FISHING REPORT   – 06-09-2013

CRESSBROOK BASS ELECTRIC RESULTS

15 anglers fronted for this Bass Electric comp but only 5 weighed in fish. The bass that were weighed in were very impressive, with the biggest fish tipping the scales at 1.59kg. Fishing in 30ft of water, on the flats in the Bull Creek arm and also out from the boat ramp seemed to be the best spots to be, while soft plastics worked for the top two, ice jigs and blades did the job for the third placed angler.

BASS

Some big Bass coming out of Somerset at the moment, anywhere from Bay 13 to the spit has been productive, soft plastics and soft vibes have been the most effective on these fish. Boondooma has been a bit tough for the lure anglers this week, but some quality Bass to 50cm have been taking live bait around Pelican Point. Bjelke Peterson has seen some quality Bass taken on blades, around the timber, in the far reaches of the dam and Moogerah has again produced decent numbers, with the same lures working successfully, including small blades, soft plastics, soft vibes and ice jigs. At Moogerah, the Bass are still schooled in the main basin, however they are starting to shut down, however there are still some nice fish hitting blades, with the largest reported, measuring 49.5cm. There are also reports of some fish being landed in the timber on Jackalls and casting the edges with spinnerbaits. There hasn't been much change at Maroon with only a few fish taken in the weed pockets, early in the morning on fly and soft plastics.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby Dam is still producing decent numbers of Yellowbelly, the fish seem to be hanging just out from the weed edges and trolling shallow diving hard bodies or casting spinnerbaits in tight to the weed has been effective. At Glenlyon this week, Yellowbelly have been taken on bait and hard bodies, some quality Cod up to just under the meter mark have been taking spinnerbaits and hard body lures. Bait has been the best option at Coolmunda this week, with some nice Yellowbelly and a couple of 70cm Cod taken in the timber. In the Warwick area, Leslie Dam saw some action during the week with reports of some nice fish being landed, with reports of some Yellowbelly and legal sized Cod to 85cm, taken on spinnerbaits, towards the back of the dam, there were also some quality caught using a variety of bait, including live shrimp and frozen salt water yabbies, these fish were in deeper water, around the 30 foot mark. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi has again produced good sized Yellowbelly on bait and hard bodies, the Balonne at St.George is fishing well for Yellowbelly on live worms, but there are plenty of Carp about, the Dumeresq has picked up a bit, with Yellowbelly biting well on bait, and the Condamine River continues to fish well for Yellowbelly and Cod, with most of the weirs and popular holes, throughout the system proving to be quite productive.

GOLD COAST

Offshore fishing this past week has again seen Cobia taking live bait on the closer artificial reefs and out wider; the northern 36’s has been firing for some big Kingies and Amberjack. Plenty of Jewies off the Seaway wall, on live bait, good numbers of Flathead on soft plastics and trolled lures throughout the Broadwater and Jumpinpin, quality Bream around the bridges and pontoons throughout the Nerang River and good numbers of Tailor around Crusoe Island.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has again seen the outer reefs fishing well for Snapper, Pearl Perch, Yellow Tail Kingfish and Amberjack, while inshore fishing has seen plenty of Whiting around the Power Boat Club, big Bream and Flathead on soft plastics, off Military Jetty and around the mouth of the Maroochy River, Trevelly and Mangrove Jack at night, under the bridges, in the Pelican Waters canals and in the Noosa River, Trevally are hitting surface poppers on the flats, while  Queenfish, Jewies and Flathead, have been taking live bait around the river mouth.

FRASER ISLAND

Still some reasonable catches of Tailor off the exposed beaches, with most of them still average size.