FISHING REPORT – 24-08-2016
COD CLOSED SEASON APPROACHING
A closed season applies to Murray cod from 1 September
to 30 November in all Queensland waters contained in the Murray Darling
Drainage Division; this applies to the Condamine, Macintyre, Dumeresq, Weir,
Moonie, Balonne, Warrego and Paroo Rivers. DURING
THIS TIME MURRAY COD MUST NOT BE TAKEN
OR TARGETED IN THESE WATERWAYS. An exception to this closed season applies
to Beardmore, Connolly, Cooby, Coolmunda, Glenlyon, Leslie and Storm King Dams,
where the fish are actually stocked.
BASS
Cressbrook produced some quality Bass again this week,
they’re still a bit hard to catch, but if you persist, it will pay off;
tailspinners, soft plastics and trolled hard bodies have all worked again,
while the points have again been the best places to look. Still good shows of
fish at Somerset, which have again produced some good quality Bass on Soft
Plastics, tailspinners and live shrimp, while the flats at Kirkleigh, Bay 13
and the spit, have been the spots to target. Ice jigs and tailspinners worked
in 25-35ft of water have been the most productive at Boondooma this week,
Pelican Point and the junction have been the pick of the spots and Bjelke
Peterson has seen some quality Bass hitting ice jigs, blades and TN60 Jackalls
around the point opposite the boat ramp.
YELLOWBELLY AND
COD
Glenlyon, Leslie and Coolmunda have all received
inflows from this week’s rain; this will impact on the fishing in these dams,
due to the dirty water. Cooby Dam is still producing the odd Yellowbelly on
trolled shallow diving hard bodies, working them near the weed beds, along the
steeper banks in the northern arm has worked the best and the land based
anglers have picked up the odd fish on frozen saltwater yabbies. Bjelke
Peterson and Boondooma saw some good quality Yellowbelly landed
in the same areas and using the same tactics as with the Bass, and Somerset has
produced good quality Yellowbelly again, trolling hard bodies through schooled
fish has been effective. As for the rivers, the Macintyre river at Goondi has
only seen the odd Yellowbelly biting on frozen saltwater yabbies, the Dumeresq has
been quiet, with only a few fish taking bait and not a lot has changed here
locally, with the upper reaches of the Condamine River, still producing a few
Cod and Yellowbelly on spinnerbaits, hard bodies and frozen saltwater yabbies.
COASTAL FISHING
Offshore fishing has produced again at the Gold Coast,
with plenty of Snapper and Cobia taken on the 24’s and 36’s and the
50’s have fished really well for Kingies and Amberjack, while inshore has seen
the Seaway fishing well for Trevally and Kingies along the northern wall, quality
Flathead and Bream on soft plastics throughout the Jumpinpin area and also
around Wavebreak Island. At the Sunny Coast, offshore fishing has seen the
Barwon Banks producing Snapper, Pearl Perch and the odd Cobia, North and
Sunshine Reef have produced big Snapper, mainly at dawn and dusk, while inshore
fishing at Caloundra has produced Bream off the Boardwalk, soft plastics have
worked well for Flathead throughout the passage and the Maroochy River, while
the Noosa River has produced good numbers of quality Bream and Flathead, Jewies
along the ski run on live bait and most of the river mouths have produced big
Whiting up to 43cm.
FRASER ISLAND
Still getting mixed reports from Fraser this week, the
southern gutters are producing the better numbers, but there is a lot of
smaller fish in amongst them, while the low tide gutters have started to
produce some decent Whiting and Dart. 
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