FISHING REPORT   – 31-10-2013

BASS

Somerset Dam has again seen a few fish landed this week; they are a bit tentative at the moment, so you have to work pretty hard for them. Bay13 and the Pelican Point area are the best spots, soft plastics, Blades and Mask Vibes have worked well on these fish, while Jackalls and Spinnerbaits have been successful around the timber at Kirkleigh. Cressbrook has produced low numbers of Bass, casting Blades and Spinnerbaits to the edges has produced a few fish, there are still a few schools in the Eagles Nest area, and these fish have been tempted by hopping Jackalls and blades through them. The upper reaches of the Stuart and Boyne arms of Boondooma Dam have again produced some nice Bass on Jackalls, Spinnerbaits and trolled hard bodies. Casting Jackalls and Spinnerbaits in the upper reaches, around the timber has produced some smaller Bass in Bjelke Peterson. Moogerah is fishing quite well, particularly in the early morning and late afternoon.  There has been a few legal sized Bass landed in the main basin just off the bank near the camping boat ramp on live shrimps.  Lure anglers are having the most success in the western part of the dam on a variety of lures, trolling along the timbered edges has also been successfull, and Maroon Dam has again seen some nice fish taking surface poppers, early morning and late afternoon, casting Jackalls and smaller Spinnerbaits around the weed edges has been effective as well.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Plenty of activity again, for Yellowbelly and Cod fishing this week, casting Jackalls and Spinnerbaits to the edges, around the weed and structure, has been effective at Cooby, while frozen Saltwater Yabbies and live Shrimp have been a popular bait. Glenlyon has again seen plenty of Cod getting about, some decent sized fish have been hitting bigger Spinnerbaits in the timbered areas, Yellowbelly have also been quite active, trolled hard bodies, spinnerbaits, live shrimp and worms have worked well on these fish. At Coolmunda, trolling hard bodies along the drop-offs has worked well, while casting Jackalls and Spinnerbaits around the timber has been good also and using bait in these same areas has seen some decent fish landed as well, Leslie Dam has been fishing quite well over the past week, with some nice fish landed on both lures and bait, Power Bombs, Jackalls and trolling in the deeper water using deep diving lures has been effective, while some nice fish were also landed using blades. The bait Anglers also had success, mainly on salt water yabbies and shrimp.  There were also a few Cod landed over the weekend, Spinnerbaits cast around the timber was the best method for these fish, and in the South Burnett, both Boondooma and Bjelke Peterson dams have again produced good numbers of Yellowbelly, in Boondooma, bait has been effective in the Stuart and Boyne arms and casting spinnerbaits around the timber in the upper reaches of the Stuart arm has produced some big fish as well, while at Bjelke Peterson, big Yellowbelly have been taking spinnerbaits around the timber.

GOLD COAST

Offshore fishing has been a bit quiet due to the windy conditions, however, there has been some quality Kingies and Sampson Fish hitting live bait on the northern 36’s. Inshore fishing has seen Trevally and Tailor taking surface poppers in the Seaway, late afternoon on the run in tide has been the best time, smaller numbers of Flathead throughout the Broadwater, Jack’s around structure in the Nerang River, plenty of Whiting on live Yabbies and Worms throughout the estuaries and some nice Bass have been landed in the upper reaches of the Coomera River.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has again been a bit quiet this week, but there has been the odd Spotty Mackerel and small Black Marlin getting about and a few mixed bags of reef fish have come from the Barwon Banks. Inshore fishing has again seen a few Flathead and Bream taken off the Boardwalk, big Whiting throughout the passage, Mangrove Jack in Currumundi Lake, a few Mud Crabs in Bells Creek, while in the Noosa River, Trevally, Tarpon and Flathead have been active at the river mouth, 40-45cm Whiting are taking poppers in the shallows and prawns are everywhere throughout the system.

 

FISHING REPORT   – 24-10-2013

BASS

Somerset Dam has again seen a few fish landed this week, Queen Street, Bay13 and the Pelican Point area are the best spots, soft plastics, Blades and Mask Vibes have worked well on these fish, while Jackalls and Spinnerbaits have been successful around the timber at Kirkleigh. Cressbrook has also produced some decent Bass again, casting Blades and Spinnerbaits to the edges has produced good results, there are still a few schools in the Eagles Nest area, and these fish have been tempted by hopping Jackalls and blades through them. The upper reaches of the Stuart and Boyne arms of Boondooma Dam has produced some nice Bass on Jackalls, Spinnerbaits and trolled hard bodies. Casting Jackalls and Spinnerbaits in the upper reaches, around the timber has produced some smaller Bass in Bjelke Peterson. Moogerah Dam continues to fish well with some nice Bass hitting TN60 Jackalls around the timber and also off the edges, and Maroon Dam has again seen some nice fish taking surface poppers, early morning and late afternoon, casting Jackalls and smaller Spinnerbaits around the weed edges has been effective as well.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Plenty of activity again, for Yellowbelly and Cod fishing this week, slow rolling blades, close to the bottom has been effective at Cooby, also try trolling green and yellow hard body lures, while frozen Saltwater Yabbies have been a popular bait. Glenlyon has again seen plenty of Cod getting about, some decent sized fish have been hitting bigger Spinnerbaits in the timbered areas, Yellowbelly have also been quite active, trolled hard bodies, spinnerbaits, live shrimp and worms have worked well on these fish. At Coolmunda, Jackalls and Spinnerbaits have been successful on both Cod and Yellowbelly, the timbered area has produced most of the Cod, with the Yellowbelly taken off the edges and on the troll, Leslie Dam has slowed down slightly but anglers are still landing some nice fish, with trolled hard bodies and Jackalls working well, there were also some legal sized Yellowbelly landed across from the wall in the rocky structure on shrimps and saltwater yabbies, and in the South Burnett, both Boondooma and Bjelke Peterson dams have again produced good numbers of Yellowbelly, in Boondooma, bait has been effective in the Stuart and Boyne arms and casting spinnerbaits around the timber in the upper reaches of the Stuart arm has produced some big fish, while at Bjelke Peterson, big Yellowbelly have been taking spinnerbaits around the timber. As for the rivers, the deeper holes along the Condamine are producing quality Yellowbelly and smaller Cod on Spinnerbaits, the Balonne at St. George has seen a few Yellowbelly taking live shrimp and crays, as well as the odd one hitting Spinnerbaits, things are a bit quiet at Goondiwindi at the moment, but if you want to help rid the river of some Carp, there is a Carp Buster event being held there this weekend, there’s plenty of prizes and if you need any further information, check out the Murray-Darling Committee website www.qmdc.org.au.

GOLD COAST

Offshore fishing has been a bit quiet due to the windy conditions, however, there are a few Cobia getting about the Artificial Reef, north of the Seaway, the odd smaller Black Marlin on the 24’s and a few Snapper and Pearl Perch on the northern 50’s. Inshore fishing has seen Trevally, Kingies and Tailor taking surface poppers in the Seaway, late afternoon on the run in tide has been the best time, good numbers of Flathead throughout the Broadwater, Jack’s around structure in the Nerang River, plenty of Whiting on live Yabbies and Worms throughout the estuaries and some nice Bass have been landed in the upper reaches of the Coomera River.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has again been a bit quiet this week, but there has been the odd Spotty Mackerel and small Black Marlin getting about and a few mixed bags of reef fish have come from the Barwon Banks. Inshore fishing has again seen most of the estuaries producing quality Flathead on soft plastics and Whiting on surface poppers, bait is still a good option on these fish as well, some big Estuary Cod in the Pelican Waters canals while in the Noosa River, Trevally at the river mouth, Whiting and Flathead throughout and a few smaller Jacks have been active, upstream of Woods Bay.

 

FISHING REPORT   – 17-10-2013

BASS

Somerset Dam has seen a few fish landed this week, Queen Street, Bay13 and the Pelican Point area are the best spots, for the fish holding closer to the bottom, slow rolled soft plastics worked tight to the bottom, has been good, while a faster retrieve with plastics and blades, has worked well on any suspended fish. Cressbrook has produced some decent Bass to 45cm, casting soft plastics to the edges in the Bull Creek arm has been the best spot for these fish, there are also a few schools in the Eagles Nest area, and these fish have been tempted by hopping Jackalls and blades through them. The upper reaches of the Stuart arm of Boondooma Dam has produced some nice Bass on Jackalls and spinnerbaits. Bass Point has again been an active spot for quite a few smaller Bass at Bjelke Peterson, soft plastics and trolled lures have been effective on these fish. Moogerah Dam has been fishing quite well with some nice Bass landed in the timber on live shrimp, as well as TN60 Jackalls, MegaBass Power Bombs and gold Blades and Maroon Dam has again produced good fish on surface lures, early morning and late afternoon.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Plenty of activity as far as Yellowbelly and Cod fishing goes this week, with a lot of our local dams producing plenty of fish, slow rolling blades, close to the bottom has been effective at Cooby, also try trolling green and yellow hard body lures, while frozen Saltwater Yabbies have been a popular bait. Glenlyon has again seen plenty of Cod getting about, some decent sized fish have been hitting bigger Spinnerbaits in the timbered areas, Yellowbelly have also been quite active, live shrimp and worms have worked well on these fish. At Coolmunda, Jackalls and Spinnerbaits have been successful on both Cod and Yellowbelly, the timbered area has produced most of the Cod, with the Yellowbelly taken off the edges and on the troll. Leslie Dam has been fishing quite well, with a number of anglers landing some nice fish, using bait, just opposite the dam wall has been popular, while a few anglers have had success up near the "Black Boys" on blades, a few smaller Cod have been getting about and heaps of Jewies have been caught off the edges, in the shallower water, and in the South Burnett, both Boondooma and Bjelke Peterson dams have produced good numbers of Yellowbelly again, in Boondooma, bait has been effective in the Stuart and Boyne arms and casting spinnerbaits around the timber in the upper reaches of the Stuart arm has produced some big fish, while at Bjelke Peterson, big Yellowbelly have been taking spinnerbaits around the timber. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi and the Dumaresq River at Texas have both produced some nice Yellowbelly on trolled lures and spinnerbaits, there has been a few Cod in amongst them, don’t forget, it is closed season for Cod in the border rivers, so make sure any of these fish that are caught, are released back into the water as quickly as possible.

GOLD COAST

Offshore fishing has seen a few Cobia on the Artificial Reef, north of the Seaway, small Black Marlin on the 24’s and a few Snapper and Pearl Perch on the northern 50’s. Inshore fishing has seen Jewies on live bait and soft plastics in the Seaway, big Flathead along the rock walls in the Seaway, plenty of Gar around Crab and Wavebreak Islands, Jack’s around structure in the Coomera and Nerang Rivers, plenty of Whiting on live Yabbies and Worms throughout the estuaries and a few Sand Crabs are getting about on the Southern end of the Broadwater.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has again been a bit quiet this week, but there has been some smaller Snapper and Sweetlip on the closer reefs, Snapper, Cobia and Pearl Perch at the bottom end of North Reef and there’s also been the odd Mackerel getting about. Inshore fishing has seen most of the estuaries producing quality Flathead on soft plastics and Whiting on surface poppers, bait has also been effective on these fish, Trevally around structure in the Mooloolah River, Mangrove Jack in Bells Creek and the Pelican Waters canals while in the Noosa River, Trevally in Woods Bay, Whiting, Flathead and Jewies at the river mouth and some nice Barra, between 70 and 90cm, have been firing in the upper reaches.

 

 

Fishing Report 10-10-2013

Leslie Dam:

Lots of yellow belly caught over the weekend both on salt water yabbies and lures. Lures that are working well at the moment are blades and lipless crank baits, Working them in the shallow water around the edges of the dam early in the morning and late afternoon. Couple of cod around the 7 kg mark caught in the Condamine River at Warwick on spinnerbaits with large Colorado style blades.

Cooby Dam:

Has been producing some good quality yellow belly both along the shallow weed beds and in the deeper water around 30ft mark. Lures like the Strada Ferals and Stump Jumpers in red/black or black/yellow have been working well on the troll while casting tn60 or mask vibes having been working well in that deeper water hopping them of the bottom.

Cressbrook Dam:

It has still been a bit tough for anglers this week. There has been bass caught around the 40cm size in scattered schools around the dam. Most fish have been caught on soft plastics and smaller vibes. Trolling around the points has seen a few yellow belly of legal size also.

Glenlyon Dam:

This week has seen lots of Murray Cod caught. Lots of small cod but there have been a number of larger cod around the 10kg mark about half way up the dam. Most of the cod have been caught on spinnerbaits and also on live shrimp. The yellow belly have been caught on saltwater yabbies and small hard body lures. The better quality have been caught on hard bodies  with yellow belly up to 3kg.

Coolmunda:

There have been quite a few yellowbelly caught this week. Fish have been biting on a number of lures like hardbody and spinnerbaits in different blade configuratios. Saltwater yabbies has been the best bait to use. A few Cod have been caught on the troll on hardbody lures and the odd one on bait.

Texas:

Plenty of yellow belly this week, taking a variety of lures this week as the water has cleared up a bit. Hard body, soft vibes, tn60 jackalls and spinnerbaits have all produced fish. Saltwater yabbies have also worked well but most fish have been caught on lures

Goondiwindi:

The fishing has been a little slow as the water temperature is still quite cool and the yellow belly haven’t really been on the bite. There have been a few caught on hardbody lures but  have been very scattered.

Tweed:

Inshore:

Pleanty of Flathead caught on soft plastics casting over the drop offs and weed banks. Trolling small hardbody has also produced a few. Bait fishing with small white bait has seen a few nice flathead as well. Good numbers of whiting have started to turn up around the Anchorage. With the warmer water Mangrove Jack are starting to show up at Tumbulgum Bridge on live mullet as well as the odd Jew. Along the beaches around Kings cliff there have still been Tailor about.

Offshore:

Some good quality Cobia at 9 mile reef and Fido’s reef. Still some good snapper around being caught on soft plastics, lucanus Jigs and on fresh strip baits and live baits.

Southport:

Inshore:

In the Seaway there have been a variety of fish caught including Jew, King Fish, Trevally and Flathead caught on both soft plastics and live baits on both the top end of the tide and the bottom end of the tide. Tailor around the pumping jetty at night time. Some good Gar around wave break island. More Flathead around crab island and Kalinga bank. Few jacks being caught up and around the Nerang River on live bait and soft plastics

Offshore:

Cobia are showing in good numbers around Northern Reef and around South Stradbroke Artifical Reef caught on live yakka. Out wide at the 50f there have been King Fish, Pearl Perch and Snapper caught on soft plastics and drifting baits. Also been reports of a couple of Black Marlin  on the 24f.

Caloundra:

There have been some big numbers of whiting around the powerboat club. Whiting are responding well to poppers, blades and small 2’’ plastics at the moment. Flathead are around but best on the outgoing tide with soft plastics and live mullet. Lots of bream around the boardwalk and pontoons  but can be very inconsisatant in size. Bells Creek is producing a few Mangrove Jack at night on live mullet and a few around the jettys on soft plastics

Offshore:

There have been a few Mackeral starting to show up at 5 Mile Reef. At Currumundi Reef there have been a few Sweetlip. Snapper on 12 mile reef, Caloundra wide and the Barwon Banks

Marooydore:

In curramundi Lake there have been lots of whiting caught on surface poppers in clear colours. Maroochy river has seen Trevally , flathead and Mangrove Jack around the Bridge at Bli Bli. Towards the mouth of the river on the high tide Trevally have been around along with some large flathead.

Noosa:

Around the frying pan has seen pleanty of whiting of which most have been taken on sand worms and yabbies. Been pleanty of flathead up and around Weyba creek. The Noosa river mouth has seen lots of trevally on the high tide at dusk using soft plastics in white colours and metal slices.

Fishing Report 3-10-2013

FISHING REPORT   – 03-10-2013

BASS

Somerset Dam has again produced good numbers of fish this week, Bay13 and the Pelican Point area are still the best spots, for the fish holding closer to the bottom, slow rolled soft plastics worked tight to the bottom, has been good, while a faster retrieve with plastics and blades, has worked well on any suspended fish. Cressbrook has produced Bass on soft plastics around Deer Island and Eagles Nest; you could also try casting light weighted spinnerbaits and soft plastics to the edges. Good fish on bait in the Stuart and Boyne arms of Boondooma Dam, and if you travel into the upper reaches of the Stuart arm, big Bass to 50cm have been taking spinnerbaits. Casting Jackalls and blades to the edges has been good for Bass at Bjelke Peterson; a lot of the fish are on the small side, but there has been a few up around the 40cm mark. Moogerah Dam has been closed to all water-based recreation activities including boating, canoeing, kayaking and fishing. The lake was closed due to unacceptably high levels of bacteria detected in routine testing. These closures have been made as a precautionary measure and in the interest of public safety, for updates, go to www.seqwater.com.au, and Maroon Dam has again produced good fish on surface lures, early morning and late afternoon.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Plenty of activity as far as Yellowbelly and Cod fishing goes this week, with a lot of our local dams producing plenty of fish. Glenlyon has again seen plenty of Cod getting about, there are some good sized fish, however there are quite a few undersize fish in amongst them, so make sure any fish under 60cm go back. Yellowbelly have also been firing here, shrimp, lures and spinnerbaits have worked well. Lures are definitely the go at Coolmunda at the moment, trolling them along the old creek beds has worked well for both Cod and Yellowbelly. Leslie Dam has seen some quality fish taking live shrimp, in the upper reaches and also opposite the dam wall, late afternoon has been the best time, casting Jackalls to the edges has produced a few fish as well. Connolly Dam fished well again over the weekend, with some nice Yellowbelly taken on salt water yabbies, and in the South Burnett, both Boondooma and Bjelke Peterson dams have produced good numbers of fish again, the Yellowbelly have been in the same areas as the Bass in Boondooma, bait has been effective in the Stuart and Boyne arms and casting spinnerbaits around the timber in the upper reaches of the Stuart arm has produced some big fish, while at Bjelke Peterson, big Yellowbelly have been taking spinnerbaits around the timber, but ice jigs and vertically worked blades, in 15ft of water, between Bass Point and the timber has provided the most fish . As for the rivers, the Balonne at St.George is a bit quiet, but live Crays have produced some good Yellowbelly, and the Dumeresq at Texas has seen good numbers of Yellowbelly taking live Crays as well.

GOLD COAST

Offshore fishing has seen a few Cobia on the Artificial Reef, north of the Seaway, small Black Marlin on the 24’s and a few Snapper and Pearl Perch on the northern 50’s. Inshore fishing has been good for Flathead and Mulloway on plastics and live bait, in the Seaway, off Crab Island and around the Pin, the odd Kingy at the pipeline on the run out tide, good numbers of Whiting in the Nerang River and a few Sand Crabs have started to show up on the Southern end of the Broadwater.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has again been a bit quiet this week, but there has been some smaller Snapper and Sweetlip on the closer reefs and there’s also been the odd Mackerel getting about. Inshore fishing has seen plenty of big Whiting throughout most of the estuaries, quality Flathead on soft plastics at the bar entrance, Trevally around structure in the Mooloolah River, a few Queenies in the Pelican Waters canals, Mangrove Jack in Bells Creek, while in the Noosa River, quality Bream and Whiting have been out in big numbers and some quality Jacks to 58cm have been providing some fun for the Anglers in the upper reaches.

HERVEY BAY

Good numbers of Whiting and Flathead off the beaches, Barra and Threadfin Salmon on trolled lures in the Burrum River and Fraser Island is producing plenty of average size Tailor.