Fishing Report 01-03-2013

LAKES AND DAMS UPDATE

 

This information was current at 9am 01-03-2013 and I will endeavour to do updates as they come through.

 

Toowoomba Regional Council's three storage dams (Cressbrook, Perseverance and Cooby) remain closed to all recreational activities until further notice.

Given the forecast for more rain in coming days, it was highly unlikely the dams would open in the near future.
Council is assessing the situation at each dam daily and will notify the public when access is possible.
Water is spilling over by more than a metre at Cressbrook Dam and is spilling at the other two as well.
As the ground is saturated, it takes very little rain across the dams' catchments to result in more inflows to the dams.
Somerset Dam is closed, until further notice. Moogerah Dam is still very dirty and has been quiet, while the Bass are firing on surface lures, early morning and late afternoon at Maroon Dam.
If you’re looking for somewhere to go fishing, Glenlyon, Leslie, Connelly and Coolmunda Dams are open and accessible.
Glenlyon has produced small numbers of Yellowbelly on live bait, a few Cod between 60 and 70cm have been landed in the deeper water, on deeper diving lures.

Connelly Dam is producing plenty of Yellowbelly at the moment, with green and black coloured hard bodies, live shrimp and worms proving to be effective. In Warwick itself, even though the Condamine is a bit dirty, it has produced a few yellowbelly on bait and there was a 66cm Cod caught on a live shrimp and worm cocktail.