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.