Fishing Report 21-11-2013

FISHING REPORT   – 21-11-2013

BASS

Cressbrook Dam has seen a few anglers having some success on schooled fish out from Deer Island and near the Eagles Nest, soft plastics, blades and live shrimp have been the best options on these fish. Somerset Dam has been a bit quieter this week; there’s plenty of fish showing on the sounder, but it has been a bit harder getting them to bite, the fish are still holding in Bay 13, Queen Street and around Pelican Point, targeting these fish with soft plastics, blades and soft vibes should bring the best results. Again, not a lot has changed at Boondooma, another good week, more and more reports of fish being caught in main bay on hard bodies. Some big bass on spinner baits flicking the banks near pelican point, Redclaw are now moving down the dam so once you find them, good size and numbers are being caught. At Bjelke Peterson, casting 5/8oz spinnerbaits to the edges, in the timbered area has produced heaps of Bass around the 35cm mark, working the spinnerbaits slow and close to the bottom has been the best method. Maroon Dam was jam packed with anglers last weekend; they were participating in the Maroon Fishing Classic. Live shrimp proved to be the hot bait for the weekend, however surface lures, TN60 Jackalls and Spinnerbaits were effective as well.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby is still fishing well for Yellowbelly around the weed edges, trolled hard bodies and spinnerbaits have worked well on those fish while blades, ice jigs and frozen saltwater yabbies have been effective on the deeper schooled fish and there were a couple of Cod taken on spinnerbaits. Glenlyon has gone quiet this week, there is a lot of water being released from this impoundment, which has shut the fish down. At Coolmunda, trolling darker coloured hard bodies along the drop-offs has worked well, while casting Jackalls and Spinnerbaits around the timber has been good also and as far as bait goes, frozen saltwater yabbies have been the best option. Leslie Dam has continued to fish quite well this past week with reports of some nice fish being landed, mainly on TN60 Jackalls and trolled hard bodies, up around the Black Boys, live shrimp have worked well in the main basin and a couple of Cod were landed, near the rocks at the buoy line, and in the South Burnett, both Boondooma and Bjelke Peterson dams have again produced good numbers of Yellowbelly, in Boondooma, bait and trolled hard bodies have been effective in the main basin, while casting spinnerbaits around the timber in the upper reaches of the Stuart and Boyne arms has again produced some big fish, while at Bjelke Peterson, big Yellowbelly have been taking spinnerbaits around the timber. As for the rivers, the Dumeresq at Texas, the Balonne at St. George and the Condamine River right through our region has seen good numbers of Yellowbelly taken on frozen Saltwater Yabbies and Spinnerbaits.

GOLD COAST

Offshore fishing has improved this week, the 18’s & 24’s have produced good size Cobia and a few smaller Black Marlin, stacks of Kingies hitting jigs on the 50’s and if you venture out wider to the 110m line, there has been plenty of Mahi Mahi getting about. Inshore fishing has seen smaller Kingies and Trevally hitting lures, in the Seaway, early morning on the run in tide, a few Flathead still getting about Kalinga Banks, Whiting at the mouth of the Coomera River and near the Council Chambers in the Nerang River and the southern Broadwater has produced a few Sand Crabs.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has seen a few smaller Black Marlin, Spanish and School Mackerel getting about, while mixed bags of reef fish have been fairly consistent on the Barwon Banks, Outer Gneerings and also Currimundi Reef to Caloundra wide. Inshore fishing has seen the passage at Caloundra and also the Mooloolah River fishing well on the banks for Whiting, Flathead and few solid Bream. The Mooloolah River is also producing some decent Trevally around the bridges, early morning on soft plastics. The Maroochy River has been fishing well for Flathead around the mouth, Bream and Trevally on plastics around the bridges, a few early season Jacks are taking live bait around the creek mouths at night and Lake Weyba has seen a few Whiting and Bream taking surface poppers along the edges.