FISHING REPORT – 11-09-2014
CHANGE TO OPENING HOURS FOR TOOWOOMBA DAMS
I forgot to mention this last week, so for those of
you who don’t already know, our local Toowoomba dams have a change to their
opening hours from 1st September to 30th April. The hours
are, 7am to 8pm at Cooby and 6am to 8pm at Cressbrook, water based activities
are not permitted on the dams outside of these times. For more information regarding
the dams and all other recreational facilities go to the TRC website, which is;
www.toowoombarc.qld.gov.au
BASS
Bass fishing has continued to improve this week, with
Cressbrook Dam again producing some fish out from the boat ramp, there’s still
some decent schools showing up from there through to the Eagles Nest, live
shrimp, soft plastics, vibes and tailspinners have worked the best. The fish are
starting to show up in a few more areas at Somerset as well, with Pelican Point
through to Kirkleigh being the best area of the dam to target, soft plastics,
tailspinners and soft vibes have been the pick of the lures. Boondooma has
again seen good numbers of Bass taken on ice jigs, soft vibes and tailspinners around
Pelican Point and The Junction, trolled hard bodies have also picked up a few
through the narrows, trolling deep diving lures in the old creek beds has been
effective at Bjelke Peterson and Maroon Dam has seen some quality Bass up to
48cm landed over the past week, targeting the weed edges with soft plastics,
fly and live shrimp has given the best results.
YELLOWBELLY AND
COD
Cooby Dam has produced decent numbers of Yellowbelly,
the fish seem to be hanging just out from the weed edges and trolling shallow
diving hard bodies or casting spinnerbaits in tight to the weed has been
effective, while using bait in the deeper parts has produced a few fish as
well. Glenlyon is a bit quiet at the moment, but there have been a few
Yellowbelly taken on live shrimp, frozen saltwater yabbies and hard bodies in
about 12-15ft of water, Cod have proven to be little bit harder to catch,
although this should improve over the coming weeks, providing the weather stays
kind to us. Bait has again been a good option at Coolmunda , with some nice
Yellowbelly and a couple of Cod taken through the old creek bed, but as the
water temperature rises, lures will start to become more effective. Leslie Dam
saw a slight increase in activity over the past week, with a few Yellowbelly
and Silver perch landed on trolled hard body lures, in approximately 10 foot of
water, in front of the Washpool, there have also been some nice Yellowbelly
caught, working the banks with Jackals, while opposite the dam wall in about 30
foot of water, has been a pretty good spot for the bait anglers. As for the
rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi has produced good sized Yellowbelly on
bait and hard bodies, the Balonne at St.George is fishing well for Yellowbelly
on brighter coloured lures, the Dumeresq has picked up a bit, with Yellowbelly
biting well on bait, and the Condamine River continues to fish well for
Yellowbelly and Cod, with most of the weirs and popular holes, throughout the
system proving to be quite productive.
GOLD COAST
Offshore fishing has been a bit quiet, but the36’s and
50’s have produced some quality Pearl Perch, Kingies and Amberjack, while the
close artificial reefs have been good for Snapper. Inshore fishing has seen
Jew, Tailor and Trevally in the Seaway on the run in tide, good numbers of
Flathead on soft plastics and trolled lures throughout the Broadwater and also
at the Pin, quality Whiting at the Council Chambers in the Nerang River, Tailor
off the beaches and a few Sand Crabs have started to show up in the southern
end of the Broadwater.
SUNSHINE COAST
Offshore fishing has again been pretty quiet, with
only low numbers of Snapper and Parrot Fish taken on 8 and 12 Mile reefs and
Caloundra wide has produced Snapper and Kingfish. Inshore fishing has seen
plenty of big Whiting around the Power Boat Club, quality Flathead on soft
plastics at the bar entrance, small Trevally in the Pelican Waters canals, some
decent Bass in the upper reaches of the Mooloolah River and in the Noosa River,
Tailor are hitting surface poppers in Woods Bay, big Flathead and Whiting
throughout, some nice Jewies to 80cm in the deeper holes and the upper reaches
have seen some nice Mangrove Jack getting about.
FRASER ISLAND
Good numbers of Tailor, Whiting and Dart getting about
the exposed beaches, with some really good quality Tailor starting to show up.
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