FISHING REPORT   – 31-05-2013

BASS

Cressbrook is a bit hit and miss at the moment, try around the points and drop-offs throughout the dam, soft plastics, soft vibes and blades will give you the best chance of landing a fish, there has been reports of a few fish taking TN60 Jackals, cast to the edges at the Cressbrook Creek arm of the dam, while live shrimp would be your best bet as far as bait goes. Not a lot has changed at Somerset, the fish are still quite scattered, Pelican Point, Queen Street and the start of the timber at Kirkleigh are the best spots to target, with slow rolled soft plastics and blades picking up a few fish. Quite a few people have been pre- fishing Boondooma Dam before the ABT BassPro in a few weeks’ time, the end results have been, a lot of casts, for very little reward, so bait would be the best option if you’re heading that way, and Bjelke Peterson has again seen a few smaller Bass taking live Shrimp around Bass point and as far as the Redclaw go, Boondooma, Bjelke Peterson, Somerset and Cressbrook are still producing low numbers at the moment.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby Dam is still producing some decent catches of quality Yellowbelly, ice jigs, blades, live shrimp and frozen saltwater yabbies have again been the popular options. Cod fishing is a little slow at Glenlyon at the moment, with only a couple of 70cm fish taken this week, but it has again produced some nice Yellowbelly on live shrimp, below the dam, the river is producing a lot of smaller Cod on hard bodies and spinnerbaits. Coolmunda Dam has again fished well for Yellowbelly, using bait in the deeper parts of the dam has produced the most fish, there has been a few smaller Cod landed as well, again bait has been the best option, with live shrimp, frozen saltwater yabbies working the best. In the Warwick area the fishing is still a little slow at Leslie Dam, with a few Yellowbelly taken on live shrimp and frozen saltwater yabbies around the rock wall, the town reaches of the Condamine is still the better option with a few decent fish landed over the past week and Bjelke Peterson has again produced some Yellowbelly in the back parts of the dam, with live shrimp being the best option and the Stuart River arm at Boondooma has seen a few fish taken on live shrimp. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi has again been a bit quiet, the Balonne River at St.George continues to produce good numbers of Yellowbelly, bait has been the best option for these fish, while some decent Cod have been taken on spinnerbaits, plenty of smaller Cod taking bait and Spinnerbaits at Bonshaw Weir and the Yarramalong Weir near Pampas has fished well for Yellowbelly and Cod, with spinnerbaits and Jackals producing the most fish.

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

Offshore fishing has been quiet this week, due to the poor conditions, however those who have ventured out, have been rewarded with some big Pearl Perch on the 50’s, while Wahoo, Spanish Mackerel and Yellowfin Tuna have been prominent, closer in, on the 24’s. Inshore fishing has seen Tailor off the beaches at the Tweed and Gold Coast, and also a few around the entrance to the Tweed River, the Southport Seaway has produced Mulloway on live bait at night, Tailor and Trevelly on the run in tide, good quality Bream in the deeper holes, Flathead on plastics throughout the Broadwater and a few Muddies are getting about the mouths of most of the creeks.

SUNSHINE COAST

Very similar with the offshore fishing here, not much to report due to the poor conditions. Inshore, the Maroochy River has produced Bream and Trevelly around most of the bridges, the Boardwalk at Caloundra has produced some Bream,with the windy conditions, Curramundi Lake has been popular for Flathead, Bream Whiting and Dart, the Pelican Waters canals have produced some decent Bream on soft plastics, the Noosa River has been firing for Trevelly, Mulloway and Flathead, with a few Tailor and Mangrove Jack thrown in and with the recent rain, a few Muddies have started to show up around the creeks.