Trevelly are still active at the river entrance, while up around Southport, there’s a few Whiting and Dart off the beaches, plenty of Jack’s in the Coomera River and around Sanctuary Cove, the Seaway has again produced Mulloway on soft plastics along the north wall, on the run in tide and there is plenty of Muddies at the mouth of the Coomera River.

 

SUNSHINE COAST

 

Offshore fishing has seen plenty of Yellowfin Tuna and Spotty Mackerel taken on chrome lures at 3 and 5 Mile Reefs and if you venture out a bit wider, there are some quality Pearl Perch getting about, while inshore fishing has produced Whiting at the bar entrance at Caloundra, little Queenies, on surface poppers at the Power Boat Club, Trevelly in the Pelican Waters canals, Flathead in the passage and the Maroochy River, small Dart off the beaches, a few Jack’s in the upper reaches of the Noosa River and the boardwalk at Caloundra has produced some decent Bream on Hardy Heads and Whitebait.