FISHING REPORT
– 20-02-2014
BASS
The South
Burnett dams have continued to produce good numbers this week, at Boondooma, trolling hard bodies
from the main basin through to Pelican Point and up the Stuart arm have
produced good quality fish, the edges are also holding fish and Blades have
worked well on them. At Bjelke Peterson, trolling hard bodies and Spinnerbaits
in the timber has been good, and Bass Point has produced good quality fish on
spinnerbaits and blades. Cressbrook Dam has seen a few fish around the Eagles
Nest and into the Cressbrook Creek arm of the dam, where working spinnerbaits
tight to the bottom has been very effective. Not a lot has changed at Somerset
Dam, it has produced good quality Bass again this week; Pelican Point and Queen
Street have been the areas to target, there are some fish suspended in 40ft of
water and plastics have worked well on these, but working spinnerbaits tight to
the bottom, in 25-30ft of water has picked up the better quality fish and
although there have been some fish caught in the mornings, afternoon is still
the better time to fish, and Moogerah Dam produced a few Bass on the weekend,
with trolled Jackalls being the best method down there.
YELLOWBELLY AND
COD
Cooby Dam has
seen a few fish holding in deeper water and trolled hard bodies, vertically
worked blades or frozen saltwater yabbies have been effective. Boondooma and
Bjelke Peterson have continued to produce good numbers of Yellowbelly, working
the same areas as with the Bass, will see you pick up some quality Yellowbelly
also, and these fish will fall for the same tactics as used for the Bass. Glenlyon
is still producing good numbers of Yellowbelly, live Shrimp, live worms and
frozen Saltwater Yabbies have all worked quite well, while trolling hard bodies
and spinnerbaits about 5-6m behind the boat has picked up a few as well, there’s
a few Cod about, with the biggest this week, being an 82cm fish. Coolmunda has
seen the odd fish taking frozen saltwater yabbies and trolled hard bodies, on
the drop offs to the old creek beds and also along the wall area. Leslie Dam has produced a few Yellowbelly
on frozen Saltwater Yabbies, in
front of the Washpool camping area, good size Silver Perch on live worms and there
were a couple of Cod taken on Jackalls near the boulders, just out from the
buoy line. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi has seen a few Cod
and Yellowbelly taking saltwater yabbies and spinnerbaits, there are some
quality Cod getting about at the moment, with the biggest reported, tipping the
scales at 68lb, the Goondiwindi Fish Restockers recently released 80,000
Yellowbelly and 3500 Murray Cod into the river and the fund raising is done by
raffles conducted at local hotels on Friday nights.
COASTAL FISHING
Offshore fishing
at the Gold Coast has continued to produce plenty of Mackerel and Wahoo on
trolled lures, at Palm and Mermaid Reef, and out wider there has been quite a
few Black Marlin and Dolphin Fish taking live baits. The northern wall of the
Seaway has produced Jewies, Cobia and Trevally on the run in tide, Whiting in
the middle reaches of the Nerang River, Flathead at the Pin and Kalinga Bank
and a few Jacks are getting about the structure, in the Coomera River, while at
the Sunshine Coast, there are plenty of Spanish Mackerel throughout and they
have been taking trolled lures, inshore fishing has seen good
size Trevally and Queenfish taken off the Boardwalk at Caloundra, Jacks under
the bridges at Pelican Waters, Flathead at the Bar entrance and at the mouth of
the Maroochy River and the Noosa River has seen Jacks, Jewies and Trevally at
the river mouth and the lakes have produced some decent Mud Crabs.
