Fishing Report 7-06-2013

FISHING REPORT   – 07-06-2013

BASS CLOSED SEASON BEGINS FOR QUEENSLAND

A closed season applies to Australian bass throughout Queensland from 1 June to 31 August except in and from waterways upstream of Baroon Pocket, Bjelke-Petersen, Boondooma, Borumba, Cania, Cressbrook, Fred Haigh (Lake Monduran), Gordonbrook, Hinze, Lenthalls, Maroon, Moogerah, North Pine, Somerset, Wuruma and Wivenhoe dams; Claude Wharton and Jones weirs; Isis Balancing Storage (Lake Gregory), and Dyer (Bill Gunn Dam) and MacDonald lakes. Closed seasons prevent people from fishing at certain times of the year to protect species at vulnerable times in their life cycle, such as during spawning seasons.

BASS

Not much has changed at Cressbrook this past week, it is still 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, while live shrimp would be your best bet as far as bait goes. Very much the same story at Somerset Dam this week, 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. , Boondooma Dam is still pretty quiet at the moment, with a few Bass scattered throughout the dam, 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 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 smaller fish taken this week, but it has again produced some nice Yellowbelly on live shrimp. 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 a little better at Leslie Dam, with a few Yellowbelly taken on live shrimp and frozen saltwater yabbies, and Bjelke Peterson has produced some Yellowbelly around Bass Point, 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 improved a bit with a few Yellowbelly and Cod landed this week, the Balonne River at St.George continues to produce good numbers of Yellowbelly on bait, with a few decent Cod in amongst them, and big spinnerbaits have worked well for Cod in the Dumeresq River.

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

Offshore fishing has been a bit restricted to the closer reefs, with Snapper, Squire and Spangled Emperor taken anywhere from the inner reefs to the 24’s, and for anyone who has ventured out further, there has been some quality Cobia, Pearlies and Trag Jew. The Tweed River has seen Black Fish and Bream around the rock walls and bridges, some nice Flathead in the upper reaches on live bait and a few on soft plastics, Mulloway around the headlands and a few Tailor and Salmon off the beaches, while up around Southport, fishing the run out tide has  seen good numbers of quality Flathead throughout the Broadwater and around the Pin and the Seaway entrance has produced good numbers of Tailor and Salmon, the odd King Fish, as well as heaps of School Jew around the 60-65cm mark.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has produced reasonable numbers of Snapper around Sunshine and North Reefs. At Caloundra, inshore fishing has seen some big Flathead caught off the Boardwalk and just inside the bar entrance, a few Bream also around Jetty’s and any structure, Whiting are scattered throughout the area and plenty of Flathead in the passage, in the Maroochy River, Bream throughout the passage and some nice Whiting at Golden Beach, the Noosa and Maroochy River’s have seen some decent Jewies landed and there’s been plenty of Flathead and smaller G.T’s about, while the gutters off the beaches have produced some nice Bream and Tailor.