Fishing Report 23-01-2014

FISHING REPORT – 23-01-2014

BASS

Cressbrook Dam is still fishing well for Bass, blades and spinnerbaits have worked well this week, looking along the buoy line close to the picnic area and around Deer Island, is still a good option, however the eagles nest and into the Cressbrook Creek arm of the dam have been the most productive, and working your lures close to the bottom will give the best chance of landing a few. Somerset Dam is very similar this week, it has again seen some good catches over the past week; Bay 13 and Queen Street have been popular spots for the anglers, where hopping Soft Vibes and plastics or working spinnerbaits fast and close to the bottom, has been effective. At Boondooma, good numbers of big bass up to 55cm have been landed all week, with trolled hard bodies working the best. The pick of the spots has been through the “Narrows”, where the fish are suspended at 30ft, in 60ft of water and the Stuart arm has again produced some decent fish as well. Bjelke Peterson continues to fish well, working the edges, leading into the timber, with spinnerbaits has been good, while trolling dark coloured hard bodies has started to work again; Ice Jigs and Blades worked tight to the bottom, through the main parts of the dam has produced some good fish as well.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby Dam has seen good numbers of Yellowbelly taking Blades and Spinnerbaits this week; Cressbrook has again produced good quality Yellowbelly in amongst the Bass, with Spinnerbaits working the best on these fish. Glenlyon is still producing good numbers of Yellowbelly and stacks of Eel tail Catfish, live Shrimp have again been the pick of the baits, while trolling hard bodies has picked up a few as well, there’s still a few Cod about, and fishing late afternoon has been the best time to pick up a few. Coolmunda has again produced fairly good numbers of Yellowbelly throughout the dam, with bait and lures both working effectively. Leslie Dam is still fishing fairly consistent with anglers reporting some nice catches, trolled hard bodies are accounting for a lot of the fish, there has been quite a lot of Cod landed this past week, with the biggest reported, being a huge 130cm, early morning and late afternoon has been the most successful time to try. 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 worked well, from the junction through to the timber in the Stuart arm, but Pelican Point has produced the majority of the fish this week, while at Bjelke Peterson, casting Spinnerbaits around the timber has been effective and working Ice Jigs and Blades tight to the bottom through the main bays of the dam has produced good quality fish again.

GOLD COAST

Offshore fishing was good last weekend and into the start of this week, Palm and Mermaid Reefs were firing for Spotty and Spanish Mackerel, as well as the odd Cobia, floating pillies has been the best method and out wider, the 50s have produced quality Snapper and also Black Marlin on live Slimy Mackerel. Inshore fishing has seen Tailor and Trevally inside the North wall of the Seaway, School Jew and Kingies at the Pipeline, heaps of Whiting near the Council Chambers, in the Nerang River, Jacks in the Coomera River, Mud Crabs in the deeper creeks and Sand Crabs at the southern end of the Broadwater.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has seen Spotty and Spanish Mackerel around Sunshine Reef, Cobia and Snapper on Chardons Reef and there’s also been Black Marlin and Dolphin Fish getting about as well. The Boardwalk at Caloundra is fishing well for Bream, plenty of Jacks throughout most of the estuaries, Whiting and Flathead on the sand flats near the Power Boat Club, big Flathead at the Bar entrance and the northern end of Bribie Island, School Jew in the deeper holes in the Passage, Trevally and Bream in the Maroochy River and the mouth of the Noosa River has been firing, with plenty of School Jew, Trevally and Tailor getting about.