FISHING REPORT   – 09-08-2013

BASS

Still hit and miss at Cressbrook, with mixed results fairly common at the moment, there are a few fish being caught, the best spots are, out from the boat ramp, near the buoy line, Bull Creek arm and around Deer Island, it’s also worth a look on the flats in the Cressbrook Creek arm as well, soft plastics, ice jigs and blades have produced the most fish. Plenty of fish showing up throughout Somerset Dam, unfortunately a lot of them are Barred Grunter; however they can provide a lot of fun for the kids, there are a few decent Bass in amongst them, hopping blades, soft plastics and using Ice Jigs would be the best options, Beams Creek, Eagles Nest, Queen Street and the timber at Kirkleigh would be the best spots to target. Boondooma has again seen some Bass taken on deep diving lures in the main basin, casting blades and smaller spinnerbaits to the edges and around the timber, in the Stuart and Boyne arms has again produced a few fish as well. Maroon is much the same this week, with a few Bass taken around the edges and weed pockets, Moogerah Dam has fired up over the past week, with some decent schools showing up around the spit and also in the timber, ice jigs, blades and soft vibes have worked well on these fish and Cressbrook, Boondooma and Bjelke Peterson Dams continue to produce good numbers of Redclaw.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby Dam is still producing decent numbers of Yellowbelly, fishing mid to late afternoon has been the most productive time, look for the fish in deeper water, soft vibes and frozen saltwater yabbies have been effective again, while a few fish have started hitting trolled hard bodies, around the edges. Fishing deep has again been the best option at Glenlyon this week, with some quality Yellowbelly taking bait, and also a few undersize Cod hitting trolled deep divers and heavy spinnerbaits, there was a 1metre Cod caught and released last weekend. Coolmunda, it is still producing a few Yellowbelly on bait throughout the dam, although along the wall seems to be a more productive area at the moment and casting Jackals around the timber has picked up some fish as well. In the Warwick area this week, Leslie Dam has only produced small numbers of Yellowbelly, off the banks, on frozen saltwater yabbies, if you are in a boat, working around the edges with TN50 Jackals has produced a few as well. Boondooma Dam has seen some decent Yellowbelly taking live bait, the middle part of the day has been the best time, while the Stuart arm has been the better part of the dam to target. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi has dirtied up this week, so the fishing has been pretty tough, the Dumaresq River has seen Cod taking bait upstream of Texas, while spinnerbaits have worked well downstream and the Condamine River has again fished well for Yellowbelly and Cod, with most of the weirs proving to be quite productive.

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

Offshore fishing this past week has seen Snapper and Trag Jew taken around 9 Mile Reef, there’s also been a few Cobia and Pearl Perch on the 24’s. Inshore fishing has seen a few Flathead and Bream around the rock walls at the mouth of the Tweed River and a few Tailor off the beaches. While on the Gold Coast, the Seaway has again seen plenty of Tailor getting about, Flathead on soft plastics, at Kalinga Bank, Cobby Passage and The Bedrooms and the top of Crusoe Island has gone well for Bream. 

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has again produced some reasonable catches, from both the inner and outer reefs, heaps of Snapper, good numbers of Pearl Perch along with some good sized Cobia have been taken with some areas still producing a real mixed bag of fish and there’s still quite a few School Mackerel and Yellow fin Tuna getting about. Inshore fishing has seen Bream around the power boat club,  and throughout the Maroochy River, good size Flathead, on plastics and live bait, throughout most of the estuaries, the beaches have produced some quality Whiting and the Noosa River has produced good numbers of Big Eye Trevally, as well as some decent Mangrove Jack

FRASER ISLAND

The past week has seen good catches of Tailor, Whiting and Dart from Happy Valley to Woody Point, the Tailor have been ranging from 35-45cm, with the odd bigger one in amongst them and most of the Dart have been around the mid 40cm mark.