Fishing Report 23-07-15

FISHING REPORT   – 23-07-2015

BASS

Cressbrook has seen a few Bass taken on white tailspinners and soft plastics around Deer Island, there’s also been the odd larger fish taking blades in the Eagles Nest area. At Boondooma, the odd bass has been caught on ice jigs and blades throughout the main basin, the weed edges have produced fish early mornings on blades, while live shrimp have worked well at the start of the timber in the Boyne arm. Bjelke Peterson had a big improvement this week, with good numbers of Bass taken on ice jigs and blades at the bottom end of the dam and working spinnerbaits and blades to the edges, from Bass Point right through to the wall has also produced a few and Moogerah Dam saw a few fish taking soft plastics and soft vibes

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

A few Cod taken on spinnerbaits around The Caves at Glenlyon this week, but no big fish to report and a few Yellowbelly are taking worms and frozen saltwater yabbies. Coolmunda is still producing a few Yellowbelly on live shrimp around the timber and trolling hard bodies and spinnerbaits in the old creek bed has also worked quite well. Fishing at Leslie Dam has improved over the past week, with fairly good numbers of Yellowbelly being caught, live shrimp and frozen saltwater yabbies worked the best for the bait anglers, while the lure anglers experienced the best results using blades and mask vibes, out from the Ski Club, the Washpool, Cod Alley and opposite the dam wall were the pick of the spot. There were also a couple of legal size Murray Cod landed on spinnerbaits. 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. As for the rivers, the Dumeresq River at Texas has produced reasonable numbers of Cod this week on surface lures, and the Condamine River has produced a few Cod and Yellowbelly on spinnerbaits and frozen saltwater yabbies.

COASTAL FISHING
At the Gold Coast, 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 Bream and Flathead, early morning on the run in tide has been the best time and plenty of good quality Flathead and big Bream throughout the Jumpinpin and Bay Islands areas. While at the Sunny Coast, offshore fishing has seen the outer reefs fishing well for Amberjack and Sweetlip and Snapper have been prominent in a bit closer. 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

Much the same this week, with Dart and Whiting in the gutters at low tide and Chopper Tailor and Mulloway in the deeper holes along the eastern beaches.