Fishing Report 10-11-2016

FISHING REPORT   – 10-11-2016

BASS

At Cressbrook Dam, anglers have had some success on schooled fish in the main basin and near the Eagles Nest, using your sounder to find them and targeting them with soft plastics; tailspinners and live shrimp have been the best options on these fish. Somerset Dam has been a bit hit and miss this week; there’s plenty of fish showing on the sounder, but it’s a matter of being there on the right day, the fish are still holding in Bay 13 and around Pelican Point and targeting them with soft plastics, spoons and tailspinners should bring the best results. Boondooma is firing at the moment, with heaps of Bass taking bait in the timbered area of both arms and working spinnerbaits, plastics and blades just outside the weed beds in the Stuart arm has been good also. At Bjelke Peterson, spinnerbaits, tailspinners and TN60 Jackalls have all been working well on the flats out from Bass Point, trolling green coloured hard bodies through the old creek beds has also been effective and Maroon Dam has seen surface lures working well, early morning and late afternoon, while soft plastics worked around the weed banks has been productive as well.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby is still fishing well for Yellowbelly, working the rock walls, just out from the dam wall buoy line with trolled hard bodies and ZX blades has been good and it’s also worth using the same methods just off the weed edges. Trolling hard bodies along the rock wall at the Eagles Nest, has produced some decent Yellowbelly at Cressbrook. Glenlyon has been good again this week, with a few Cod getting about, some decent sized fish have been hitting bigger Spinnerbaits and trolled hard bodies in the timbered areas, Yellowbelly have also been quite active in 20–30ft of water; jigged blades, live shrimp and worms have worked well for these. At Coolmunda, trolling darker coloured hard bodies along the drop-offs has produced the odd fish, while using frozen saltwater yabbies or live shrimp around the timber has been the better option. Leslie Dam has seen some nice fish landed over the past week, there were good numbers of Yellowbelly landed on live shrimp, frozen saltwater yabbies and jigged ZX blades in the main basin, there was also a few Cod landed on spinnerbaits and TN60’s, while Silver Perch and Eel tail Catfish were caught of the banks, using live worms and in the South Burnett, both Boondooma and Bjelke Peterson dams have again produced good numbers of Yellowbelly, targeting the same areas and using the same methods as with the Bass has given the best results. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondi has seen bait, hard bodies and spinnerbaits working well for Yellowbelly and bait has been the best option for the Condamine River, with most of the popular haunts producing some decent fish.

COASTAL FISHING

Offshore fishing at the Gold Coast this week, has seen some decent Cobia on the 18’s & 24’s, good numbers of Kingies hitting jigs on the 50’s and if you venture out wider, there’s been has been a few Mahi Mahi starting to show up. Inshore fishing has seen smaller Kingies and Trevally hitting lures, in the Seaway, early morning on the run in tide, a few Flathead are still getting about Kalinga Bank, Whiting at the mouth of the Coomera River and near the Council Chambers in the Nerang River and the southern Broadwater has produced a few Sand Crabs. At the Sunny Coast, offshore fishing has seen Snapper, Pearl Perch and Trag Jew on North Reef and Coral Trout have been prominent at Sunshine Reef. Inshore fishing has seen the passage at Caloundra and also the Mooloolah River fishing well on the banks for Whiting, Flathead and a few solid Bream. The Mooloolah River is also producing some decent Trevally around the bridges, early morning on soft plastics. The Maroochy River has been fishing well for Flathead around the mouth, Bream and Trevally on plastics around the bridges, a few Jacks are taking live bait around the creek mouths at night and Lake Weyba has seen a few Whiting and Bream taking surface poppers along the edges.

Fishing Report 03-11-2016

FISHING REPORT   – 03-11-2016

BASS

Somerset Dam has picked up over the past week; with reasonable numbers of quality Bass hitting tailspinners and trolled darker coloured hard bodies around Pelican Point, looking in 25-30ft of water has worked best. Cressbrook has produced fairly good numbers of Bass, casting Blades and Jackalls to the edges has produced a few fish, there is also good numbers of quality fish suspended in the deeper water, in the main basin, trolled hard bodies, spoons and tailspinners have picked up the majority of these fish. Trolling hard bodies have worked well around the junction at Boondooma this week, the mid to upper reaches of the Stuart arm have also produced some nice Bass on Jackalls and Spinnerbaits. At Bjelke Peterson, casting spinnerbaits to the edges has produced a few Bass, working the spinnerbaits slow and close to the bottom has been the best method, while trolling hard bodies and hopping soft vibes has worked well on the flats and Moogerah has produced good numbers again, with blades and TN60 Jackalls working the best, particularly around the timber.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Plenty of activity for Yellowbelly and Cod fishing this week, at Cooby Dam, blades and Ice Jigs have worked well on the deeper fish, while frozen Saltwater Yabbies and live Shrimp have again been popular baits and trolling smaller hard bodies along the weed edges has also been successfull. Glenlyon has been good again this week, with plenty of Yellowbelly and a few Cod getting about, the Cod have been hitting bigger Spinnerbaits in the timbered areas, the Yellowbelly have been hitting a variety of hard body lures, with TN60’s working the best on these fish. Coolmunda continues to improve as the water settles, using live shrimp around the timber has picked up the majority of fish, with hard bodies only picking up a few. Leslie Dam continues to produce good numbers, with anglers landing fish all over the dam, hard body lures, soft vibes and blades are all working well for Yellowbelly and Cod, while live worms have been effective for the land based anglers. Somerset is also producing Yellowbelly at the moment, trolling hard bodies in the Pelican Point and Bay 13 areas has been effective, while blades and Ice Jigs have worked well in the timber; and in the South Burnett, both Boondooma and Bjelke Peterson dams have again produced good numbers of Yellowbelly, in Boondooma, bait has been effective in the Stuart and Boyne arms and casting spinnerbaits around the timber in the upper reaches of the Stuart arm has produced some big fish as well, while at Bjelke Peterson, Yellowbelly have been taking spinnerbaits and trolled hard bodies, with Bass Point being a popular spot. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondi has been fishing consistently for Yellowbelly, with Jackalls and spinnerbaits working the best.

COASTAL FISHING

Offshore fishing has been steady this week, the 18’s have produced good size Snapper and Kingies, while on the 50’s, Pearl Perch, Kingies and Amberjack have been on the move. Inshore fishing has seen Kingies and School Jew in the Seaway, reasonable numbers of Flathead at the Pin, Whiting out from Sea World and near the Council Chambers in the Nerang River and the upper reaches of the Coomera River has fished well for Mangrove Jack. At the Sunny Coast, offshore fishing has again been a bit quiet this week, but there has been the odd Spotty Mackerel and Yellowfin Tuna getting about and the outer reefs have produced the odd Snapper, Pearl Perch, Cobia and Kingy. Inshore fishing has seen a few Flathead and Whiting taken in the Passage, quality Mangrove Jack are hanging around structure, in most of the estuaries, but you do have work hard for them, the Maroochy River has seen some good action for Whiting, on poppers along the sand bars and in the Noosa River, there are plenty of Flathead, Whiting, School Jew and Mangrove Jack throughout the system.