FISHING REPORT   – 13-09-2013

BASS

Not a lot has changed at Cressbrook this week, fishing the flats, out from the boat ramp, in the Bull Creek arm and also in the Cressbrook Creek arm, in about 30ft of water has produced a few fish, working the edges early morning and late afternoon, with Jackals, Spinnerbaits and blades has been effective as well. Somerset is a bit patchy at the moment, but there are still some quality fish getting about, Bay13 to The Spit is still the best part of the dam to target, while Ice Jigs, Soft Plastics and Blades have been the most effective lures. Boondooma has again been a bit tough for the lure anglers, but some quality Bass to 50cm have been taking live bait in the Stuart arm, if you are a keen lure angler, casting Jackals and spinerbaits around the timber should produce some decent fish as well. Bjelke Peterson has picked up this week, working around Bass Point has produced some good results, casting Jackals and smaller spinnerbaits to the edges early morning and then using ice jigs and blades in a bit deeper water as the day warms up has been very effective.  At Moogerah, the schooled Bass in the main basin are still hitting ice jigs; however, they are shutting down fairly quickly, there are also some nice fish taking hard body lures in the timbered area of the dam, and 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 has again produced decent numbers of Yellowbelly, the fish still 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 again been effective, while using bait in the deeper parts has produced a few fish as well. Glenlyon is a bit quiet at the moment, but there have been a few Yellowbelly taken on live shrimp, frozen saltwater yabbies and hard bodies in about 12-15ft of water, Cod have proven to be little bit harder to catch, although this should improve over the coming weeks, providing the weather stays kind to us. Bait has again been a good option at Coolmunda , with some nice Yellowbelly and a couple of Cod taken around the timber, but as the water temperature rises, lures will start to become very effective. Leslie Dam saw a slight increase in activity over the past week, with a few Yellowbelly and Silver perch landed on trolled hard body lures, in approximately 10 foot of water, in front of the Washpool, there have also been some nice Yellowbelly caught, working the banks with Jackals, while opposite the dam wall in about 30 foot of water, has been a pretty good spot for the bait anglers. Connolly has improved slightly as well, with a few undersized Yellowbelly and the odd Catfish landed on worms during the past week. As for the rivers, the Balonne at St.George is fishing well for Yellowbelly on live crays, and the Condamine River, from Warwick to Dalby, continues to fish well for Yellowbelly and Cod, with bait, Jackals and spinnerbaits all proving to be effective.

GOLD COAST

Offshore fishing has been a bit quiet, but the 50’s have produced some quality Pearl Perch, Kingies and Amberjack, while the close artificial reefs have been good for Cobia. Inshore fishing has seen Jew, Tailor and Trevally in the Seaway on the run in tide, good numbers of Flathead on soft plastics and trolled lures throughout the Broadwater, quality Whiting at the Council Chambers in the Nerang River, Tailor off the beaches and a few Sand Crabs have started to show up in the southern end of the Broadwater.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has seen some big Snapper and average size Pearl Perch on 12 Mile Reef and the Barwon Banks, the inner reefs have been good for a mixed bag of reef fish, while a few smaller Black Marlin and Sailfish have started to show up as well. Inshore fishing has seen plenty of big Whiting around the Power Boat Club, quality Flathead on soft plastics at the bar entrance, small Trevally in the Pelican Waters canals, some decent Bass in the upper reaches of the Mooloolah River and in the Noosa River, Tailor are hitting surface poppers in Woods Bay, big Flathead and Whiting throughout, some nice Jewies to 80cm in the deeper holes and the upper reaches have seen some nice Mangrove Jack getting about.

FRASER ISLAND

Good numbers of Tailor, Whiting and Dart getting about, the average size of the Tailor is starting to pick up, with a lot of the fish pushing the 55cm mark.