FISHING REPORT   – 15-05-2014

BASS

Still a few quality Bass about Cressbrook Dam at the moment, with the biggest for the week, hitting the magic 50cm mark, targeting the fish with Blades and soft plastics, working the points in the main basin, as well as parts of the Bull Creek arm of the dam, has worked well, live shrimp have also worked well in the same areas. At Boondooma Dam, after the cold snap, the fish have taken a bit of time to settle, but now the fishing has really picked up and the winter bass action has started, fishing Pelican Point has seen plenty of fish landed and don’t be scared to fish the deeper water with spinnerbaits or vibes, as this has worked quite well also. The fishing is still reasonable at Bjelke Peterson, although the Bass have gotten a bit harder to catch, there has been a few smaller fish hitting blades at Bass Point, and it’s also worth trying soft plastics, soft vibes and trolled hard bodies through the deeper parts of the main basin. Somerset has seen a few Bass landed on blades, soft vibes and soft plastics in 15 to 30 foot of water around the Pelican Point area, and the timbered area at Kirkleigh is worth a look, with blades and plastics picking up a few fish.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD.

Cooby Dam has again produced a few Yellowbelly, frozen Saltwater Yabbies and live Shrimp have landed the most fish, while 30-40ft of water is still a good depth to work in. In Boondooma Dam, Big yellowbelly are being caught on a regular basis, the main basin and the Stuart and Boyne arms have been the pick of the spots, while live Shrimp have proven to be the best bait and trolled deep diving hard bodies have worked best for the lure anglers. Bjelke Peterson has seen good size Yellowbelly taking blades and trolled hard bodies, working the old creek beds and rocky points in the main basin has been good, while it’s also worth a look around Treasure Island. Glenlyon Dam has again seen good numbers of Yellowbelly, up to 5lb, mainly taking bait, while trolling deep diving hard bodies in the deeper water or casting Jackalls and spinnerbaits around structure has picked up a few Cod and the odd Yellowbelly. Leslie Dam has picked up a bit this past week, casting TN60 Jackalls, or trolling shallow hard bodies around the edges has produced some good quality Yellowbelly up to 50cm, there’s also been a few Cod taken on hard bodies, just out from the buoy line. As for the rivers, the Dumeresq at Texas has seen a few Yellowbelly and Silver Perch taken on frozen saltwater yabbies and live worms and the Condamine has again produced some decent catches, between Pratten and Warwick, and also around Cecil Plains, with brighter coloured Jackalls and Spinnerbaits landing the most fish.

COASTAL FISHING

Offshore fishing at the Gold Coast has continued to produce Spanish Mackerel on the 24’s, trolled lures have produced the most fish, Pearl Perch on the 50’s and a few Snapper and Cobia on the 18’s. Inshore fishing has seen quite a few Jewies and Kingies, along the north wall of the Seaway; the sand bars are holding good numbers of Whiting and Gar, Flathead up to 75cm at the Pin and the Broadwater is producing good numbers of Sand Crabs. While at the Sunshine Coast, Spanish and Spotty Mackerel are still about in good numbers on  the wider reefs, and the closer reefs have produced reasonable numbers of Snapper, while inshore fishing at Caloundra has seen good quality Bream around the Boardwalk at night, quality Whiting on the sand banks, near the Powerboat Club, Bream and Trevally in the Maroochy River, and the Noosa River has produced good numbers of Bream and Flathead, on live bait and plastics, and a few Jacks have been taken on live bait in the upper reaches.