FISHING REPORT   – 25-04-2013

This week I would like to start with a big congratulation to local angler Jason Shepherdson on his maiden ABT Bass Pro win last weekend down at Lake St. Clair, near Singleton, in NSW. Well done Shep! On another note, we have a full moon tomorrow, so the fishing should be pretty good for the weekend.

BASS

Cressbrook is producing a few Bass around the edges, and also the points in the dam, soft plastics and blades have been the popular lures to use. Somerset has improved a little bit this week with a few more fish being landed, fishing areas like The Spit, Pelican Point, Queen Street and Eagles Nest will give you the best chance of landing something, while blades and mask vibes have been the pick of the lures. The Redclaw are still out and about in large quantities. At Maroon, the weed beds have again produced a few Bass, with blades and smaller spinnerbaits getting the best results. No change at Bjelke Peterson and Boondooma Dams this week, they are still fairly dirty, using bait will give anglers a better chance of landing a fish, reaction lures around the timber in the Stuart and Boyne arms would be worth a try as well, and as far as the Redclaw go, they are still out in big numbers in both of these dams, vegetable peels, rockmelon, dog and cat food have been the most popular baits.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby Dam continues to produce good numbers of Yellowbelly, with bait starting to pick up the majority of the fish, although there are still a few hitting ice jigs, live worms, shrimp and frozen Saltwater Yabbies have been the pick of the baits. Not a lot has changed at Glenlyon this week, it has again produced a lot of Yellowbelly around the 35-40cm mark, there’s also been some big 4 to 5lb Silver Perch in amongst them, live shrimp have landed the most fish, while targeting the timbered area near The Caves has still been the best spot. There’s a lot of smaller Cod about, with only a few hitting the legal mark and again bait has landed the most fish. Frozen saltwater yabbies have been effective  at Coolmunda this week, while hard bodies have picked up a few Cod. Leslie Dam has improved a bit this week, with a few Yellowbelly landed, using Jackals and live Shrimp in the deeper water towards the wall and casting spinnerbaits around the timber has produced some nice Cod. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi continues to improve, with some quality Yellowbelly taking frozen saltwater yabbies, there has also been a lot of Cod up to 90cm taken on trolled lures and casting spinnerbaits around structure. The Balonne River at St. George has seen heaps of Yellowbelly taken from the banks on bait, the Dumeresq River at Texas has gone a little quiet, a few Yellowbelly have been taken on bait and a couple of Cod around the 60-70cm mark on lures, and the weirs along the Condamine River haveagain produced a few Yellowbelly on live bait, frozen saltwater yabbies and spinnerbaits

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

 

Offshore fishing has again seen 9 Mile Reef produce reasonable numbers of Wahoo and Mackerel, while the 50’s has seen a few Dolphin Fish getting about. Inshore fishing has seen plenty of Tailor and School Jew around the headlands at Cabarita, the Seaway has produced Trevelly and Tailor off the north wall, Flathead throughout the Tweed and the Broadwater, heaps of Whiting and Dart off the beaches, and the mid to upper reaches of the creeks and rivers have produced some good quality Mud Crabs.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has gone well with the better weather this week, plenty of Snapper and Sweetlip around Old Woman Island and 8 and 12 Mile Reefs with heaps of School Mackerel getting about as well. Inshore, most of the estuaries have produced decent numbers of Whiting, Bream and Flathead again, with the best spots being the Maroochy and Noosa Rivers, the Powerboat Club for Bream and Whiting, Tailor off the Beaches, Trevelly in the Pelican Waters canals and Mud Crabs in the mid to upper reaches of the creeks and rivers.

 

 

FISHING REPORT   – 19-04-2013

Even with a few storms about Cressbrook Dam has stayed at about 90mm over the spillway and remained open to boating, there has been a few smaller Bass coming around the edges on bait, while working the points with blades and soft vibes has produced a few fish as well.

BASS

At Somerset there are some decent schools of fish showing up around the dam, but they are fairly shy at the moment, the normal haunts like The Spit, Pelican Point, Queen Street and Eagles Nest are where there holding, but only a few fish are coming out of these areas, the start of the timber at Kirkleigh has seen a few fish taking Spinnerbaits and blades. The Redclaw are still out and about in large quantities. The surface bite has gone quiet this week at Maroon, but the weed beds have produced a few Bass, with blades and smaller spinnerbaits getting the best results. No change at Bjelke Peterson and Boondooma Dams this week, they are still fairly dirty, using bait will give anglers a better chance of landing a fish, reaction lures around the timber in the Stuart and Boyne arms would be worth a try as well, and as far as the Redclaw go, they are still out in big numbers in both of these dams, with rockmelon and boiled potatoes proving to be the most popular baits.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby Dam continues to produce good numbers of Yellowbelly, with bait starting to pick up the majority of the fish, live worms, shrimp and frozen Saltwater Yabbies have been the pick of the baits. Not a lot has changed at Glenlyon this week, it has again produced a lot of Yellowbelly around the 35-40cm mark, there’s also been some big 4 to 5lb Silver Perch in amongst them, live shrimp have landed the most fish, while targeting the timbered area near The Caves has been the best spot. Only a couple of small Cod were caught and released and for the shore based anglers, Silver Perch and Eel-tail Catfish have provided some fun for the anglers as well. Coolmunda has again produced some quality Yellowbelly, with frozen saltwater yabbies and prawns picking up the majority of the fish, there are a few fish getting about the timber and also hanging on the drop-offs, trolling hard bodies in these areas will also get you a couple of fish. Leslie Dam has again been a bit quiet, with a few Yellowbelly landed, using Jackals and live Shrimp in the deeper water towards the wall. Connelly dam hasn’t been much better, with reports of a few Golden Perch and the odd Cod getting about, mainly early morning and late afternoon, with bait proving to be the best option. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi has started to pick up, with the town reaches producing some decent numbers of Yellowbelly and Cod on spinnerbaits and frozen saltwater yabbies, the Dumeresq River at Texas has seen some nice Cod hitting lures in the town reaches and downstream of the town has seen Yellowbelly biting on live worms, and the weirs along the Condamine River have produced a few Yellowbelly on live bait and frozen saltwater yabbies.

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

Offshore fishing was a bit quieter this week, due to pretty ordinary weather last weekend, however, 9 Mile Reef has produced reasonable numbers of Wahoo and Mackerel, while the 36’s just to the north of the Seaway has seen a few Snapper landed earlier in the day. Inshore fishing has seen plenty of Tailor and School Jew around the headlands at Cabarita, the Seaway has produced Trevelly on metal lures and Bream on soft plastics, Flathead around Kalinga Bank, heaps of Whiting and Dart off the beaches, plenty of Gar around Crab Island and Seaworld, and the deeper channels of Coomera and Pimpama Rivers have produced good numbers of Mud Crabs.

 

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has been a bit quieter here this week, with a few Mackerel getting about 12 Mile Reef, some Snapper starting to show up between 5 and 9 Mile Reefs and good numbers of Yellowfin Tuna are providing some fun for the anglers out off Noosa. Inshore, most of the estuaries have produced decent numbers of Whiting, Bream and Flathead, but the best spots have been the passage at Caloundra for Whiting, Tailor and heaps of Prawns, the Powerboat Club for Bream and Whiting, Tailor off the Beaches, Trevelly in the Pelican Waters canals and the Noosa River, and the Noosa River has again produced big Whiting up to 40cm on surface lures at the turn of the tide.

 

 

 

FISHING REPORT   – 12-04-2013

Cressbrook Dam was re-opened for water based activities yesterday morning, due to the water level finally dropping below 100mm over the spillway. It won’t take a lot of rain to raise the level and close it again, so keep an eye on the TRC website or the Mullet Gut Marine Facebook page for any updates.

BASS

At Somerset the Bass are quite scattered around Pelican Point, try targeting these fish with Blades, Jackalls, and trolled hard bodies, and you should pick up a few nice fish. There has also been a few Bass caught in around the timber on Blades and Jackalls, casting near the trees and slowly working the lures back to the boat has been the most successful. The Redclaw have been on the move, with large quantities being caught close to the edges, using cat food for bait. Anglers have again had some success at Maroon over the past week with some good quality Bass hitting surface poppers early morning and also ice jigs throughout the day. Much the same at Bjelke Peterson and Boondooma Dams this week, they still haven’t settled, using bait will give anglers a better chance of landing a fish, reaction lures around the timber and the edges would be worth a try as well, and as far as the Redclaw go, they are still out in big numbers in both of these dams, with rockmelon proving to be a popular bait.

GOLDEN PERCH AND COD

Cooby Dam continues to produce good numbers of Yellowbelly, with a variety of baits and lures working well, as far as lures go, trolled hard bodies, ice jigs, blades and Jackalls have been effective, while live worms, shrimp and frozen Saltwater Yabbies have been the pick of the baits. Not a lot has changed at Glenlyon this week, it has again produced stacks of Yellowbelly up to 58cm, trolled lures worked fairly close to the boat has seen the best results, live shrimp have been a good option as well and bigger spinnerbaits and hard bodies picked up some nice Cod, and for the shore based anglers, Silver Perch and Eel-tail Catfish have provided some fun as well. Coolmunda has again produced some quality Yellowbelly, with frozen saltwater yabbies and prawns picking up the majority of the fish, however there were a few fish taken on trolled hard bodies, working the old creek bed. Leslie Dam has again been a bit quiet, with a few Yellowbelly caught, working Jackals and Spinnerbaits around structure, close to the edges and using live Shrimp in the deeper water towards the wall. Connelly dam hasn’t been much better, with reports of a few Golden Perch and the odd Cod getting about, mainly early morning and late afternoon, with bait proving to be the best option.

As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi has been fairly quiet, the Balonne at St.George is still producing some Yellowbelly on bait, the Dumeresq at Texas has seen a lot of smaller Cod and Yellowbelly hitting spinnerbaits and locally, the Condamine River, Gowrie Creek and Oakey Creek have produced plenty of Yellowbelly on both lures and bait.

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

Offshore fishing produced again this week, with heaps of Spanish Mackerel hitting trolled deep diving lures, on the 18 and 24 fathom line, late afternoon has seen plenty of Spotty Mackerel landed at Mermaid Reef and out wider, small Black Marlin and Wahoo have been getting about the 50’s. Inshore fishing has seen plenty of Tailor in the Seaway, around the sand pumping jetty and also in the gutters off Main Beach, Jewies and Flathead around Kalinga Bank, heaps of Whiting on the sand banks at the Pin, plenty of Gar around Crab Island and Seaworld, and the deeper channels of Coomera and Pimpama Rivers have produced good numbers of Mud Crabs.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has again produced this week, with plenty of Sweetlip, Squire, Mangrove Jack and Trout caught on the closer reefs, while heading out to the wider reefs has been productive for Pearl Perch and Cobia. Inshore, most of the estuaries have produced decent numbers of Whiting, Bream and Flathead, but the best spots have been the passage at Caloundra for Whiting, Tailor and Prawns, Golden Trevelly at the Powerboat Club, Bream on soft plastics in the Pelican Waters canals, while the Noosa River is producing big Whiting on surface lures at the turn of the tide.

 

 

 

Fishing Report 4-04-2013

FISHING REPORT   – 04-04-2013

Cressbrook Dam will remain closed to boating this weekend, due to the dam’s water level, it has only dropped about 10mm over the past week and is currently sitting at about 180mm over the spillway. The camping and picnic areas are open, and shore based fishing is also allowed.

BASS

Somerset Dam is slowly settling down and has again produced a few smaller Bass around the timber at Kirkleigh and in the Queen Street area, reaction lures, like the TN60 Jackall’s and spinnerbaits have been effective, this dam is also seeing good numbers of big redclaw filling the traps. Anglers have again had some success at Maroon over the past week with some good quality Bass hitting surface poppers early morning and also sinking Fly’s in the weed beds has produced a few as well. Bjelke Peterson and Boondooma Dams haven’t really settled yet, and are still fairly quiet, using bait in the dirtier water will give anglers a better chance of landing a fish, reaction lures around the timber and the edges would be worth a try as well, and for those of you that like your Redclaw, they are still out in big numbers in both of these dams, with rockmelon proving to be a popular bait.

GOLDEN PERCH AND COD

Cooby Dam produced good numbers of Golden Perch over the Easter weekend, with a variety of baits and lures working well, as far as lures go, trolled hard bodies, ice jigs, blades and Jackalls have been effective, while live worms, shrimp and frozen Saltwater Yabbies have been the pick of the bait. Glenlyon has again produced stacks of Golden Perch, trolled lures worked fairly close to the boat has seen the best results, live shrimp have been a good option as well and bigger spinnerbaits and hard bodies picked up some nice Cod, between 6 and 16kg. Coolmunda fired over the weekend, with frozen saltwater yabbies and prawns picking up the majority of the fish, however there were a few fish taken on trolled hard bodies, working the old creek bed. Leslie Dam was a bit quiet again, with a few Golden Perch caught, working Jackals and Spinnerbaits around structure, close to the edges. Connelly dam has been a little better, with reports of a few Golden Perch and the odd Cod getting about, mainly early morning and late afternoon, with bait proving to be the best option.

As for the rivers, most of the popular haunts along the Condamine produced good numbers of Golden Perch over Easter, with bait being the best option. The Ballone at St.George again saw some nice Golden Perch and Cod landed, the Macintyre River at Goondiwindi was the venue for the Yellowbelly Teams Challenge over the weekend, 245 Anglers participated in the event, which saw 346 Golden Perch weighed in, there was also a few Cod landed around the 65-75cm mark and bait proved to be the best option over the course of the event, and the Dumeresq River at Texas produced some quality Cod and Golden Perch in the town reaches, with bait and lures working well.

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

Offshore fishing produced again this week, with heaps of Spanish Mackerel hitting trolled Strada lures, on the 24 fathom line out from the Seaway and Mermaid Reef has produced large numbers of Spotty Mackerel, spinning Arma metal lures. While inshore fishing has seen plenty of GT’s and Kingies taking surface poppers and metals in the seaway, Bream and smaller Snapper have been prominent through here as well, Flathead throughout the Broadwater on soft plastics and smaller hard bodies, heaps of Whiting on surface poppers at Paradise Point, a few Jack’s around Sovereign Island and the mouths of Coomera and Pimpama Rivers have produced good numbers of Mud Crabs.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing fired up over the past week, with plenty of Red Throat Sweetlip, Spotty Mackerel, Grassy Sweetlip and a few Parrot Fish caught on the closer reefs and North Reef has seen some good size Snapper to 4kg as well as a few Cobia. Inshore, the Boardwalk at Caloundra is producing big Flathead and the odd Queenfish and Trevelly on live bait in the mornings, while the afternoons have seen some decent Bream landed there as well, Whiting on surface lures in Bells Creek, small Trevelly and Bream in the Pelican Waters canals and the Noosa River has seen good size Flathead, Trevelly and Whiting throughout the system, while the northern beaches have produced Whiting, Tailor and heaps of Dart.