FISHING REPORT   – 12-06-2014

BASS

Cressbrook Dam has produced a few Bass again this week, try around the points and along the buoy line, in the main basin, near the toilet block in Bull Creek and from Eagles Nest through to the buoy line, in the Cressbrook Creek arm, soft plastics and blades will give you the best chance of landing a fish, while live shrimp have produced good numbers for the bait anglers. Quite a lot of fish still showing at Somerset, and getting them to bite has still been a bit difficult, Pelican Point, “The Hump”, Queen Street and the start of the timber at Kirkleigh have been good spots to target, with slow rolled soft plastics, blades and live shrimp picking up a few fish. If you’re heading to Boondooma this weekend, try hopping blades and mask vibes in the deeper water and it’s also worth trying around the timber with spinnerbaits and bait, a few Bass are schooling, just out from the timbered areas  at Bjelke Peterson, working soft plastics and blades through these fish will get you a few and Moogerah has again seen good numbers of quality Bass landed throughout the dam, using soft plastics and soft vibes, in 25-30ft of water.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Glenlyon is still producing good numbers of Yellowbelly in around 25-30ft of water; vertically worked Blades have gone well on these fish, while live shrimp and worms have worked well for the bait anglers. Coolmunda Dam has seen a few Yellowbelly caught again this week, frozen saltwater yabbies and live worms have produced the most fish. Leslie Dam has continued to produce some quality fish on both lures and bait throughout the main basin, with saltwater yabbies and mask vibes landing the most fish, there was also a few Cod taken on trolled hard bodies and Jackalls, just out from the buoy line. Boondooma and Bjelke Peterson have produced some quality fish in the main basins, jigging blades and trolling deep diving hard bodies has been good and working spinnerbaits around the timber has produced a few fish as well. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi and the Dumeresq at Texas has seen Cod hitting surface lures and bigger spinnerbaits, and locally, the Condamine has continued to produce a few Yellowbelly and Cod at the weirs and popular holes.

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

It was a bit windy over the weekend, but the offshore fishing has again seen a bit of action this week, with the outer 50’s producing Wahoo and Dolphin Fish, the northern 36’s have been good for Pearl Perch and the 18’s and 24’s have seen a few Cobia and Mulloway getting about. Inshore fishing has seen the Southport Seaway producing plenty of Jewies, Tailor and Kingies, heaps of Gar on the weed banks; Flathead are taking bait and soft plastics at Kalinga Bank and Jumpinpin and the rock walls in the Nerang River are producing some quality Bream.

SUNSHINE COAST

Very similar to last week, offshore fishing has been pretty good again; Spanish mackerel and Snapper are prominent on most of the reefs at the moment, there’s also some good numbers of Pearl Perch and Cobia getting about as well. Inshore fishing has seen the Maroochy River producing Bream, Trevelly and Tailor around the bridges and rock bars, Caloundra is fishing well for Bream and Luderick off the Boardwalk, Flathead throughout the passage and Whiting out from the power boat club, while at Noosa, good numbers of Flathead in the river, plenty of Bream around any sort of structure and afew Trevally have been hitting surface lures around the river mouth.