FISHING REPORT   – 01-08-2014

BASS

Still a bit quiet at Cressbrook this week, look for schooled fish out from the picnic area, the Eagles Nest and also around the main point in the Bull Creek arm of the dam and target them with soft plastics, soft vibes, ice jigs and blades, it’s definitely worth a try with live shrimp in those same areas. A few schools of fish are still showing at Somerset Dam, Pelican Point, Eagles Nest and Queen Street are the better spots, with ice jigs, blades and soft vibes picking up a few fish. Nothing has changed at Boondooma this week, with the odd bass taken on ice jigs and blades throughout the main basin, still a few fish taken on blades and soft plastics at Moogerah Dam and Maroon has produced low numbers, mainly on live shrimp, around the weed edges.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby Dam is producing a few Yellowbelly on frozen saltwater yabbies, looking in about 40ft of water will give you the best chance. Good numbers of Cod on spinnerbaits again at Glenlyon this week, 70cm has been about the biggest caught and still some decent numbers of Yellowbelly and Silver Perch taking worms and frozen saltwater yabbies. Coolmunda is still producing a few Yellowbelly on bait and Ecogear ZX Blades, in the deeper parts of the dam. There were a few Yellowbelly landed at Leslie this past week, anglers seemed to have the most success by vertically jigging blades, Jackall Mask Vibes also accounted for a few nice fish in the main basin and the bait anglers also had some success around the boulders across from the dam wall. Boondooma Dam has again seen plenty of Yellowbelly taking soft vibes and ice jigs in the main basin and also the timbered area of the Stuart arm, good numbers of Yellowbelly at Bjelke Peterson, with blades, soft vibes and frozen saltwater yabbies working the best. As for the rivers, it’s fairly similar to previous weeks, the Macintyre River has seen good numbers of Cod hitting surface lures, shallow diving hard bodies and bigger spinnerbaits, quality Yellowbelly are still on the bite as well, the Dumeresq River, downstream of Texas has produced reasonable numbers of smaller Cod this week, spinnerbaits and hard bodies have been effective there as well, and the upper reaches of the Condamine River, from Cecil Plains to Warwick have produced a few Cod and Yellowbelly on spinnerbaits, hard bodies and frozen saltwater yabbies.

GOLD COAST

Offshore fishing has been pretty good this week, with Cobia and smaller Snapper taken around the 18’s and 24’s, Snapper and Pearl Perch on the 36’s, and out wider, Kingfish and Amberjack have been prominent on the 50’s, while inshore, has seen the Seaway fishing well for Trevally and Tailor, quality Flathead on soft plastics and small minnows, throughout the Jumpinpin area, and there’s still plenty of Bream hanging around the rock walls and pylons, throughout all of the estuaries.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has seen the outer reefs fishing well for big Snapper and Pearl Perch, plenty of Squire and Tailor around Brays Rock, the inner reefs are producing smaller Snapper and the odd Tusk Fish and there’s still a few Spotty Mackerel getting about. Inshore fishing has produced Bream and Luderick off the Boardwalk and at the mouth of the Maroochy River, Winter Whiting on the sand flats, near the Powerboat Club, some decent size Flathead in Bells Creek, the Mooloolah River and also the Noosa River and the Noosa River has also produced Jacks, Golden Trevally and Jewies on live baits.

FRASER ISLAND

Still good numbers of Tailor and Dart in most of the gutters, particularly on the southern end of the island.

 

FISHING REPORT   – 25-07-2014

BASS

Cressbrook has been patchy again this week, look for schooled fish throughout the dam and target them with soft plastics, soft vibes, ice jigs and blades, it’s also worth a try around the edges, particularly early morning and late afternoon, soft plastics, blades and crankbaits would be your best options in these areas. A few schools of fish are starting to show up at Somerset Dam, Pelican Point, Eagles Nest and Queen Street are the better spots, with ice jigs, blades and soft vibes picking up a few fish. At Boondooma, the odd bass has been caught on ice jigs and blades throughout the main basin and Moogerah Dam has been a bit quiet, however blades worked tight to the bottom have picked up the odd fish.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Some good numbers of Cod on spinnerbaits at Glenlyon this week, but no big fish to report and still some decent numbers of Yellowbelly taking worms and frozen saltwater yabbies. Coolmunda is still producing a few Yellowbelly on bait, in the deeper parts of the dam. Fishing at Leslie Dam has improved over the past week, with fairly good numbers of Yellowbelly taken on bait, opposite the dam wall in the main basin, and targeting submerged structure with soft vibes has been effective again. Boondooma Dam has seen plenty of Yellowbelly taking soft vibes and ice jigs in the main basin and also the timbered area of the Stuart arm, plenty of Yellowbelly at Bjelke Peterson as well, with blades, soft vibes and frozen saltwater yabbies working the best. Not a lot has changed as far as the rivers are concerned, the Macintyre River has seen good numbers of Cod hitting shallow diving hard bodies and bigger spinnerbaits, quality Yellowbelly have been plentiful as well, the Dumeresq River, downstream of Texas has produced reasonable numbers of Cod this week, spinnerbaits have been effective there as well, and the upper reaches of the Condamine River have produced a few Cod and Yellowbelly on spinnerbaits and frozen saltwater yabbies.

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

After the strong winds subsided, offshore fishing has improved as the week progressed, with Snapper and Trag Jew taken on the 36’s, and out wider, Pearl Perch have been prominent on the 50’s, while inshore, has seen the Seaway fishing well for Jewies and Tailor, early morning on the run in tide has been the best time, quality Flathead at Flipping Sands and Crusoe Island, just to the north of Jumpinpin, and there’s plenty of smaller Bream hanging around the rock walls and pylons, throughout all of the estuaries.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has seen the outer reefs fishing well for big Snapper and Tusk Fish, the inner reefs are producing smaller Snapper and Sweetlip and there’s still a few Spotty Mackerel getting about, but they are getting a bit patchy. Inshore fishing has produced Bream off the Boardwalk and Flathead just inside the bar entrance at Caloundra, Bream, Trevally and School Jew in the upper reaches of the Maroochy River, the Noosa River has produced big Tailor and Trevally on metal lures, on the incoming tide and quality Flathead are taking soft plastics on the sand flats.

FRASER ISLAND

Tailor are thick in the gutters and there are plenty of Dart getting about as well.

FISHING REPORT   – 18-07-2014

BASS

A bit hit and miss at Cressbrook at the moment, look for schooled fish throughout the dam and target them with soft plastics, soft vibes, ice jigs and blades, it’s also worth a try around the edges, particularly early morning and late afternoon, soft plastics, blades and crankbaits would be your best options in these areas. A few schools of fish are starting to show up at Somerset Dam, Pelican Point, Eagles Nest, Queen Street and the start of the timber at Kirkleigh are the better spots, with vertically worked blades picking up a few fish. At Boondooma, the odd bass has been caught casting blades to edges and jigging blades off the bottom in top end of the Stuart River and there’s still a few active fish at Maroon, they have mainly been around the edges and weed pockets, with soft plastics and small suspending minnows proving to be the most effective.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

A few Cod on spinnerbaits at Glenlyon this week, and still some decent numbers of Yellowbelly taking live shrimp. Coolmunda is still producing a few Yellowbelly on bait, and in the deeper parts of the dam, Soft Vibes and blades have produced a few fish as well. Much the same in the Warwick area this week, at Leslie Dam, a few Yellowbelly have been taken on live shrimp and frozen saltwater yabbies, also targeting submerged structure with soft vibes has been effective and Boondooma Dam has seen a few Yellowbelly and Silver Perch taken on live shrimp, Jackals and Spinnerbaits in the timbered areas of both arms of the dam. Not a lot has changed as far as the rivers are concerned, the Macintyre River has again seen good numbers of Cod hitting surface lures and bigger spinnerbaits, quality Yellowbelly have been plentiful as well, the Dumeresq River, downstream of Texas has produced reasonable numbers of Cod this week, surface lures and spinnerbaits have been effective there as well, and the upper reaches of the Condamine River have produced a few Cod and Yellowbelly on spinnerbaits, hard bodies and frozen saltwater yabbies.

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

Offshore fishing has been pretty good again, with Snapper, Cobia and Trag Jew taken on the 18’s and 24’s, and for anyone who has ventured out further, there has been a few Kingies and Pearl Perch on the 50’s, while inshore, has seen the Seaway fishing well for Jewies at night, Tailor, Trevally and Kingfish early morning, on the run in tide, quality Flathead at Kalinga Banks, Jewies and Tailor inside the Jumpinpin Bar and Squid and Gar are plentiful around the weed banks throughout the Broadwater.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has seen the northern grounds producing some quality Sweetlip, Caloundra 12 mile has produced some good Snapper and the Barwon Banks and Caloundra Wide have been the places to go for a few Pearl Perch and Cobia. Inshore fishing has seen Gar starting to show up in the Mooloolah River, the entrance to Lake Weyba has been producing a few Jacks and Flathead, the Woods Bay area has been good for a few Trevally and Tailor, the Passage and Pelican Waters have produced Bream and Flathead and on the beaches, Tailor have started to show up in reasonable size and numbers, Bream have also been worth chasing with some good quality fish being caught.

FRASER ISLAND

Good numbers of Tailor, Whiting and Dart getting about, the average size of the Tailor is starting to pick up, with a lot of the fish pushing the 55cm mark.

FISHING REPORT   – 11-07-2014

ABT BASS PRO AT BOONDOOMA

Congratulations to Steve “Killer” Kanowski on his win, in what was a tuff bite at Boondooma Dam last weekend, he also took out the Big Bass prize, with a healthy 2.01kg fish. Local angler Ray Holmes took out the non-boater devision, well done Ray and overall for the weekend, there were 80 Bass weighed in, at an average weight of 820 grams.

BASS

The fishing has been pretty tuff again at Boondooma this week, tailspinners and blades have been the most effective, while the timbered area of the Stewart arm has been the best spot to target, blades and live shrimp have picked up a few Bass at Bjelke Peterson and Maroon Dam has produced a few fish again this week, with anglers picking up some decent Bass around the weed pockets, soft plastics and crank baits are still working the best.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Glenlyon Dam has been the best impoundment for Yellowbelly this week, good numbers of fish are taking live worms and frozen saltwater yabbies in 30-40ft of water, low numbers of Yellowbelly at Coolmunda Dam this week, the drop-offs to the old creek beds and also along the wall have been the best spots to target. A bit quiet at Leslie Dam again this week, with low numbers of Yellowbelly taking frozen saltwater yabbies in the main basin. Boondooma has seen stacks of good quality Yellowbelly taking blades, spinnerbaits, frozen saltwater yabbies and live shrimp throughout the dam and Bjelke Peterson has seen a few fish taken in the main basin, as well as the points throughout the dam, trolling darker coloured hard bodies has been the most effective. As for the rivers, the Macintyre River has seen good numbers of Cod, up to a metre hitting surface lures and bigger spinnerbaits, quality Yellowbelly to 50cm have been plentiful as well, the Dumeresq River, downstream of Texas has produced reasonable numbers of Cod this week, surface lures and spinnerbaits have been effective there as well and the upper reaches of the Condamine River have produced a few Cod and Yellowbelly on spinnerbaits, hard bodies and frozen saltwater yabbies.

GOLD COAST

Offshore fishing has been good again this week, with the inner reefs fishing well for Amberjack and Cobia and good numbers of Squire and Trag Jew have been taken on the 24’s and 36’s. Inshore fishing saw the Southport Seaway produce a few Tailor and Trevally, along the rock walls; quality Flathead throughout the Jumpinpin area and there’s heaps of Bream and Whiting throughout most of the estuaries.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has been pretty good again; there’s plenty of Snapper about at the moment, with 5 Mile, 12 Mile, Sunshine and Caloundra Wide all producing, there’s also a few Pearl Perch amongst them and the odd Mackerel is still getting about. While inshore fishing has seen Bream and Luderick off the Boardwalk and plenty of Bream also throughout the Maroochy River, School Jew in the passage and the Noosa River has produced big Sea Bream just inside the river mouth, School Jew and Flathead to 90cm on soft plastics and blades and soft plastics have also worked well for Golden Trevally.

HERVEY BAY

Tuna and Mackerel in Platypus Bay, plenty of Bream around the jetties and rock walls, a few flathead along the beaches and there’s been a few Tailor starting to show up on the southern end of Fraser Island.

 

 

Fishing Report 3-07-2014

FISHING REPORT   – 04-07-2014

BASS

Not a lot has changed at Cressbrook Dam this week; it has again produced a few fish on live Shrimp, around the main point in the Bull Creek arm, while soft plastics and shrimp have been successful around the Eagles Nest area. Quite a lot of fish still showing at Somerset, and getting them to bite has again been a bit difficult, Pelican Point, Bay 13 and the hump have been good spots to target, with slow rolled soft plastics, blades and live shrimp picking up a few fish. It’s been a bit steady again at Boondooma this week, with soft vibes cast to the edges, picking up a few, while Blades and Tailspinners have worked well around the points, blades and live shrimp have picked up a few Bass at Bjelke Peterson and Maroon Dam has produced a few fish this week, with anglers picking up some decent Bass around the weed pockets, soft plastics and crank baits are working the best, with blades also accounting for a few fish.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby Dam has seen a few Yellowbelly taking blades and frozen saltwater yabbies in the deeper parts of the dam, while blades and soft vibes have produced a few fish around the weed edges, early morning and late afternoon. Reasonable numbers of Yellowbelly at Coolmunda Dam this week, the drop-offs to the old creek beds and also along the wall have been good spots to target. A bit quiet at Leslie Dam again this week, with low numbers of Yellowbelly taking TN60 Jackalls, cast to the edges, there’s still a few fish taking frozen saltwater yabbies in the main basin and trolled hard bodies accounted for a few Cod up to 75cm, near the rock wall, near the buoy line. Boondooma has seen good quality Yellowbelly taking frozen saltwater yabbies and live shrimp, around the timber, in the Stuart River arm of the dam and Bjelke Peterson has seen a few fish taken on bait around the timber and also on trolled hard bodies in the main basin . As for the rivers, the Macintyre River, upstream of Goondiwindi has seen good numbers of Cod hitting surface lures and bigger spinnerbaits, frozen saltwater yabbies have worked well for Yellowbelly, much the same for the Dumeresq at Texas, surface lures have been effective for Cod, while frozen saltwater yabbies have picked up good numbers of Yellowbelly and the upper reaches of the Condamine River have produced some good quality Cod and Yellowbelly on spinnerbaits, hard bodies and frozen saltwater yabbies.

GOLD COAST

Offshore fishing has again seen good action this week, with the inner reefs fishing well for Snapper and Trag Jew and out wider on the 200 fathom mark has produced some decent size Blue Marlin. Inshore fishing saw the Southport Seaway producing a few Kingies, Tailor and Trevally on live baits, along the rock walls; quality Flathead around Crusoe Island and there’s heaps of Bream just inside the Jumpinpin Bar.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has been pretty good again; plenty of Snapper and Cobia on 12 Mile Reef, Red Throat Sweetlip and Snapper at Caloundra wide and the wider reefs have all produced plenty of Tusk Fish and Trag Jew. Inshore fishing has seen Bream and Flathead off the Boardwalk and also at the mouth of the Maroochy and Noosa Rivers, plenty of Trevally on surface lures and live bait, throughout all of the estuaries and some decent Whiting on the sand flats around the Power Boat Club.

HERVEY BAY

Long Tail Tuna and smaller Snapper  on the inner reefs, Flathead, Whiting and Bream along the beaches and the Urangan jetty has been good for a few Tailor and Bream.