Fishing Report 3-04-2014

FISHING REPORT   –   03-04-2014

DAMS RECEIVE TOPUP

All three of our local Toowoomba dams have had inflows from the rain we received last week, at the time of writing this report, Cooby, Cressbrook and Perseverance Dams were all very close to being 100% full. Most other dams west of the range, had basically no rises, apart from Coolmunda, with about a 7% rise and Beardmore Dam, which went from 9% to 99%. Below the range, Somerset is at 100% and Moogerah and Maroon both went from mid 80’s to mid 90’s.

BASS
The South Burnett Dams had no inflows and have continued to fish well, Boondooma Dam has again seen plenty of Bass taking Spinnerbaits, Blades, Soft Vibes and trolled hard bodies throughout, 25-30ft of water seems to be the best depth to work in, while Pelican Point, The Junction, Leisegang’s and the timbered area of the Stuart arm have been the pick of the spots. Very similar again at Bjelke Peterson, casting Blades and Spinnerbaits to the edges and working them close to the bottom has produced a few fish and trolling hard bodies around the points has been productive as well. Somerset fished fairly well last weekend, but with the rise in water level, it has gone a bit quiet, and Moogerah Dam produced some nice Bass on soft plastics and blades, just off the timber in the main basin.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD
Cooby Dam really fired last weekend, with good numbers of Yellowbelly taking vertically worked blades, trolled lures and frozen saltwater yabbies, out from the pontoon, the point opposite the boat ramp and the right hand side just out from the buoy line at the wall have been the best spots. 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, the points and timbered areas have provided the best catches. Coolmunda Dam has again seen some good quality Yellowbelly taken throughout, on saltwater yabbies and decent sized Silver Perch on live worms. Leslie Dam again saw some quality fish landed, mainly on frozen saltwater yabbies, in about 20ft of water in the main basin, there was also a few Cod caught, and the story of the week was one particular angler who has tried for many years to catch his first Cod, he finally landed an 80cm fish on the weekend and hopefully now, there will be many more to come. Glenlyon has again produced good numbers of Yellowbelly in about 25-30ft of water, frozen saltwater yabbies, live shrimp and trolled hard bodies have all been effective, there was also some quality Cod taken on Spinnerbaits and live shrimp. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi has been a bit quiet due to a rise in the river, but there has been a few fish taken on frozen saltwater yabbies and the Dumeresq at Texas has again produced reasonable numbers of Cod on Spinnerbaits and live shrimp.

COASTAL FISHING
Offshore fishing at the Gold Coast has continued to produce Mackerel on trolled lures and drift baits at Palm and Mermaid Reefs, Dolphin Fish on the 36’s and a few Pearl Perch and Snapper have been taken on the northern 50’s. The Seaway is still producing plenty of Jewies, mainly along the north wall, on the incoming tide, plenty of good size Whiting in the Nerang River, Jacks around the bridge pylons and Kalinga Bank has been good for Flathead. 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 Flathead, between 40 and 60cm in the Passage, plenty of Bream at night around Military Jetty, Jacks in the Pelican Waters canals and Bells Creek, the Maroochy River has seen Trevally and Bream around structure and Flathead to 65cm on soft plastics and even though the Noosa River has dirtied up a bit, there’s been some quality Flathead and Jacks taken on live bait and soft plastics.