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.