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.