FISHING REPORT   – 30-06-2016

BASS

There’s still some good shows of fish at Cressbrook Dam at the moment; although they have been a bit harder to catch, particularly for the lure anglers, the steeper points in the main basin and around the Eagles Nest area have been good places to look, while live shrimp, soft plastics and tail spinners will give the best chance of landing a couple. Nothing much has changed at Somerset, with live shrimp picking up a few fish around the timber at Kirkleigh. The Bass have moved into deeper water at Boondooma this week, try working mask vibes, blades and soft plastics through these fish for the best results, there’s also the odd fish still on the edges, with suspending lures picking up most of these, at Bjelke Peterson, blades, mask vibes and live shrimp fished around Bass Point have produced good numbers. Moogerah has produced a few Bass on soft plastics throughout the main basin, as well as in the timber to the west of the day use boat ramp, 25-35ft of water seems to be a good depth to work in, it’s also worth trying around the weed edges early morning and late afternoon with soft plastics and crank baits and Maroon Dam has produced a few fish again this week, with anglers picking up some decent Bass around the weed pockets, soft plastics and crank baits are still working well, and blades have also accounted for a few fish.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Not a lot has changed at Cooby Dam this week, there has been a few Yellowbelly taking blades and frozen saltwater yabbies in the deeper parts of the dam, while blades and soft vibes have again produced a few fish around the weed edges, early morning and late afternoon. Not a lot has changed at Glenlyon this week; trolled hard bodies, frozen saltwater yabbies and live worms have been effective for Yellowbelly, with some nice Cod up to 100cm taken on bigger trolled hard bodies and spinnerbaits. A bit quiet at Leslie Dam again this week, with low numbers of Yellowbelly taking frozen saltwater yabbies in the main basin and blades worked slow and tight to the bottom have accounted for a few as well. Boondooma has seen good quality Yellowbelly taking frozen saltwater yabbies and live shrimp, around the timber, in both arms and also in the deeper parts of the main basin. Bait has been the better option at Bjelke Peterson this week, with live worms and frozen saltwater yabbies picking up a few around the steeper banks and also the timber. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi has seen frozen saltwater yabbies picking up the odd Yellowbelly, the Dumeresq at Texas has produced a few Cod up to 90cm, mainly on surface lures and mainly early in the morning while frozen saltwater yabbies have picked up a few Yellowbelly and the Condamine River is still quite dirty at the moment, so it’s a matter of waiting until it clears and the fishing starts to pick up.

COASTAL FISHING

Offshore fishing has been fairly good again at the Gold Coast this week, with the 36’s and 50’s producing good numbers of Pearl Perch, Snapper and Kingies; there’s also a few Snapper in a bit closer on the 18’s and 24’s. Inshore fishing has seen the entrance to the Southport Seaway producing Mulloway and Tailor on the incoming tide; quality Flathead and Mulloway at the Jumpinpin Bar and Gar have been prominent on the weed banks around Crab Island. While at the Sunny Coast, offshore fishing has been pretty good again; plenty of Snapper, Pearl Perch and Cobia on 5, 8 and 12 Mile Reef’s. Inshore fishing has seen plenty of big Bream throughout the Passage, a few winter Whiting getting about; plenty of Bream, Flathead and Jewies throughout the Maroochy and Noosa Rivers and the beaches are producing Tailor and Dart in most of the gutters.

 

 

 

FISHING REPORT   – 23-06-2016

BASS

Still a few Bass around at Cressbrook Dam this week; try the steeper points in the main basin and also the Bull Creek arm, while soft plastics, metal spoons and shrimp have been successful. Still a bit quiet at Somerset, with live shrimp picking up a few fish around the timber at Kirkleigh. Plenty of quality Bass up to 2kg at Boondooma this week, with suspending minnows and soft plastics cast to the edges picking up a lot of the fish, while ice jigs have worked well in the deeper water, soft plastics cast to the edges have picked up a few at Bjelke Peterson, Moogerah has seen soft plastics picking up some quality fish throughout the main basin in 25-35ft of water, it’s also worth trying around the weed edges early morning and late afternoon with suspending minnows and crank baits and Maroon Dam has produced a few fish this week, with anglers picking up some decent Bass around the weed pockets, soft plastics and crank baits are working the best, with blades also accounting for a few fish.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby Dam has seen a few Yellowbelly taking blades and frozen saltwater yabbies in the deeper parts of the dam, while blades and soft vibes have produced a few fish around the weed edges. Reasonable numbers of Yellowbelly and Silver Perch at Coolmunda Dam this week, the drop-offs to the old creek beds and also along the rock wall have been good spots to target. Frozen saltwater yabbies and live worms have been effective for Yellowbelly at Glenlyon, with some nice Cod up to 80cm taken on spinnerbaits and trolled hard bodies. A bit quiet at Leslie Dam this week, with low numbers of Yellowbelly taking frozen saltwater yabbies in the main basin and trolled spinnerbaits accounted for a few Cod up to 75cm. Boondooma has seen good quality Yellowbelly taking frozen saltwater yabbies and live shrimp, around the timber in the Stuart River arm and Bjelke Peterson has seen a few fish taken on bait around the timber and also on trolled hard bodies in the main basin.

COASTAL FISHING

Offshore fishing has been good again at the Gold Coast, with the 18’s and 24’s east of the Seaway producing Snapper and Cobia and the northern 50’s have been good for Amberjack and bigger Snapper. Inshore fishing saw the Southport Seaway producing a few Kingies, Tailor and Trevally on live baits along the rock walls; quality Flathead and Bream throughout the Jumpinpin area and also throughout most of the estuaries at the Gold Coast. While at the Sunny Coast, offshore fishing has been pretty good again; plenty of Snapper and Cobia on 12 Mile Reef and the wider reefs have all produced plenty of Pearl Perch and Trag Jew. Inshore fishing has seen Bream and Flathead off the Boardwalk, inside the bar entrance at Caloundra and also at the mouth of the Maroochy and Noosa Rivers, plenty of Trevally on surface lures and live bait throughout all of the estuaries and some decent Whiting have been caught on the sand flats around the Power Boat Club.

FISHING REPORT   – 16-06-2016

BASS

Cressbrook Dam has produced a few Bass again this week, it’s worth a look out from the boat ramp in the main basin, and from the buoy line through to the main point in the Bull Creek arm, metal spoons and blades will give you the best chance of landing a fish, while live shrimp have worked well for the bait anglers. Somerset is still pretty ordinary at the moment, the best option would be looking in and around the timber at Kirkleigh, and using live shrimp should give the best results. Boondooma Dam has seen the Bass taking suspending minnows on the weed edges; tailspinners and spinnerbaits are working on the points and ice jigs have picked up a few in the deeper water. At Bjelke Peterson; blades, trolled hard bodies and live shrimp have all worked well at Bass Point and Maroon Dam saw some quality Bass picked up in amongst the weed beds, with suspending minnows working well.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Only low numbers of fish caught in Cooby this week, using bait or working diving hard bodies and blades fairly tight to the weed edges has worked the best. Glenlyon has been fairly quiet this week, with only the odd Yellowbelly taking frozen saltwater yabbies, while the odd Cod has been taken on spinnerbaits. Coolmunda Dam has seen a few Yellowbelly caught again this week, frozen saltwater yabbies and live worms have produced the most fish, while trolled hard bodies have picked up a few Cod, including a 90cm model, which was caught on Thursday morning. Fishing has been a bit better at Leslie over the past week; most of the Yellowbelly were landed in the main basin with live shrimp and frozen saltwater yabbies working the best for the bait anglers, while the lure anglers had success on blades and soft vibes, worked tight to the bottom. The soft vibes also accounted for a couple of legal sized Cod, with several smaller Cod landed as well. Boondooma fished a bit harder for Yellowbelly, with the Boyne arm only producing small numbers on live bait, while at Bjelke Peterson, live bait picked up the majority of fish, however, running deep diving hard bodies so they were bumping the bottom or jigging blades picked up the odd one as well. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi saw a few Yellowbelly taken on bait and the Dumeresq at Texas has seen Cod hitting surface lures and bigger spinnerbaits downstream of the township.

COASTAL FISHING

Offshore fishing at the Gold Coast has seen a bit of action, with the 36’s and 50’s producing a few Snapper and Amberjack. Inshore fishing has seen the Southport Seaway producing plenty of Bream, Whiting out from the Council Chambers in the Nerang River; plenty of Flathead on bait and soft plastics around the pin and plenty of Tailor on the incoming tide, at the Jumpinpin bar entrance. As for the Sunny Coast, offshore fishing has been pretty good this week; Currumundi, 12 Mile and North Reefs have all produced Snapper, Cobia, Red Throat Sweetlip and the odd Kingy, while inshore fishing has seen the Maroochy River producing Bream and Flathead on soft plastics throughout, Caloundra is fishing well for Bream off the Boardwalk, Flathead throughout Bells Creek and at the bar entrance,  while at Noosa, Jewies at night along the rock walls, Flathead and Bream throughout the system and Golden Trevally and Tailor at the river mouth.

FISHING REPORT   – 09-06-2016

BASS

Not a lot to report from Cressbrook Dam this week, there has been a few smaller Bass landed, mainly on soft plastics and tailspinners. The main basin has been the best spot to target. Somerset has produced some nice fish up to 50cm; soft plastics and mask vibes hopped through schooled fish, on the flats at Queen Street and Kirkleigh has worked well. It’s also been pretty good for the bait anglers with some quality Bass taking live bait around the timber. Boondooma Dam has seen ice jigs picking up Bass in the deeper water, while blades, tailspinners and mask vibes have worked well around the timber in the Boyne arm. Bjelke Peterson produced some decent Bass on soft plastics, cast to the edges and worked back to the boat and Moogerah Dam has also been a bit quieter this week with only low numbers taking plastics worked near the weed banks.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Pretty quiet on the Yellowbelly scene this week; Coolmunda Dam only produced a few fish on frozen saltwater yabbies. Leslie Dam has seen the bait anglers landing some Yellowbelly on live shrimp and crays, mask vibes picked up a couple near the Washpool Camping Reserve and darker coloured blades picked up a few in the deeper water. Bjelke Peterson has seen a few Yellowbelly taking bait fished around the timber; the timbered areas of both arms of Boondooma have again been productive for Yellowbelly, with live bait working the best on these fish. As for the rivers, not much to report from the Macintyre and Dumeresq Rivers, however the upper reaches of the Condamine River produced some quality Yellowbelly and Cod on spinnerbaits and surface lures

COASTAL FISHING

Nothing to report from the Gold Coast this week. Offshore at the Sunny Coast has seen a few nice reef fish caught in-close on Little and Big Halls reefs, during the bigger swell; there’s also the odd spanish mackerel hanging around Jew Shoal, with slow trolled live baits being the best way to pick up a pelagic.

Inshore fishing at Caloundra has seen Bream around the bar entrance and Military Jetty, Flathead on soft plastics at the mouth of Bells Creek and the Maroochy River, at Noosa; look around the river mouth for Trevally and Tailor, good sized Bream throughout the system and Sunshine and Castaways beaches have seen the odd big jew and tailor caught after dark.

FISHING REPORT   – 02-06-2016

BASS

Cressbrook Dam has been a bit quieter this week, but there’s been some quality Bass landed, mainly on soft plastics and tailspinners. The Bull Creek arm has still been the best spot to target. Somerset has been quiet for the lure anglers, but there’s been a few Bass taking live bait in the timbered area at Kirkleigh. Boondooma Dam has produced some quality Bass on ice jigs, blades and spinnerbaits, in the deeper water, around the junction and Pelican Point. Bjelke Peterson has produced a few Bass on blades, in the deeper parts of the dam, Bass Point has also seen a few taken on trolled hard bodies and live shrimp. At Moogerah Dam, the Bass are hanging out from the timber, near the day use boat ramp, rigging soft plastics on a 1/2oz jighead and working them steady and close to the bottom will give the best results; tailspinners and ice jigs have also picked up a few.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Not much to report from Cooby Dam this week, however Glenlyon continues to fish quite well, good numbers of Yellowbelly have been taken on frozen saltwater yabbies, 25-30ft of water seems to be the depth to look in, while bigger spinnerbaits and trolled hard bodies have produced some nice Cod around the timbered parts. Coolmunda Dam has fished alright again this week, looking in the deeper parts of the dam has produced the most fish, live worms and frozen saltwater yabbies have worked the best. Yellowbelly have remained active at Leslie Dam this week, with some quality fish being landed in the deeper water; cray tails and frozen saltwater yabbies accounted for the majority of these, while blades and mask vibes picked up a few as well. Bjelke Peterson has seen a few Yellowbelly taken on trolled lures around Bass Point; the timbered areas of both arms of Boondooma have again been productive for Yellowbelly, with live bait working the best on these fish. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi has seen a few Yellowbelly taken on frozen saltwater yabbies and live worms, a few smaller Cod have been hitting surface lures in the Dumeresq River at Texas and the upper reaches of the Condamine River has produced some quality Yellowbelly and Cod on spinnerbaits and crays.

COASTAL FISHING

Conditions aren’t looking good for Coastal fishing this weekend, however offshore fishing has been productive at the Gold Coast during this week, with good numbers of Kingies, Amberjack and Snapper on the Northern 50’s and the 36’s have produced Trag Jew and Snapper. While inshore fishing has seen schools of Chopper Tailor in the Southport Seaway, Whiting and Flathead around Wavebreak Island, Jewies off the pipeline and Bream and Flathead have been prominent throughout the Jumpinpin area, while at the Sunny Coast, Snapper and Cobia have been prominent on Sunshine and Murphy’s Reefs and most of the reefs are holding a lot of Mack and Long Tail Tuna. Inshore fishing at Caloundra has seen Bream along the boardwalk, Flathead on soft plastics, along the sandbanks in the passage, Whiting and Flathead throughout most of the estuaries, poppers and metal slugs are picking up Trevally and Tailor at the mouth of the Noosa River and the beaches have been producing a few Tailor as well.