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.