FISHING REPORT – 17-03-2016

BASS

Cressbrook has seen a few bigger Bass around this week, there are still some smaller fish holding just off the camp ground point and in the left branch past the toilet block in the Bull Creek arm; however the biger fish have been in the Eales nest area, hopping blades and soft plastics, or using live shrimp have again been the best methods. Boondooma Dam has again produced some decent catches of Bass; there is a few smaller fish about, with Ice jigs, soft plastics and tailspinners working well at Leizagangs, Pelican Point and The Junction, while bait and spinnerbaits accounted for a few in the timbered area of the Boyne and Stuart arms. Bass are still fairly active in Bjelke Peterson, casting Jackals, Blades and Spinnerbaits around the timbered edges has produced quality fish, it’s also worth a look on the flats out from Bass Point, while trolling hard bodies on the drop-offs has seen a few landed as well. Somerset Dam has produced some quality Bass over the past week, the start of the timber at Kirkleigh and Pelican Point were the hot spots last weekend, while trolled hard bodies and live shrimp worked the best and Moogerah saw some quality Bass landed towards the back of the dam, with blades, tail spinners and plastics all working well.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby Dam has seen the odd Yellowbelly taking Ecogear ZX blades, just out from the dam wall buoy line; trolled lures and frozen saltwater yabbies have also produced a few decent fish along the right hand bank, just out from the buoy line. Boondooma and Bjelke Peterson continue to produce good numbers of quality Yellowbelly, the Stuart and Boyne arms have been the spots to target the fish in Boondooma, with live shrimp and trolled hard bodies picking up the best numbers, while at Bjelke Peterson, the points and timbered areas have provided the best catches. Coolmunda Dam has seen some good quality Yellowbelly taken in the timber on saltwater yabbies, Jackalls and spinnerbaits, good size Silver Perch on live worms, but the Cod have been a bit quiet. Leslie Dam has seen Yellowbelly being landed on both lures and bait, most of the fish are holding close to the bottom and Blades and Mask Vibes have been working the best on these fish, there’s good numbers holding in the rocky structure across from the dam wall and frozen saltwater yabbies have accounted for some quality fish around the Black Boys. Glenlyon has improved this week, with reasonable numbers of Yellowbelly and Silver Perch taken on frozen saltwater yabbies and live worms, there have also been a few Cod about, with Spinnerbaits accounting for most of these. As for the rivers, the Macintyre River at Goondi has been a bit quiet this week, with only a few Yellowbelly taken on bait in the town reaches and the Dumeresq at Texas has produced reasonable numbers of Cod on spinnerbaits, while bait accounted for a few Yellowbelly.

COASTAL FISHING

Offshore fishing at the Gold Coast has continued to produce Mackerel on trolled lures and drift baits from the front of the Seaway right through to Mermaid Reef and a bit wider of the 50’s has produced heaps of Blue Marlin on trolled skirts. The Seaway has seen good numbers of Jewies on the incoming tide, on live bait, there’s also been a few Kingies in amongst them, plenty of good sized Whiting in the Broadwater, and Flathead have been taking soft plastics at Kalinga Bank. While at the Sunshine Coast, Spanish and Spotty Mackerel are about in big numbers, right along the coast, trolling lures has been the best method, while inshore fishing at Caloundra has seen plenty of big Whiting on the flats in the Passage and Flathead and Bream off the boardwalk, Trevally in the Pelican Waters canals, the Maroochy River has seen a few Threadfin and Blue Salmon getting about, Jacks around the bridge pylons, plenty of Flathead, Trevally and Jewies at the mouth of the Noosa River and good numbers of Jewies off the beaches as well.