FISHING REPORT   – 16-08-2013

BASS

Very similar to last week at Cressbrook, with mixed results still coming in, there are a few fish being caught, the best places to look, are around the points and drop-offs throughout the dam, use a sounder to find the fish and target them with soft plastics, ice jigs and blades, it would also be worth casting Jackals to the edges, early morning and late afternoon. Still some pretty good shows of fish throughout Somerset Dam, targeting the schooled fish with blades, plastics and ice jigs would be the best option, early morning would also be a good time to work the edges with Jackals and the Eagles Nest back to the Spit has been the better area of the dam. There is an ABT Bass Pro event being held there this weekend, so it will be interesting to see how it fishes with the pressure of a tournament. Boondooma has seen small numbers of Bass taken off the edges on spinnerbaits and blades. Maroon is much the same this week, with a few Bass taken around the edges and weed pockets on soft plastics, and at Moogerah, the fish have scattered a bit, but the spit has still produced decent numbers, with a variety of lures working successfully, including small blades, soft plastics, soft vibes and ice jigs.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby Dam is still producing decent numbers of Yellowbelly, fishing mid to late afternoon, look for the fish in deeper water; blades have been the pick of the lures, while frozen saltwater yabbies and live shrimp have been the popular bait., Fishing deep has again been the best option at Glenlyon this week, with some quality Yellowbelly taking bait suspended at about 20-25 feet, some quality Cod around the 80cm mark, have been taking spinnerbaits. Coolmunda has seen Yellowbelly to 50cm hitting Jackals and Spinnerbaits around the timber, and a few undersize Cod have been active in the same area. In the Warwick area this week, Leslie Dam has only produced small numbers of Yellowbelly, off the banks, on frozen saltwater yabbies and live worms, if you are in a boat, working around the edges with TN50 Jackals has again 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 trolled bright green lures have been effective as well and Bjelke Peterson has produced some quality fish around Bass Point on live shrimp and trolled hard bodies. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi has produced Cod on trolled hard bodies and Yellowbelly on spinnerbaits, the Dumaresq River has seen Yellowbelly biting on live bait, the Balonne at St.George is fishing well for Yellowbelly, however there is quite a few Carp in amongst them 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 Cobia on the 18’s and 24’s. Inshore fishing has seen a few Flathead on the flats 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, Bream and Trevally have been active around the rock walls and some decent Flathead have been taking soft plastics throughout the Broadwater, but the better fish have come from around the Pin.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has seen the outer reefs firing for plenty of Snapper, Pearl Perch, Yellow Tail Kingfish and Cobia, while inshore fishing has seen good size Bream off the Boardwalk, and around the bridges in 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 Flathead and Trevally, as well as some decent Mangrove Jack on live bait

FRASER ISLAND

The past week has again 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.