FISHING REPORT – 25-06-2015
BASS
Family Affair!! Murray Janke and his son Ben landed these healthy Cod on a recent trip into the New England area!! |
YELLOWBELLY AND
COD
Cooby Dam has seen a few Yellowbelly taken in the
deeper parts of the dam, with ZX blades and frozen saltwater yabbies working
the best and it’s still worth a try with hard bodies and bait around the weed
edges. Glenlyon is still producing reasonable numbers of Yellowbelly;
vertically worked Blades have gone well on these fish, while frozen saltwater
yabbies have produced a few for the bait anglers and some decent Cod have been
taken around the timber, with trolled hard bodies and
Spinnerbaits working well on those fish. Frozen saltwater yabbies and live
shrimp have been effective for Yellowbelly along the rock wall at Coolmunda Dam
this week and trolled hard bodies have picked up a few legal sized Cod, with
the biggest fish measuring 87cm. Leslie Dam has seen good results
over the past week, with some quality Yellowbelly, including a few over the
50cm mark, landed in the main basin, the majority of these fish have been taken
on live shrimp and frozen saltwater yabbies, while soft vibes, blades and
lipless crankbaits have also been working well. There’s also been a few landed
towards the back of the dam, but most of the action has been in closer to the
boat ramps. Boondooma has seen good numbers of quality Yellowbelly taking
spinnerbaits and Jackalls, mainly in the Boyne River arm of the dam. As for the
rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi has seen reasonable numbers of Cod hitting
surface lures and bigger spinnerbaits and frozen saltwater yabbies have
accounted for a few Yellowbelly, the Dumeresq at Texas has also seen a
few Cod hitting surface lures and bigger spinnerbaits, and the Warwick and
Pratten reaches of the Condamine have produced good numbers of Yellowbelly and
some quality Cod on spinnerbaits, frozen saltwater yabbies and cray tails.
COASTAL FISHING
At the Gold Coast, offshore fishing has again seen a
bit of action this week, with the 36’s and 50’s producing good numbers of
Amberjack and Snapper on drift baits and jigs, and the 18’s and 24’s have seen
a few Cobia and Trag Jew getting about. Inshore fishing has seen the Southport
Seaway producing Tailor and Trevally on the tide changes, heaps of Gar and
Squid on the weed banks throughout the Broadwater; and quality Bream and
Flathead are taking bait and soft plastics throughout the Jumpinpin area, with
the runout tide being the best time to target these fish. As for the Sunny
Coast, offshore fishing has been pretty good again; the inner reefs have all
produced Snapper, Cobia and Red Throat Sweetlip, while Sunshine and North reefs
have produced the better quality Snapper. Inshore fishing has seen the Maroochy
River producing Bream, Trevally and Tailor around the bridges and rock bars, Caloundra
is fishing well for Luderick off the Boardwalk, Flathead and Bream throughout
the passage, while at Noosa, plenty of action in the river, with Trevally and
Tailor smashing surface poppers, good numbers of Flathead, with bigger fish
showing up after dark, plenty of Bream around any sort of structure and a few Jewies
have been taken off the beaches.