FISHING REPORT – 05-07-2013
BASS
A few quality fish have been landed at Cressbrook this
week, although it is still a bit hit and miss, look for schooled fish
throughout the dam and target them with soft plastics, soft vibes, ice jigs and
blades, it’s also worth a try around the edges, particularly early morning and
late afternoon, with soft plastics being your best option in these areas. A few
schools of fish still showing up at Somerset Dam, Pelican Point, Eagles Nest, Queen
Street and the start of the timber at Kirkleigh, vertically worked blades and Ice Jigs are
picking up a few fish. A carbon copy of last week at Boondooma, still the odd
bass being caught casting blades to edges and jigging blades off the bottom in
top end of the Stuart River. Still a few fish at Maroon this week, they have
mainly been around the edges and weed pockets, with soft plastics and small
suspending minnows proving to be the most effective.
YELLOWBELLY AND
COD
Cooby Dam is still producing decent numbers of
Yellowbelly, the quantity is down a bit, but the quality has improved,
vertically jigging or hopping blades has been effective, while live shrimp and
frozen saltwater yabbies have been the pick of the baits. Glenlyon has again
seen some decent numbers of Yellowbelly, in 30-40ft of water taking live shrimp,
but it’s been pretty hard going if you like chasing Cod, with only a few
smaller 60-65cm fish being caught. Similar to last week at Coolmunda, it is
still producing a few Yellowbelly on bait throughout the dam, and around the
timbered area of the dam, soft vibes and blades have produced a few fish as
well. In the Warwick area this week, Leslie Dam has seen a few Yellowbelly
taken on frozen shrimp and frozen saltwater yabbies, the Condamine has dirtied
up a bit, which has shut the river fishing down in the area. Much the same at Boondooma
Dam this week
as well, there has been a few Yellowbelly and Silver Perch taken on live shrimp,
Jackals and Spinnerbaits in the timbered areas of both arms of the dam. As for
the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi is still improving as the water
settles, with a few Yellowbelly and Cod taking live Yabbies, mornings seem to
be the best time to go, the Balonne River at St.George continues to produce
good numbers of Yellowbelly on bait, the Dumeresq River has fished well for
good quality Yellowbelly up to 60cm and Cod to 20lb, spinnerbaits and hard
bodies have been popular and the lower reaches of the Condamine River are still
clearing up, which has seen the fishing continue to pick up in most spots, good
numbers of Yellowbelly and some nice Cod have been actively taking a range of
baits, as well as Spinnerbaits and hard bodies.
GOLD COAST AND
TWEED
Offshore fishing has been fairly non-existent this
week, due to the poor conditions, however the weekend is shaping up to be
pretty good weather wise, so if you are heading that way this weekend, the
closer reefs will be the go for Snapper and if you can get out a bit wider,
Pearl Perch should be on the chew. Inshore fishing has been a bit quiet as
well, with the odd Mulloway and Bream around the headlands at the Tweed, while
the beaches have seen a few Tailor in the gutters. The Gold Coast Seaway is
alive with Mulloway, Bream and Tailor, the Broadwater has also produced good
numbers of Tailor and Bream on metal lures, while the northern end of Crab
Island and the Pin have seen a few Flathead getting about.
SUNSHINE COAST
Nothing to report as far as offshore fishing goes, but
with better weather predicted for this weekend, the best reefs to target would
be the top end of the Barwon Banks, the outer edges of Murphy’s Reef and down
around Caloundra 12 Mile and Caloundra wide. Along the beaches, Tailor have
been showing up at night, off the rocks at the mouth of the Mooloolah River and
also around the Currimundi and Moffat Beach stretch. During the day the holes
and gutters have been holding some nice Dart, Bream and a few Tarwhine. There
has been quite a few Mulloway in the rivers so if you like chasing them, now is
the time to try around the river mouths, especially after the rain. Bream have been
about in fairly good numbers of late and the Mooloolah River mouth, Military Jetty,
the passage and around the cod hole in the Maroochy River are as good as any
places to start. Flathead are also in good numbers too, with the Maroochy River
and the lower reaches of the passage performing well for this time of year. A
few reports of Chopper Tailor through the rivers as well with the motorway
bridge in the Maroochy River and the passage once again the more active
locations.
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