Fishing Report 24-04-2014

FISHING REPORT   –   24-04-2014

BASS

Cressbrook Dam has again produced some quality Bass this past week, however, they are getting a bit harder to catch and a few smaller fish are starting to show up,  using soft plastics and blades near the Eagles Nest and Deer Island, and using bait in the Bull Creek arm have all been effective methods. Boondooma Dam has produced reasonable amounts of Bass, working blades, trolling hard bodies or using live Shrimp around the points throughout the dam and also around the timber in the Stuart and Boyne arms has been very effective and using Ice Jigs on schooled fish in deeper water, around the junction and in the main basin, has been quite good as well. Bjelke Peterson has produced a few fish around the points, while working lures or using live shrimp around the timber has been good also, Moogerah has produced again, with good numbers of Bass being landed over the past week, targeting suspended fish in the main basin, and working plastics and blades through them, has given the best results and Maroon has again seen good numbers landed, working crank baits and blades along the weed edges will give the best results.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby Dam is still producing plenty of Yellowbelly at the moment, looking in 30-40ft of water, out from the main point opposite the boat ramp, and also out from the pontoon has been productive again, vertically worked blades and frozen saltwater yabbies have provided the best results. Boondooma Dam has again produced good numbers of quality Yellowbelly throughout the dam, similar tactics as used for the Bass will give you success, while at Bjelke Peterson, trolling hard bodies or using bait around the points, drop-offs and also in the timber has proven successful. Coolmunda Dam produced again this week, with a few Yellowbelly taking frozen saltwater yabbies and trolled lures, working the old creek bed at the southern end of the dam has been a good spot to target, the upper reaches of the dam have produced some quality Cod as well. Leslie Dam has continued to fish well over the past week, with some quality Yellowbelly landed, working in 40ft of water out from Washpool Reserve has been popular, there was also some nice fish caught up around the Black Boys and frozen saltwater yabbies have been the pick of the baits, there has also been a few Cod caught on trolled hard bodies. Glenlyon has again produced good numbers of Yellowbelly, frozen saltwater yabbies, live shrimp and trolled hard bodies have all been effective, there’s been a few Cod about and they have mainly been around the 70-75cm mark. As for the rivers, the Dumeresq at Texas has seen a few Yellowbelly and the odd undersize Cod taking black and red or black and purple spinnerbaits; and locally, the Condamine has continued to produce some decent catches, with most of the weirs and popular holes producing fish on bait and lures.

COASTAL FISHING

Offshore fishing at the Gold Coast has continued to produce Spanish Mackerel, on trolled lures at 1 Mile and Mermaid Reefs, Pearl Perch on the northern 36’s and a few Mahi Mahi out wider, on the 50’s. Inshore fishing has seen quite a few Jewies around the pipeline, at the spit; the weed beds throughout the Broadwater are producing plenty of Squid and Gar, Bream are starting to show up around the rock walls, Flathead at Kalinga Bank and a few Muddies around the creek mouths. While at the Sunshine Coast, Spanish and Spotty Mackerel are still about in big numbers on most of the reefs, Currumundi Reef has produced Long Tail and Yellowfin Tuna, as well as a mixed bag of reef fish, while inshore fishing at Caloundra has seen big Flathead at the bar entrance, some good quality Bream starting to show up in the passage, quality Whiting at night on the sand banks, Jacks and Trevally are biting on live bait throughout the canals, and the Noosa River is fishing consistently for Bream, Whiting and Flathead throughout, with some bigger Flathead around the Frying Pan, and there’s been a few reports of big Jewies up to 10kg, taken off the northern beaches.