Fishing Report 26-03-2015

FISHING REPORT   –   26-03-2015

BASS

Robert Young caught this Saratoga on a trolled Spinnerbait,
 at Boondooma Dam recently. Good work Robert!!! WG

There have been limited reports from Cressbrook Dam this week, although a few Bass were landed in the Bull Creek arm of the dam on live Shrimp and the Cressbrook Creek arm has again produced a few fish on Spinnerbaits and Blades. Boondooma Dam has fished a bit tougher this past week, there’s plenty of undersized Bass around Leizagangs and The Junction, while Spinnerbaits and Blades accounted for some better fish around Pelican Point. Slightly quieter this week at Bjelke Peterson, but casting Blades and Spinnerbaits to the edges and working them close to the bottom has produced a few fish and trolling hard bodies around the points has enticed a few smaller Bass. Somerset Dam has produced some quality Bass over the past week, working soft plastics through suspended fish, in 40ft of water, at Pelican Point has been good, the start of the timber at Kirkleigh saw some decent catches on Soft Vibes and Spinnerbaits and Moogerah Dam has produced some nice Bass on soft plastics and blades; just off the timber in the main basin proved to be the best spot.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD
Cooby Dam has seen pretty good numbers of Yellowbelly taking Ecogear ZX blades, trolled lures and frozen saltwater yabbies, out from the pontoon, the point opposite the boat ramp and the right hand side just out from the buoy line at the wall have been the best spots. Boondooma Dam has again produced good numbers of quality Yellowbelly, mainly in the Boyne arm, on bait, TN60 Jackalls and Spinnerbaits, while at Bjelke Peterson, the bottom end of the dam has provided the best catches, with Spinnerbaits and trolled hard bodies working the best. Coolmunda Dam fished well over the weekend, with anglers having success around the timber on TN60 Jackalls and Imakatsu Piranhas, live shrimp worked the best for the bait fishermen. Leslie Dam didn’t break any records over the past week; the bait anglers did manage to land a few quality Yellowbelly, as well as some reasonable sized Silver Perch and Eel Tailed Catfish, live shrimp and worms proved to be the most successful bait to use, while the lure anglers had success casting blades and soft vibes at the submerged rocks in the main basin. Glenlyon is producing good numbers of Yellowbelly, Silver Perch and Eel Tail Catfish at the moment, frozen saltwater yabbies, live shrimp and trolled hard bodies have all been effective, there were a few Cod hooked on Spinnerbaits around the timber. As for the rivers, the Macintyre River at Goondiwindi is finally starting to clear in the town reaches, which has seen Cod taking hard body lures, while lipless crankbaits have worked well for the Yellowbelly and the Dumeresq at Texas has produced reasonable numbers of Cod on Spinnerbaits and hard body lures, with a couple of Yellowbelly taken on bait.

COASTAL FISHING

Offshore fishing at the Gold Coast has continued to produce Mackerel on trolled lures and drift baits at Palm and Mermaid Reefs and the 24’s and 36’s have seen good numbers of Snapper and Trag Jew taken. The Spit pipeline has produced stacks of Jewies and Trevally on the incoming tide, on live bait, there’s also been a few small Snapper in amongst them, plenty of good size Whiting in the Nerang River and Kalinga Bank has been a good area for Flathead. While at the Sunshine Coast, Spanish Mackerel and Long Tail Tuna are taking trolled lures, good numbers of Snapper on the northern reefs, while inshore fishing at Caloundra has seen plenty of Whiting on the flats and Bream in the deeper holes in the Passage, Trevally and Queenies in the Pelican Waters canals, Maroochy and Noosa Rivers have seen some quality Jacks getting about, plenty of Flathead and Queenies at the mouth of the Noosa River and good numbers of Jewies off the beaches at night.