FISHING REPORT   – 18-07-2014

BASS

A bit hit and miss at Cressbrook at the moment, look for schooled fish throughout the dam and target them with soft plastics, soft vibes, ice jigs and blades, it’s also worth a try around the edges, particularly early morning and late afternoon, soft plastics, blades and crankbaits would be your best options in these areas. A few schools of fish are starting to show up at Somerset Dam, Pelican Point, Eagles Nest, Queen Street and the start of the timber at Kirkleigh are the better spots, with vertically worked blades picking up a few fish. At Boondooma, the odd bass has been caught casting blades to edges and jigging blades off the bottom in top end of the Stuart River and there’s still a few active fish at Maroon, they have mainly been around the edges and weed pockets, with soft plastics and small suspending minnows proving to be the most effective.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

A few Cod on spinnerbaits at Glenlyon this week, and still some decent numbers of Yellowbelly taking live shrimp. Coolmunda is still producing a few Yellowbelly on bait, and in the deeper parts of the dam, Soft Vibes and blades have produced a few fish as well. Much the same in the Warwick area this week, at Leslie Dam, a few Yellowbelly have been taken on live shrimp and frozen saltwater yabbies, also targeting submerged structure with soft vibes has been effective and Boondooma Dam has seen a few Yellowbelly and Silver Perch taken on live shrimp, Jackals and Spinnerbaits in the timbered areas of both arms of the dam. Not a lot has changed as far as the rivers are concerned, the Macintyre River has again seen good numbers of Cod hitting surface lures and bigger spinnerbaits, quality Yellowbelly have been plentiful as well, the Dumeresq River, downstream of Texas has produced reasonable numbers of Cod this week, surface lures and spinnerbaits have been effective there as well, and the upper reaches of the Condamine River have produced a few Cod and Yellowbelly on spinnerbaits, hard bodies and frozen saltwater yabbies.

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

Offshore fishing has been pretty good again, with Snapper, Cobia and Trag Jew taken on the 18’s and 24’s, and for anyone who has ventured out further, there has been a few Kingies and Pearl Perch on the 50’s, while inshore, has seen the Seaway fishing well for Jewies at night, Tailor, Trevally and Kingfish early morning, on the run in tide, quality Flathead at Kalinga Banks, Jewies and Tailor inside the Jumpinpin Bar and Squid and Gar are plentiful around the weed banks throughout the Broadwater.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has seen the northern grounds producing some quality Sweetlip, Caloundra 12 mile has produced some good Snapper and the Barwon Banks and Caloundra Wide have been the places to go for a few Pearl Perch and Cobia. Inshore fishing has seen Gar starting to show up in the Mooloolah River, the entrance to Lake Weyba has been producing a few Jacks and Flathead, the Woods Bay area has been good for a few Trevally and Tailor, the Passage and Pelican Waters have produced Bream and Flathead and on the beaches, Tailor have started to show up in reasonable size and numbers, Bream have also been worth chasing with some good quality fish being caught.

FRASER ISLAND

Good numbers of Tailor, Whiting and Dart getting about, the average size of the Tailor is starting to pick up, with a lot of the fish pushing the 55cm mark.

FISHING REPORT   – 11-07-2014

ABT BASS PRO AT BOONDOOMA

Congratulations to Steve “Killer” Kanowski on his win, in what was a tuff bite at Boondooma Dam last weekend, he also took out the Big Bass prize, with a healthy 2.01kg fish. Local angler Ray Holmes took out the non-boater devision, well done Ray and overall for the weekend, there were 80 Bass weighed in, at an average weight of 820 grams.

BASS

The fishing has been pretty tuff again at Boondooma this week, tailspinners and blades have been the most effective, while the timbered area of the Stewart arm has been the best spot to target, blades and live shrimp have picked up a few Bass at Bjelke Peterson 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 the best.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Glenlyon Dam has been the best impoundment for Yellowbelly this week, good numbers of fish are taking live worms and frozen saltwater yabbies in 30-40ft of water, low numbers of Yellowbelly at Coolmunda Dam this week, the drop-offs to the old creek beds and also along the wall have been the best spots to target. A bit quiet at Leslie Dam again this week, with low numbers of Yellowbelly taking frozen saltwater yabbies in the main basin. Boondooma has seen stacks of good quality Yellowbelly taking blades, spinnerbaits, frozen saltwater yabbies and live shrimp throughout the dam and Bjelke Peterson has seen a few fish taken in the main basin, as well as the points throughout the dam, trolling darker coloured hard bodies has been the most effective. As for the rivers, the Macintyre River has seen good numbers of Cod, up to a metre hitting surface lures and bigger spinnerbaits, quality Yellowbelly to 50cm have been plentiful as well, the Dumeresq River, downstream of Texas has produced reasonable numbers of Cod this week, surface lures and spinnerbaits have been effective there as well and the upper reaches of the Condamine River have produced a few Cod and Yellowbelly on spinnerbaits, hard bodies and frozen saltwater yabbies.

GOLD COAST

Offshore fishing has been good again this week, with the inner reefs fishing well for Amberjack and Cobia and good numbers of Squire and Trag Jew have been taken on the 24’s and 36’s. Inshore fishing saw the Southport Seaway produce a few Tailor and Trevally, along the rock walls; quality Flathead throughout the Jumpinpin area and there’s heaps of Bream and Whiting throughout most of the estuaries.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has been pretty good again; there’s plenty of Snapper about at the moment, with 5 Mile, 12 Mile, Sunshine and Caloundra Wide all producing, there’s also a few Pearl Perch amongst them and the odd Mackerel is still getting about. While inshore fishing has seen Bream and Luderick off the Boardwalk and plenty of Bream also throughout the Maroochy River, School Jew in the passage and the Noosa River has produced big Sea Bream just inside the river mouth, School Jew and Flathead to 90cm on soft plastics and blades and soft plastics have also worked well for Golden Trevally.

HERVEY BAY

Tuna and Mackerel in Platypus Bay, plenty of Bream around the jetties and rock walls, a few flathead along the beaches and there’s been a few Tailor starting to show up on the southern end of Fraser Island.

 

 

Fishing Report 3-07-2014

FISHING REPORT   – 04-07-2014

BASS

Not a lot has changed at Cressbrook Dam this week; it has again produced a few fish on live Shrimp, around the main point in the Bull Creek arm, while soft plastics and shrimp have been successful around the Eagles Nest area. Quite a lot of fish still showing at Somerset, and getting them to bite has again been a bit difficult, Pelican Point, Bay 13 and the hump have been good spots to target, with slow rolled soft plastics, blades and live shrimp picking up a few fish. It’s been a bit steady again at Boondooma this week, with soft vibes cast to the edges, picking up a few, while Blades and Tailspinners have worked well around the points, blades and live shrimp have picked up a few Bass at Bjelke Peterson 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, early morning and late afternoon. Reasonable numbers of Yellowbelly at Coolmunda Dam this week, the drop-offs to the old creek beds and also along the wall have been good spots to target. A bit quiet at Leslie Dam again this week, with low numbers of Yellowbelly taking TN60 Jackalls, cast to the edges, there’s still a few fish taking frozen saltwater yabbies in the main basin and trolled hard bodies accounted for a few Cod up to 75cm, near the rock wall, near the buoy line. Boondooma has seen good quality Yellowbelly taking frozen saltwater yabbies and live shrimp, around the timber, in the Stuart River arm of the dam and Bjelke Peterson has seen a few fish taken on bait around the timber and also on trolled hard bodies in the main basin . As for the rivers, the Macintyre River, upstream of Goondiwindi has seen good numbers of Cod hitting surface lures and bigger spinnerbaits, frozen saltwater yabbies have worked well for Yellowbelly, much the same for the Dumeresq at Texas, surface lures have been effective for Cod, while frozen saltwater yabbies have picked up good numbers of Yellowbelly and the upper reaches of the Condamine River have produced some good quality Cod and Yellowbelly on spinnerbaits, hard bodies and frozen saltwater yabbies.

GOLD COAST

Offshore fishing has again seen good action this week, with the inner reefs fishing well for Snapper and Trag Jew and out wider on the 200 fathom mark has produced some decent size Blue Marlin. Inshore fishing saw the Southport Seaway producing a few Kingies, Tailor and Trevally on live baits, along the rock walls; quality Flathead around Crusoe Island and there’s heaps of Bream just inside the Jumpinpin Bar.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has been pretty good again; plenty of Snapper and Cobia on 12 Mile Reef, Red Throat Sweetlip and Snapper at Caloundra wide and the wider reefs have all produced plenty of Tusk Fish and Trag Jew. Inshore fishing has seen Bream and Flathead off the Boardwalk 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 on the sand flats around the Power Boat Club.

HERVEY BAY

Long Tail Tuna and smaller Snapper  on the inner reefs, Flathead, Whiting and Bream along the beaches and the Urangan jetty has been good for a few Tailor and Bream.

 

 

 

FISHING REPORT   – 26-06-2014

BASS

Cressbrook Dam has produced a few fish on live Shrimp, around the main point in the Bull Creek arm, while soft plastics and shrimp have been successful around the Eagles Nest. Quite a lot of fish still showing at Somerset, and getting them to bite has again been a bit difficult, Pelican Point, Queen Street and the start of the timber at Kirkleigh have been good spots to target, with slow rolled soft plastics, blades and live shrimp picking up a few fish. It’s been a bit hit and miss at Boondooma this week, with soft vibes, soft plastics, ice jigs and blades all picking up the odd fish around Pelican Point and also in the Stuart arm and Moogerah Dam has continued to fish well, with anglers still landing some quality Bass in numerous locations, soft plastics and mask vibes 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, early morning and late afternoon. Good numbers of Yellowbelly at Coolmunda Dam this week, the deeper parts of the dam and around the timber have been good spots to target and just out from the buoy line, near the wall has seen a few Cod landed on trolled hard bodies. A bit quiet at Leslie Dam this week, with low numbers of Yellowbelly taking TN60 Jackalls, cast to the edges, near the black boys, and there’s still a few fish taking frozen saltwater yabbies in the main basin. Boondooma has seen good quality Yellowbelly taking frozen saltwater yabbies and live worms in the Boyne River arm of the dam and Bjelke Peterson has seen a few fish taken on bait around the timber. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi has again seen good numbers of Cod hitting surface lures and bigger spinnerbaits, there’s also been a few Yellowbelly taking bait, and the Warwick reaches of the Condamine have produced some good quality Cod on spinnerbaits and hard bodies.

GOLD COAST

Offshore fishing has again seen some good action this week, with the 50’s producing good numbers of Pearl Perch, some decent Wahoo on 9 Mile Reef, while the 24’s and 36’s have seen good numbers of Snapper and Cobia getting about. Inshore fishing saw plenty of action off the beaches, with masses of bait coming in close to shore, where there were plenty of Tailor and Mack Tuna to be had, while the Southport Seaway produced a few Kingies, Tailor and Trevally along the rock walls; and Jewies and Flathead are taking bait and soft plastics around the Jumpinpin bar.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has been pretty good again; there has been some big Tuna up to 30kg getting about, Snapper and Cobia on 12 Mile, Pearl Perch and Snapper at Caloundra wide and a few Mackerel are still hanging around Brays Rock. Inshore fishing has seen the Maroochy River producing Bream around the trawlers; Caloundra is fishing well for Bream and Luderick off the Boardwalk, a few Flathead at the mouth of Bells Creek, the Noosa River has seen Trevally and Tailor taking soft plastics in Woods Bay, the open beaches have produced a few Dart and the headlands have been good for a few Tailor.

FISHING REPORT   – 19-06-2014

BASS

A bit quieter at Cressbrook this week, but it’s worth a look along the buoy line in the main basin, around the main point in Bull Creek and also from the Eagles Nest through to the buoy line in the Cressbrook Creek arm, if you find some fish, try targeting them with smaller hard bodies, soft plastics and blades and live shrimp are always a good option out there. Quite a lot of fish still showing at Somerset, and getting them to bite has still been a bit difficult, Pelican Point, Queen Street and the start of the timber at Kirkleigh have been good spots to target, with slow rolled soft plastics, blades and live shrimp picking up a few fish, working the edges with TN60 Jackalls has been the most effective method this past week. Some decent schools of Bass are showing up at Boondooma, but after catching 2 or 3 fish they will scatter and take a couple of hours to come back, still quite a lot of smaller Bass around the edges with the odd bigger fish in amongst them, using blades and spinnerbaits on the edges has worked the best, while ice jigs and soft plastics have been effective on the schooled fish and Moogerah Dam has continued to fish well, with anglers still landing some quality Bass in numerous locations, soft plastics and ice-jigs are working the best, with blades and soft vibes also accounting for a few fish.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

With the cooler weather setting in, the fishing at Cooby has settled slightly, however there has been a few Yellowbelly taken in the deeper parts of the dam, with ZX blades and frozen saltwater yabbies working the best. Glenlyon is still producing reasonable numbers of Yellowbelly; vertically worked Blades have gone well on these fish, while frozen saltwater yabbies have produced for the bait anglers and some decent Cod have been taken around the timber, with Jackalls and Spinnerbaits working well on those fish. Blades and hard body lures have been effective at Coolmunda Dam this week, with some quality Yellowbelly and a few smaller Cod taken on the drop offs to the old creek beds. Leslie Dam has seen the points producing good numbers of Yellowbelly on blades, still a few fish taking trolled hard bodies in the main basin and working bigger spinnerbaits in the deeper water, out from the buoy line, has produced a few Cod. Boondooma has seen good quality and numbers of Yellowbelly taking soft vibes and live worms, mainly in the Boyne River arm of the dam. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi has again seen good numbers of Cod hitting surface lures and bigger spinnerbaits, there’s also been a few Yellowbelly taking bait, the Dumeresq at Texas has also seen a few Cod hitting surface lures and bigger spinnerbaits, and the Warwick and Pratten reaches of the Condamine have produced small numbers of Yellowbelly on spinnerbaits and frozen saltwater yabbies.

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

Offshore fishing has again seen a bit of action this week, with the 36’s and 50’s producing good numbers of Pearl Perch and Snapper, and the 18’s and 24’s have seen a few Cobia and Mulloway getting about. Inshore fishing has seen the Southport Seaway producing plenty of Jewies along the rock walls, on the tide changes, heaps of Gar and Squid on the weed banks throughout the Broadwater; Flathead are taking bait and soft plastics at Kalinga Bank and Jumpinpin and the deeper holes in the Nerang River are producing some quality Bream.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has been pretty good again; there are still a few Spanish mackerel about, Snapper are starting to show up in better numbers, but they are still out a bit wider, they should start to move in closer as the water temperature drops, and this will also see the numbers increase. Inshore fishing has seen the Maroochy River producing Bream, Trevelly and Tailor around the bridges and rock bars, Caloundra is fishing well for Luderick off the Boardwalk, Flathead and Bream throughout the passage, while at Noosa, plenty of action in the river, with Trevally and Tailor smashing surface poppers, good numbers of Flathead, with bigger fish showing up after dark, plenty of Bream around any sort of structure and a few Jewies have been taken off the beaches.

FISHING REPORT   – 12-06-2014

BASS

Cressbrook Dam has produced a few Bass again this week, try around the points and along the buoy line, in the main basin, near the toilet block in Bull Creek and from Eagles Nest through to the buoy line, in the Cressbrook Creek arm, soft plastics and blades will give you the best chance of landing a fish, while live shrimp have produced good numbers for the bait anglers. Quite a lot of fish still showing at Somerset, and getting them to bite has still been a bit difficult, Pelican Point, “The Hump”, Queen Street and the start of the timber at Kirkleigh have been good spots to target, with slow rolled soft plastics, blades and live shrimp picking up a few fish. If you’re heading to Boondooma this weekend, try hopping blades and mask vibes in the deeper water and it’s also worth trying around the timber with spinnerbaits and bait, a few Bass are schooling, just out from the timbered areas  at Bjelke Peterson, working soft plastics and blades through these fish will get you a few and Moogerah has again seen good numbers of quality Bass landed throughout the dam, using soft plastics and soft vibes, in 25-30ft of water.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Glenlyon is still producing good numbers of Yellowbelly in around 25-30ft of water; vertically worked Blades have gone well on these fish, while live shrimp and worms have worked well for the bait anglers. Coolmunda Dam has seen a few Yellowbelly caught again this week, frozen saltwater yabbies and live worms have produced the most fish. Leslie Dam has continued to produce some quality fish on both lures and bait throughout the main basin, with saltwater yabbies and mask vibes landing the most fish, there was also a few Cod taken on trolled hard bodies and Jackalls, just out from the buoy line. Boondooma and Bjelke Peterson have produced some quality fish in the main basins, jigging blades and trolling deep diving hard bodies has been good and working spinnerbaits around the timber has produced a few fish as well. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi and the Dumeresq at Texas has seen Cod hitting surface lures and bigger spinnerbaits, and locally, the Condamine has continued to produce a few Yellowbelly and Cod at the weirs and popular holes.

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

It was a bit windy over the weekend, but the offshore fishing has again seen a bit of action this week, with the outer 50’s producing Wahoo and Dolphin Fish, the northern 36’s have been good for Pearl Perch and the 18’s and 24’s have seen a few Cobia and Mulloway getting about. Inshore fishing has seen the Southport Seaway producing plenty of Jewies, Tailor and Kingies, heaps of Gar on the weed banks; Flathead are taking bait and soft plastics at Kalinga Bank and Jumpinpin and the rock walls in the Nerang River are producing some quality Bream.

SUNSHINE COAST

Very similar to last week, offshore fishing has been pretty good again; Spanish mackerel and Snapper are prominent on most of the reefs at the moment, there’s also some good numbers of Pearl Perch and Cobia getting about as well. Inshore fishing has seen the Maroochy River producing Bream, Trevelly and Tailor around the bridges and rock bars, Caloundra is fishing well for Bream and Luderick off the Boardwalk, Flathead throughout the passage and Whiting out from the power boat club, while at Noosa, good numbers of Flathead in the river, plenty of Bream around any sort of structure and afew Trevally have been hitting surface lures around the river mouth.

Fishing Report 5-06-2014

FISHING REPORT   – 05-06-2014

BASS

Cressbrook Dam has produced some pretty good numbers of Bass this week, try around the points in the main basin, near the toilet block in Bull Creek and from Eagles Nest through to the buoy line, in the Cressbrook Creek arm, soft plastics and blades will give you the best chance of landing a fish, while live shrimp have produced good numbers for the bait anglers. Quite a lot of fish showing up at Somerset, but getting them to bite has been hard work, Pelican Point, “The Hump” and the start of the timber at Kirkleigh have been the best spots to target, with slow rolled soft plastics, blades and live shrimp picking up a few fish and if you want to venture up into the timber a bit further, casting TN60 Jackalls to the edges has been productive. The timbered areas of the Stuart and Boyne arms have been the best spots at Boondooma this week, working spinnerbaits, blades and soft plastics around the trees has given the most success, but it’s also worth a try casting crank baits to the edges as well, a few Bass around the deeper standing timber at Bjelke Peterson and again, working spinnerbaits and blades through there will get you some fish and Moogerah has again seen good numbers of quality Bass landed throughout the dam, using soft plastics and soft vibes, in 25-30ft of water has provided the best results.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

The weed edges have been productive again at Cooby, with frozen saltwater yabbies and hard bodies landing a few, it’s also worth a look in 25-30ft of water, where Blades have produced some good quality fish. The fishing is still fairly good at Glenlyon, it has again produced a few Yellowbelly in around 25-30ft of water, Blades have been the pick of the lures, while live shrimp and worms have worked well for the bait anglers. Coolmunda Dam has fished well again this week, using frozen saltwater yabbies and worms on the drop-offs to the old creek beds has produced some nice yellowbelly, there has also been a few Cod taken on spinnerbaits and Jackalls. Leslie Dam has continued to produce some nice fish on both lures and bait, there were some nice Yellowbelly and a few Catties landed on worms up near the Black Boys. Spinnerbaits and Blades have been the most successful lures, landing some nice fish, directly across from the concrete boat ramps; there were also some smaller Cod as well, with one fish measuring 80cm, this was caught up past the Black Boys, casting spinnerbaits around the structure and darker colours seemed to produce better numbers. Boondooma and Bjelke Peterson have produced some quality fish in the main basins, jigging blades and trolling deep diving hard bodies has given the best results. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi has seen Cod hitting surface lures, the Dumeresq at Texas has produced Yellowbelly on bait and Cod on surface lures and dark coloured spinnerbaits and the Condamine is fishing well, particularly around Warwick where some quality Yellowbelly have been taken on lures and spinnerbaits.

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

Offshore fishing has again seen plenty of action this week, with the outer 50’s producing some big Dolphin Fish, the northern 36’s have been good for Pearl Perch and there’s still a few Spanish Mackerel getting about Diamond Reef. Inshore fishing has seen the Southport Seaway producing plenty of good size Jew and some quality Tailor, heaps of Gar on the weed banks and some nice Flathead are taking bait and soft plastics at Kalinga Bank and Jumpinpin.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has been pretty good again; Spanish mackerel and Snapper are prominent on most of the reefs at the moment, there’s also some good numbers of Pearl Perch and Cobia getting about as well. Inshore fishing has seen the Maroochy River producing Bream, Trevelly and Tailor around the bridges and rock bars, Caloundra is fishing well for Bream and Flathead off the Boardwalk, and Whiting out from the power boat club, while at Noosa, good numbers of Mulloway off the rock walls at night, GT’s and Queenfish have been active at the river mouth, and with the weather staying warm, Jacks have been very active, with some decent numbers taken on live mullet at night.