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.