Fishing Report 5-06-2014

FISHING REPORT   – 05-06-2014

BASS

Cressbrook Dam has produced some pretty good numbers of Bass this week, try around the points 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 showing up at Somerset, but getting them to bite has been hard work, Pelican Point, “The Hump” and the start of the timber at Kirkleigh have been the best spots to target, with slow rolled soft plastics, blades and live shrimp picking up a few fish and if you want to venture up into the timber a bit further, casting TN60 Jackalls to the edges has been productive. The timbered areas of the Stuart and Boyne arms have been the best spots at Boondooma this week, working spinnerbaits, blades and soft plastics around the trees has given the most success, but it’s also worth a try casting crank baits to the edges as well, a few Bass around the deeper standing timber at Bjelke Peterson and again, working spinnerbaits and blades through there will get you some fish 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 has provided the best results.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

The weed edges have been productive again at Cooby, with frozen saltwater yabbies and hard bodies landing a few, it’s also worth a look in 25-30ft of water, where Blades have produced some good quality fish. The fishing is still fairly good at Glenlyon, it has again produced a few Yellowbelly in around 25-30ft of water, Blades have been the pick of the lures, while live shrimp and worms have worked well for the bait anglers. Coolmunda Dam has fished well again this week, using frozen saltwater yabbies and worms on the drop-offs to the old creek beds has produced some nice yellowbelly, there has also been a few Cod taken on spinnerbaits and Jackalls. Leslie Dam has continued to produce some nice fish on both lures and bait, there were some nice Yellowbelly and a few Catties landed on worms up near the Black Boys. Spinnerbaits and Blades have been the most successful lures, landing some nice fish, directly across from the concrete boat ramps; there were also some smaller Cod as well, with one fish measuring 80cm, this was caught up past the Black Boys, casting spinnerbaits around the structure and darker colours seemed to produce better numbers. Boondooma and Bjelke Peterson have produced some quality fish in the main basins, jigging blades and trolling deep diving hard bodies has given the best results. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi has seen Cod hitting surface lures, the Dumeresq at Texas has produced Yellowbelly on bait and Cod on surface lures and dark coloured spinnerbaits and the Condamine is fishing well, particularly around Warwick where some quality Yellowbelly have been taken on lures and spinnerbaits.

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

Offshore fishing has again seen plenty of action this week, with the outer 50’s producing some big Dolphin Fish, the northern 36’s have been good for Pearl Perch and there’s still a few Spanish Mackerel getting about Diamond Reef. Inshore fishing has seen the Southport Seaway producing plenty of good size Jew and some quality Tailor, heaps of Gar on the weed banks and some nice Flathead are taking bait and soft plastics at Kalinga Bank and Jumpinpin.

SUNSHINE COAST

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 Flathead off the Boardwalk, and Whiting out from the power boat club, while at Noosa, good numbers of Mulloway off the rock walls at night, GT’s and Queenfish have been active at the river mouth, and with the weather staying warm, Jacks have been very active, with some decent numbers taken on live mullet at night.