FISHING REPORT   – 20-09-2013

BIG BASS FIRING AT SOMERSET

Somerset Dam has produced some cracking fish this week, with good numbers of fish over the 2 - 2.5kg mark, there has also been quite a few over the 3kg mark, with the biggest for the week being 58cm long and tipping the scales at 3.79kg, Bay13 and Pelican Point have been the best spots, while slow rolled soft plastics, tight to the bottom, has been the best method. Not a lot to report from Cressbrook at the moment, it has been a bit quiet this week, Boondooma has again seen some decent Bass taking live bait in the Stuart arm, casting Jackals and spinnerbaits around the timber should produce some decent fish as well. Bjelke Peterson has fished alright again this week, working around Bass Point has produced some good results, casting Jackals and smaller spinnerbaits to the edges early morning and then using ice jigs and blades in a bit deeper water as the day warms up has been very effective as well.  Moogerah Dam remains fairly consistent with some schooled Bass still located in the main basin; these fish are taking a variety of lures, including soft plastics, blades and ice jigs, there have also been reports of some nice fish being landed off the edges, while casting Jackalls.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby Dam has again produced decent numbers of Yellowbelly, the fish still seem to be hanging just out from the weed edges and trolling shallow diving hard bodies or casting spinnerbaits and Jackals in tight to the weed has again been effective, while using bait in the deeper parts has produced a few fish as well. Glenlyon has fired this week, with plenty of Cod from 70cm and upwards, as well as heaps of Yellowbelly being caught. The biggest Cod was 110cm long, while hard bodies and spinnerbaits have been the most effective. Lures are starting to become effective at Coolmunda as the water temperature rises, this week has seen quite a few Yellowbelly caught on trolled lures, working them close to the bottom has been successful, while bait has worked well around the timber. Leslie Dam was a little quiet over this past week, however, there were reports of some nice fish landed on lures, one local angler landed some nice Yellowbelly, with the largest measuring 50cm, and a few undersized Cod were caught on Jackalls and spinnerbaits. The bait anglers are still landing a few fish just opposite the dam wall; with live shrimp and frozen salt water yabbies proving to be popular. Connolly Dam fished very well over the weekend, with some nice Yellowbelly taken on salt water yabbies, with the best time being late in the afternoon, a couple of local anglers had success on mask vibes, landing 16 nice fish on Saturday afternoon. As for the rivers, the Balonne at St.George is fishing well for Yellowbelly on live bait, with a few fish starting to take spinnerbaits, there has been quite a bit of action in Dalrymple Creek, just to the west of Allora with a few anglers managing to land some nice fish over the past week and Kings Creek near Clifton has produced some good catches of just legal Yellowbelly on spinnerbaits and jointed shads.

GOLD COAST

Offshore fishing has been a bit quiet due to the wind this week, but the 36’s north east of the Seaway have produced some quality Snapper, while the close artificial reefs have been good for Trag Jew of an evening. Inshore fishing has seen Trevally on metal lures in the Seaway, Flathead everywhere on soft plastics and trolled lures from the Broadwater through to the Pin, quality Whiting at the Council Chambers in the Nerang River and good numbers of Dart, Whiting and Bream off the beaches.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing is very similar to last week, with some big Snapper and average size Pearl Perch on 12 Mile Reef and the Barwon Banks, the inner reefs have been good for a mixed bag of reef fish, while a few smaller Black Marlin and Sailfish are still getting about. Inshore fishing has seen plenty of big Whiting around the Power Boat Club, quality Flathead on soft plastics at the bar entrance, small Trevally in the Pelican Waters canals, some decent Bass in the upper reaches of the Mooloolah River, while in the Noosa River, Tailor are hitting surface poppers in Woods Bay, big Flathead and Whiting throughout, some nice Jewies to 80cm in the deeper holes and the upper reaches have seen some nice Mangrove Jack getting about.

FRASER ISLAND

No real changes from our last report, the fishing on Fraser has again been good over the last week, north of Happy Valley has been popular, and the average size of the Tailor is still around the 55cm mark.

 

FISHING REPORT   – 13-09-2013

BASS

Not a lot has changed at Cressbrook this week, fishing the flats, out from the boat ramp, in the Bull Creek arm and also in the Cressbrook Creek arm, in about 30ft of water has produced a few fish, working the edges early morning and late afternoon, with Jackals, Spinnerbaits and blades has been effective as well. Somerset is a bit patchy at the moment, but there are still some quality fish getting about, Bay13 to The Spit is still the best part of the dam to target, while Ice Jigs, Soft Plastics and Blades have been the most effective lures. Boondooma has again been a bit tough for the lure anglers, but some quality Bass to 50cm have been taking live bait in the Stuart arm, if you are a keen lure angler, casting Jackals and spinerbaits around the timber should produce some decent fish as well. Bjelke Peterson has picked up this week, working around Bass Point has produced some good results, casting Jackals and smaller spinnerbaits to the edges early morning and then using ice jigs and blades in a bit deeper water as the day warms up has been very effective.  At Moogerah, the schooled Bass in the main basin are still hitting ice jigs; however, they are shutting down fairly quickly, there are also some nice fish taking hard body lures in the timbered area of the dam, and there hasn't been much change at Maroon, with only a few fish taken in the weed pockets, early in the morning on fly and soft plastics.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby Dam has again produced decent numbers of Yellowbelly, the fish still seem to be hanging just out from the weed edges and trolling shallow diving hard bodies or casting spinnerbaits in tight to the weed has again been effective, while using bait in the deeper parts has produced a few fish as well. Glenlyon is a bit quiet at the moment, but there have been a few Yellowbelly taken on live shrimp, frozen saltwater yabbies and hard bodies in about 12-15ft of water, Cod have proven to be little bit harder to catch, although this should improve over the coming weeks, providing the weather stays kind to us. Bait has again been a good option at Coolmunda , with some nice Yellowbelly and a couple of Cod taken around the timber, but as the water temperature rises, lures will start to become very effective. Leslie Dam saw a slight increase in activity over the past week, with a few Yellowbelly and Silver perch landed on trolled hard body lures, in approximately 10 foot of water, in front of the Washpool, there have also been some nice Yellowbelly caught, working the banks with Jackals, while opposite the dam wall in about 30 foot of water, has been a pretty good spot for the bait anglers. Connolly has improved slightly as well, with a few undersized Yellowbelly and the odd Catfish landed on worms during the past week. As for the rivers, the Balonne at St.George is fishing well for Yellowbelly on live crays, and the Condamine River, from Warwick to Dalby, continues to fish well for Yellowbelly and Cod, with bait, Jackals and spinnerbaits all proving to be effective.

GOLD COAST

Offshore fishing has been a bit quiet, but the 50’s have produced some quality Pearl Perch, Kingies and Amberjack, while the close artificial reefs have been good for Cobia. Inshore fishing has seen Jew, Tailor and Trevally in the Seaway on the run in tide, good numbers of Flathead on soft plastics and trolled lures throughout the Broadwater, quality Whiting at the Council Chambers in the Nerang River, Tailor off the beaches and a few Sand Crabs have started to show up in the southern end of the Broadwater.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has seen some big Snapper and average size Pearl Perch on 12 Mile Reef and the Barwon Banks, the inner reefs have been good for a mixed bag of reef fish, while a few smaller Black Marlin and Sailfish have started to show up as well. Inshore fishing has seen plenty of big Whiting around the Power Boat Club, quality Flathead on soft plastics at the bar entrance, small Trevally in the Pelican Waters canals, some decent Bass in the upper reaches of the Mooloolah River and in the Noosa River, Tailor are hitting surface poppers in Woods Bay, big Flathead and Whiting throughout, some nice Jewies to 80cm in the deeper holes and the upper reaches have seen some nice Mangrove Jack getting about.

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   – 06-09-2013

CRESSBROOK BASS ELECTRIC RESULTS

15 anglers fronted for this Bass Electric comp but only 5 weighed in fish. The bass that were weighed in were very impressive, with the biggest fish tipping the scales at 1.59kg. Fishing in 30ft of water, on the flats in the Bull Creek arm and also out from the boat ramp seemed to be the best spots to be, while soft plastics worked for the top two, ice jigs and blades did the job for the third placed angler.

BASS

Some big Bass coming out of Somerset at the moment, anywhere from Bay 13 to the spit has been productive, soft plastics and soft vibes have been the most effective on these fish. Boondooma has been a bit tough for the lure anglers this week, but some quality Bass to 50cm have been taking live bait around Pelican Point. Bjelke Peterson has seen some quality Bass taken on blades, around the timber, in the far reaches of the dam and Moogerah has again produced decent numbers, with the same lures working successfully, including small blades, soft plastics, soft vibes and ice jigs. At Moogerah, the Bass are still schooled in the main basin, however they are starting to shut down, however there are still some nice fish hitting blades, with the largest reported, measuring 49.5cm. There are also reports of some fish being landed in the timber on Jackalls and casting the edges with spinnerbaits. There hasn't been much change at Maroon with only a few fish taken in the weed pockets, early in the morning on fly and soft plastics.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby Dam is still producing decent numbers of Yellowbelly, the fish seem to be hanging just out from the weed edges and trolling shallow diving hard bodies or casting spinnerbaits in tight to the weed has been effective. At Glenlyon this week, Yellowbelly have been taken on bait and hard bodies, some quality Cod up to just under the meter mark have been taking spinnerbaits and hard body lures. Bait has been the best option at Coolmunda this week, with some nice Yellowbelly and a couple of 70cm Cod taken in the timber. In the Warwick area, Leslie Dam saw some action during the week with reports of some nice fish being landed, with reports of some Yellowbelly and legal sized Cod to 85cm, taken on spinnerbaits, towards the back of the dam, there were also some quality caught using a variety of bait, including live shrimp and frozen salt water yabbies, these fish were in deeper water, around the 30 foot mark. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi has again produced good sized Yellowbelly on bait and hard bodies, the Balonne at St.George is fishing well for Yellowbelly on live worms, but there are plenty of Carp about, the Dumeresq has picked up a bit, with Yellowbelly biting well on bait, and the Condamine River continues to fish well for Yellowbelly and Cod, with most of the weirs and popular holes, throughout the system proving to be quite productive.

GOLD COAST

Offshore fishing this past week has again seen Cobia taking live bait on the closer artificial reefs and out wider; the northern 36’s has been firing for some big Kingies and Amberjack. Plenty of Jewies off the Seaway wall, on live bait, good numbers of Flathead on soft plastics and trolled lures throughout the Broadwater and Jumpinpin, quality Bream around the bridges and pontoons throughout the Nerang River and good numbers of Tailor around Crusoe Island.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has again seen the outer reefs fishing well for Snapper, Pearl Perch, Yellow Tail Kingfish and Amberjack, while inshore fishing has seen plenty of Whiting around the Power Boat Club, big Bream and Flathead on soft plastics, off Military Jetty and around the mouth of the Maroochy River, Trevelly and Mangrove Jack at night, under the bridges, in the Pelican Waters canals and in the Noosa River, Trevally are hitting surface poppers on the flats, while  Queenfish, Jewies and Flathead, have been taking live bait around the river mouth.

FRASER ISLAND

Still some reasonable catches of Tailor off the exposed beaches, with most of them still average size.

FISHING REPORT   – 30-08-2013

FISHING CLOSURES FOR FRESHWATER FISH SPECIES

As of midnight this Saturday 31^st August through to midnight 30^th November, a no take rule applies for Murray Cod, in the Dumeresq, Macintyre and Barwon Rivers. These waterways can still be fished for Golden Perch, but if you happen to catch a Cod, it must be returned to the water as quickly as possible. On the other hand, the closed season for Australian Bass finishes at midnight, this Saturday 31^st August, so it’s all systems go, for those of you that like fishing the Brisbane River.

BASS

Very similar to last week at Cressbrook, with mixed results still coming in, there are some quality fish being caught, the best places to look, are around the points and drop-offs throughout the dam, use a sounder to find the fish and target them with soft plastics and ice jigs, there’s also been a few fish hitting trolled hard bodies around the points. Boondooma has produced a few Bass, on the flats in the Boyne arm, hopping blades and Jackals has been effective, with some quality fish starting to show up. Maroon is much the same this week, with a few Bass taken around the edges and weed pockets on soft plastics, and Moogerah has again produced decent numbers, with the same lures working successfully, including small blades, soft plastics, soft vibes and ice jigs.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby Dam is still producing decent numbers of Yellowbelly, fishing mid to late afternoon in the deeper water has produced the best results; blades have been the pick of the lures, while frozen saltwater yabbies and live shrimp have again been the popular baits. Fishing deep has again been the best option at Glenlyon this week, with some quality Yellowbelly taking bait suspended at about 20-25 feet, some quality Cod around the 70cm mark, have been taking spinnerbaits around the timbered areas. Coolmunda has again seen Yellowbelly to 50cm hitting Jackals, Spinnerbaits and bait around the timber. In the Warwick area this week, Leslie Dam has only produced small numbers of Yellowbelly and Silver Perch, off the banks, on frozen saltwater yabbies and live worms. Boondooma Dam has seen some decent Yellowbelly taking Mask Vibes and bait in the Stuart arm, with bag limits being reached fairly easily and Bjelke Peterson has produced some quality fish around Bass Point on live shrimp and trolled hard bodies. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi has produced good size Yellowbelly on bait and hard bodies, the Balonne at St.George is fishing well for smaller Yellowbelly, also plenty of Silver Perch on bait and a few smaller Cod have been taken on dark coloured hard bodies, while the Condamine River continues to fish well for Yellowbelly and Cod, with most of the weirs and popular holes, throughout the system proving to be quite productive.

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

Offshore fishing this past week has seen Cobia taking live bait on the closer artificial reefs and out wider; the 50’s has produced good mixed bags of Snapper, Kingies and Amberjack and some quality Pearl Perch have been coming off the northern 36’s. As far as the inshore fishing goes, the Tweed River has seen a few Flathead on the edges, taking soft plastics and Tailor around the rock walls at the river mouth. While on the Gold Coast, plenty of Jewies in the Seaway, on soft plastics, around the tide changes, good numbers of Flathead on trolled lures around Crab Island and Tipplers Passage and quality Bream around the bridges and pontoons throughout the Nerang River.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has again seen the outer reefs firing for plenty of Snapper, Pearl Perch, Yellow Tail Kingfish and Sweetlip, while inshore fishing has seen small Snapper off the rocks at Kings Beach, big Summer Whiting have been plentiful throughout the passage at Caloundra and off the beaches a few Trevelly still getting about the Pelican Waters canals, good size Bream in the Maroochy River, Tailor on poppers at the mouth of the Noosa River and also in the Noosa River, Flathead on plastics, working the edges of the mud flats and School Jew have been hitting bigger soft plastics in the deeper holes.  

FRASER ISLAND

Fraser Island is producing plenty of average size Tailor during the day, while night time fishing has seen some bigger fish landed.

FISHING REPORT   – 23-08-2013

SOMERSET ABT BASS PRO

Lake Somerset lived up to its big fish reputation delivering anglers, oversize bags and huge bass, the fishing still wasn’t easy, but there were some quality fish weighed in. In total, 273 fish hit the scales, at an average weight of 1.36kg, there were good numbers over the 2kg mark, and even a few tipping the scales over the 3kg mark. Queensland angler Callum Munro, broke the ABT Big Bass record, with a cracking Bass, that weighed in at 3.82kg, the majority of the fish were caught on soft plastics, soft vibes and ice jigs, with Pelican Point, Queen Street and Bay 13 proving to be the best spots.

BASS

Very similar to last week at Cressbrook, with mixed results still coming in, there are a few fish being caught, the best places to look, are around the points and drop-offs throughout the dam, use a sounder to find the fish and target them with soft plastics, ice jigs and blades, it would also be worth casting Jackals to the edges, early morning and late afternoon. Boondooma has produced a few Bass, on the flats in the Boyne arm, hopping blades and Jackals has been effective. Maroon is much the same this week, with a few Bass taken around the edges and weed pockets on soft plastics, and Moogerah has again produced decent numbers, with the same lures working successfully, including small blades, soft plastics, soft vibes and ice jigs.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby Dam is still producing decent numbers of Yellowbelly, fishing mid to late afternoon in the deeper water has produced the best results; blades have been the pick of the lures, while frozen saltwater yabbies and live shrimp have again been the popular baits. Fishing deep has again been the best option at Glenlyon this week, with some quality Yellowbelly taking bait suspended at about 20-25 feet, some quality Cod around the 70cm mark, have been taking spinnerbaits around the timbered areas. Coolmunda has again seen Yellowbelly to 50cm hitting Jackals, Spinnerbaits and bait around the timber. In the Warwick area this week, Leslie Dam has only produced small numbers of Yellowbelly and Silver Perch, off the banks, on frozen saltwater yabbies and live worms. Boondooma Dam has seen some decent Yellowbelly taking Mask Vibes in the Stuart arm and Bjelke Peterson has produced some quality fish around Bass Point on live shrimp and trolled hard bodies. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi has produced good size Yellowbelly on bait and hard bodies, the Balonne at St.George is fishing well for smaller Yellowbelly, also plenty of Silver Perch on bait and a few smaller Cod have been taken on dark coloured hard bodies, while the Condamine River has again fished well for Yellowbelly and Cod, with most of the weirs proving to be quite productive.

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

Offshore fishing this past week has seen quality Snapper on the 18’s and out wider; the 50’s have seen good mixed bags of Snapper, Pearl Perch and Amberjack. As far as the inshore fishing goes, the Tweed River has seen a few Flathead on the edges, taking soft plastics and Tailor around the rock walls at the river mouth. While on the Gold Coast, plenty of Mulloway on the flats around Seaworld and Wavebreak Island, it’s a pretty good time for Flathead at the moment, and the Pin has been producing plenty on soft plastics, while trolled lures have worked well, from the Aldershots to Crab Island.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has again seen the outer reefs firing for plenty of Snapper, Pearl Perch, Yellow Tail Kingfish and Sweetlip, while inshore fishing has seen small Snapper off the rocks at Kings Beach, good size Flathead, on plastics and live bait, throughout most of the estuaries, Whiting have been plentiful around the mouth of the Maroochy River and throughout the passage at Caloundra and a few Queenfish and Trevelly are getting about the Pelican Waters canals.  

HERVEY BAY

Longtail Tuna and Trevally on the deeper reefs, with a few small Sailfish getting about, while in closer, plenty of Flathead in Gatakers Bay, heaps of Bream off the Urangan Peir and Fraser Island continues to produce some decent numbers of Tailor off the exposed beaches.

 

FISHING REPORT   – 16-08-2013

BASS

Very similar to last week at Cressbrook, with mixed results still coming in, there are a few fish being caught, the best places to look, are around the points and drop-offs throughout the dam, use a sounder to find the fish and target them with soft plastics, ice jigs and blades, it would also be worth casting Jackals to the edges, early morning and late afternoon. Still some pretty good shows of fish throughout Somerset Dam, targeting the schooled fish with blades, plastics and ice jigs would be the best option, early morning would also be a good time to work the edges with Jackals and the Eagles Nest back to the Spit has been the better area of the dam. There is an ABT Bass Pro event being held there this weekend, so it will be interesting to see how it fishes with the pressure of a tournament. Boondooma has seen small numbers of Bass taken off the edges on spinnerbaits and blades. Maroon is much the same this week, with a few Bass taken around the edges and weed pockets on soft plastics, and at Moogerah, the fish have scattered a bit, but the spit has still produced decent numbers, with a variety of lures working successfully, including small blades, soft plastics, soft vibes and ice jigs.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby Dam is still producing decent numbers of Yellowbelly, fishing mid to late afternoon, look for the fish in deeper water; blades have been the pick of the lures, while frozen saltwater yabbies and live shrimp have been the popular bait., Fishing deep has again been the best option at Glenlyon this week, with some quality Yellowbelly taking bait suspended at about 20-25 feet, some quality Cod around the 80cm mark, have been taking spinnerbaits. Coolmunda has seen Yellowbelly to 50cm hitting Jackals and Spinnerbaits around the timber, and a few undersize Cod have been active in the same area. In the Warwick area this week, Leslie Dam has only produced small numbers of Yellowbelly, off the banks, on frozen saltwater yabbies and live worms, if you are in a boat, working around the edges with TN50 Jackals has again produced a few as well. Boondooma Dam has seen some decent Yellowbelly taking live bait, the middle part of the day has been the best time, while trolled bright green lures have been effective as well and Bjelke Peterson has produced some quality fish around Bass Point on live shrimp and trolled hard bodies. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi has produced Cod on trolled hard bodies and Yellowbelly on spinnerbaits, the Dumaresq River has seen Yellowbelly biting on live bait, the Balonne at St.George is fishing well for Yellowbelly, however there is quite a few Carp in amongst them and the Condamine River has again fished well for Yellowbelly and Cod, with most of the weirs proving to be quite productive.

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

Offshore fishing this past week has seen Snapper and Cobia on the 18’s and 24’s. Inshore fishing has seen a few Flathead on the flats and Bream around the rock walls at the mouth of the Tweed River and a few Tailor off the beaches. While on the Gold Coast, the Seaway has again seen plenty of Tailor getting about, Bream and Trevally have been active around the rock walls and some decent Flathead have been taking soft plastics throughout the Broadwater, but the better fish have come from around the Pin.

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has seen the outer reefs firing for plenty of Snapper, Pearl Perch, Yellow Tail Kingfish and Cobia, while inshore fishing has seen good size Bream off the Boardwalk, and around the bridges in the Maroochy River, good size Flathead, on plastics and live bait, throughout most of the estuaries, the beaches have produced some quality Whiting and the Noosa River has produced good numbers of Flathead and Trevally, as well as some decent Mangrove Jack on live bait

FRASER ISLAND

The past week has again seen good catches of Tailor, Whiting and Dart from Happy Valley to Woody Point, the Tailor have been ranging from 35-45cm, with the odd bigger one in amongst them and most of the Dart have been around the mid 40cm mark.

 

FISHING REPORT   – 09-08-2013

BASS

Still hit and miss at Cressbrook, with mixed results fairly common at the moment, there are a few fish being caught, the best spots are, out from the boat ramp, near the buoy line, Bull Creek arm and around Deer Island, it’s also worth a look on the flats in the Cressbrook Creek arm as well, soft plastics, ice jigs and blades have produced the most fish. Plenty of fish showing up throughout Somerset Dam, unfortunately a lot of them are Barred Grunter; however they can provide a lot of fun for the kids, there are a few decent Bass in amongst them, hopping blades, soft plastics and using Ice Jigs would be the best options, Beams Creek, Eagles Nest, Queen Street and the timber at Kirkleigh would be the best spots to target. Boondooma has again seen some Bass taken on deep diving lures in the main basin, casting blades and smaller spinnerbaits to the edges and around the timber, in the Stuart and Boyne arms has again produced a few fish as well. Maroon is much the same this week, with a few Bass taken around the edges and weed pockets, Moogerah Dam has fired up over the past week, with some decent schools showing up around the spit and also in the timber, ice jigs, blades and soft vibes have worked well on these fish and Cressbrook, Boondooma and Bjelke Peterson Dams continue to produce good numbers of Redclaw.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby Dam is still producing decent numbers of Yellowbelly, fishing mid to late afternoon has been the most productive time, look for the fish in deeper water, soft vibes and frozen saltwater yabbies have been effective again, while a few fish have started hitting trolled hard bodies, around the edges. Fishing deep has again been the best option at Glenlyon this week, with some quality Yellowbelly taking bait, and also a few undersize Cod hitting trolled deep divers and heavy spinnerbaits, there was a 1metre Cod caught and released last weekend. Coolmunda, it is still producing a few Yellowbelly on bait throughout the dam, although along the wall seems to be a more productive area at the moment and casting Jackals around the timber has picked up some fish as well. In the Warwick area this week, Leslie Dam has only produced small numbers of Yellowbelly, off the banks, on frozen saltwater yabbies, if you are in a boat, working around the edges with TN50 Jackals has produced a few as well. Boondooma Dam has seen some decent Yellowbelly taking live bait, the middle part of the day has been the best time, while the Stuart arm has been the better part of the dam to target. As for the rivers, the Macintyre at Goondiwindi has dirtied up this week, so the fishing has been pretty tough, the Dumaresq River has seen Cod taking bait upstream of Texas, while spinnerbaits have worked well downstream and the Condamine River has again fished well for Yellowbelly and Cod, with most of the weirs proving to be quite productive.

GOLD COAST AND TWEED

Offshore fishing this past week has seen Snapper and Trag Jew taken around 9 Mile Reef, there’s also been a few Cobia and Pearl Perch on the 24’s. Inshore fishing has seen a few Flathead and Bream around the rock walls at the mouth of the Tweed River and a few Tailor off the beaches. While on the Gold Coast, the Seaway has again seen plenty of Tailor getting about, Flathead on soft plastics, at Kalinga Bank, Cobby Passage and The Bedrooms and the top of Crusoe Island has gone well for Bream. 

SUNSHINE COAST

Offshore fishing has again produced some reasonable catches, from both the inner and outer reefs, heaps of Snapper, good numbers of Pearl Perch along with some good sized Cobia have been taken with some areas still producing a real mixed bag of fish and there’s still quite a few School Mackerel and Yellow fin Tuna getting about. Inshore fishing has seen Bream around the power boat club,  and throughout the Maroochy River, good size Flathead, on plastics and live bait, throughout most of the estuaries, the beaches have produced some quality Whiting and the Noosa River has produced good numbers of Big Eye Trevally, as well as some decent Mangrove Jack

FRASER ISLAND

The past week has seen good catches of Tailor, Whiting and Dart from Happy Valley to Woody Point, the Tailor have been ranging from 35-45cm, with the odd bigger one in amongst them and most of the Dart have been around the mid 40cm mark.