Fishing Report 20-03-2014

FISHING REPORT   –   20-03-2014

BASS
Cressbrook Dam has produced some quality Bass this week, out from the boat ramp and across to the buoy line has been good, while the Cressbrook Creek arm is still worth a look as well and working Blades and Spinnerbaits through these fish has provided the best results. Boondooma Dam has again produced some decent catches of Bass, casting towards the edges with Spinnerbaits, Soft Plastics and Blades has been effective, while live shrimp have worked well in the Stuart and Boyne arms. Bass are still fairly active in Bjelke Peterson, casting Jackals, Blades and Spinnerbaits around Bass Point has produced quality fish, while trolling hard bodies on the drop-offs has seen a few landed as well. Somerset Dam has again produced some quality Bass over the past week, with the biggest reported at 59cm, the start of the timber at Kirkleigh and Pelican Point were the hot spots last weekend, while Soft Vibes and Spinnerbaits were the pick of the lures and again, there were some quality Bass landed at Maroon, where working Spinnerbaits and Strada minnows around the weed edges were the best options.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby Dam has seen the odd Yellowbelly taking Ecogear ZX blades, just out from the pontoon, trolled lures and frozen saltwater yabbies have also produced a few decent fish on the right hand side of the dam, just out from the buoy line. Boondooma and Bjelke Peterson continue to produce good numbers of quality Yellowbelly, the Stuart and Boyne arms have been the spots to target the fish in Boondooma, with live shrimp and trolled Yozuri 3D Cranks picking up the best numbers, while at Bjelke Peterson, the points and timbered areas have provided the best catches. Coolmunda Dam has seen some good quality Yellowbelly taken in the timber on saltwater yabbies, good size Silver Perch on live worms, but the Cod have been a bit quiet. Things are still a little slow at Leslie Dam, Cod have been fairly quiet, there have been a few Yellowbelly taken on frozen saltwater yabbies and live worms, just out from the buoy line at the dam wall has been the most productive area. Glenlyon is still producing good numbers of Yellowbelly on frozen saltwater yabbies and Jackalls, the Cod have been a bit quiet, but there were a few caught at Stockyard point on Spinnerbaits. As for the rivers, the Macintyre River at Goondiwindi has been a bit quiet this week, with only a few Yellowbelly taken on bait and spinnerbaits in the town reaches and the Dumeresq at Texas has produced reasonable numbers on frozen saltwater yabbies and live worms, although the Cod were a bit hard to come by.

COASTAL FISHING

Offshore fishing at the Gold Coast has continued to produce Mackerel on trolled lures and drift baits from the front of the Seaway right through to Mermaid Reef and a few small black Marlin and Pearl Perch have again been landed on the 50’s. The Seaway has produced stacks of Jewies on the incoming tide, on live bait, there’s also been a few Kingies in amongst them, plenty of good size Whiting in the Broadwater, and Flathead have been taking soft plastics at Kalinga Bank. While at the Sunshine Coast, Spanish and Spotty Mackerel are still about in big numbers, right along the coast, trolling lures has again been the best method, while inshore fishing at Caloundra has seen plenty of big Whiting on the flats in the Passage and Flathead and Bream off the boardwalk, Trevally in the Pelican Waters canals, the Maroochy River has seen a few Threadfin and Blue Salmon getting about, Jacks around the bridge pylons, plenty of Flathead, Trevally and Jewies at the mouth of the Noosa River and good numbers of Jewies off the beaches as well.