Fishing Report 28-07-16

FISHING REPORT   – 28-07-2016

BASS

Pretty good fishing at Cressbrook this week, there has been the odd quality Bass hitting surface poppers early morning and late afternoon. No, this isn’t a misprint or a tall story; I witnessed it myself on Wednesday. There is a lot of smaller fish sitting around the 40ft mark and they have been falling for tailspinners, while working the steeper points, late afternoon with soft plastics has produced 40-45cm Bass. Boondooma has fished quite well this week, the area around the junction seems to be the most productive, while tailspinners, blades and live shrimp have picked up the majority of the fish. Bjelke Peterson has been pretty good again this week, with good numbers of Bass taken on soft plastics cast to the edges, plastics also accounted for a few suspended fish in the deeper water. Blades and soft plastics picked up a few Bass, around the weed banks at Moogerah Dam and Maroon has produced low numbers, mainly on live shrimp, fished around the weed.

 

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

Cooby Dam has been a bit patchy, but there has been the odd Yellowbelly hitting jigged, darker coloured blades, fished in the old creek bed out from the boat ramp. Coolmunda is still producing a few Yellowbelly on bait, trolled hard bodies and jigged blades in the old creek beds. There were a few Yellowbelly landed at Leslie this past week, anglers seemed to have the most success by vertically jigging blades; trolled hard bodies also accounted for a few nice fish in the main basin, while north of the Ski Club in the main basin and the drop offs in front of the Washpool Camp Reserve have been the best areas. Boondooma Dam has again seen plenty of Yellowbelly taking soft vibes and ice jigs in the main basin and also the timbered area of the Stuart arm, good numbers of Yellowbelly at Bjelke Peterson, with blades, soft vibes and frozen saltwater yabbies working the best. As for the rivers, it’s still a bit quiet in most; however the Condamine has produced a few Yellowbelly on spinnerbaits, worms and frozen saltwater yabbies

 

COASTAL FISHING

Offshore fishing has been pretty good at the Gold Coast this week, with Cobia and smaller Snapper taken around the 18’s and 24’s, Snapper and Pearl Perch on the 36’s, and out wider, Kingfish and Amberjack have been prominent on the 50’s, while inshore, has seen quality Flathead on soft plastics and small minnows, throughout the Jumpinpin area, and there’s still plenty of Bream hanging around the rock walls and pylons, throughout all of the estuaries. At the Sunny Coast, offshore fishing has seen the outer reefs fishing well for big Snapper and Pearl Perch, plenty of Squire and Tailor around Brays Rock and the inner reefs are producing smaller Snapper and the odd Tusk Fish. Inshore fishing has produced Bream and Luderick off the Boardwalk and at the mouth of the Maroochy River, Winter Whiting on the sand flats, near the Powerboat Club, some decent size Flathead in Bells Creek, the Mooloolah River and also the Noosa River and the Noosa River has also produced Jacks, Golden Trevally and Jewies on live baits.

FRASER ISLAND
Anglers are starting to pick up a few Tailor and Dart in most of the gutters, particularly on the southern end of the island.

Fishing Report 21-07-16

FISHING REPORT   – 21-07-2016

BASS

Cressbrook has seen a few Bass taken on ice jigs and soft plastics around Deer Island and throughout the Bull Creek arm, there’s also been the odd bigger fish taking tailspinners off the steeper points in the Eagles Nest area. At Boondooma, the odd bass has been caught on ice jigs and blades throughout the main basin, the weed edges have produced fish early mornings on blades, while live shrimp have worked well at the start of the timber in the Boyne arm. Bjelke Peterson picked up a bit this week, with reasonable numbers of Bass taken on ice jigs and blades at the bottom end of the dam and working spinnerbaits and blades to the edges, from Bass Point right through to the wall has also produced a few and Moogerah Dam saw a few fish taking soft plastics worked around the weed.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

A few Cod taken on spinnerbaits at Glenlyon this week, but no big fish to report and the odd Yellowbelly has been taken on worms and frozen saltwater yabbies. Coolmunda has produced a few Yellowbelly on live shrimp and jigged blades in the old creek beds. Leslie Dam’s improved as the weeks gone on, with fairly good numbers of Yellowbelly being caught, live shrimp and frozen saltwater yabbies worked the best for the bait anglers, while the lure anglers experienced the best results using blades and mask vibes; out from the Ski Club, the Washpool and opposite the dam wall were the pick of the spots. There was also a couple of legal size Cod landed on spinnerbaits. Boondooma Dam has seen good numbers of Yellowbelly taking soft vibes and ice jigs in the main basin and also the timbered area of the Stuart arm, good numbers at Bjelke Peterson as well, with blades, soft vibes and frozen saltwater yabbies working the best. As for the rivers, it’s still fairly quiet through most, but this should improve as they start to clear.

COASTAL FISHING

At the Gold Coast, offshore fishing has improved as the week progressed, with Snapper and Trag Jew taken on the 36’s, and out wider, Pearl Perch have been prominent on the 50’s, while inshore, has seen the Seaway fishing well for Bream and Flathead, early morning on the run in tide has been the best time and plenty of good quality Flathead and big Bream throughout the Jumpinpin and Bay Islands areas. While at the Sunny Coast, offshore fishing has seen the outer reefs fishing well for Amberjack and Sweetlip and Snapper have been prominent in a bit closer. Inshore fishing has produced Bream off the Boardwalk and Flathead just inside the bar entrance at Caloundra, Bream, Trevally and School Jew in the upper reaches of the Maroochy River, the Noosa River has produced big Tailor and Trevally on metal lures, on the incoming tide and quality Flathead are taking soft plastics on the sand flats.

FRASER ISLAND

Much the same this week, with Dart and Whiting in the gutters at low tide and Chopper Tailor and Jewies in the deeper holes along the eastern beaches.

FISHING REPORT   – 14-07-2016

BASS

Still some good quality Bass coming out of Cressbrook at the moment, look for schooled fish in the deeper water across from the boat ramp, also the right hand side of the Bull Creek arm, as you head towards the toilet block point and target them with soft plastics and tailspinners. A few schools of fish showing up at Somerset Dam, Pelican Point, Eagles Nest, Queen Street and the start of the timber at Kirkleigh are the better spots, with blades and soft plastics picking up a few fish. At Boondooma, the odd Bass has been caught casting blades to the edges, ice jigs, soft plastics and taispinners have worked well out from the steeper points 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

Vertically jigged blades have picked up good numbers around the Eagles Nest area at Cressbrook Dam. Not a lot happening at Glenlyon this week, with only a couple of Yellowbelly taken on live shrimp. Leslie Dam produced a few fish over the weekend and into the start of the week; anglers who fished on Saturday landed some quality Yellowbelly, in the deeper water, blades and soft vibes worked the best for the lure anglers, while live shrimp worked the best for the bait anglers. There were also a couple of legal sized Cod landed on trolled hard body lures in the main basin and the most successful spots were opposite the dam wall and near the Ski Club. Boondooma Dam saw good numbers of quality Yellowbelly taken on live shrimp and trolled hard bodies in the timbered areas of both arms of the dam. Bjelke Peterson produced low numbers on frozen saltwater yabbies around the timbered parts. As for the rivers, most of our local waterways have had flows through them, which has shut them down a bit, however, the Macintyre at Goondi produced a couple of Yellowbelly on frozen saltwater yabbies and the upper reaches of the Condamine River have produced a few Cod and Yellowbelly on spinnerbaits, hard bodies and frozen saltwater yabbies.

COASTAL FISHING

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, Amberjack 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 Bank, Jewies and Tailor inside the Jumpinpin Bar and Squid and Gar are plentiful around the weed banks throughout the Broadwater, while at the Sunny 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 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

Dart and Whiting in the gutters at low tide and a few Chopper Tailor and Mulloway starting to show up in the deeper holes along the eastern beaches.

 

FISHING REPORT   – 07-07-2016

BASS

With near perfect winter conditions last weekend, Cressbrook Dam produced some good quality Bass on spoons, tailspinners and blades, the deeper water in the main basin, across from the boat ramp and the steeper points in the Bull Creek arm have been the best spots to target. A few fish are starting to show up at Somerset Dam; the flats and the timbered area at Kirkleigh have been the spots to target, with live shrimp and soft plastics picking up most of the fish. Ice jigs have been working well in 25 to 35ft of water at Boondooma this week, it’s also worth running mask vibes, blades and soft plastics through these fish, there’s still the odd one taking suspending minnows and live shrimp off the edges as well, at Bjelke Peterson; trolled hard bodies and TN60’s picked up a few fish, however live shrimp fished in the deeper parts or around the timber produced good numbers and at Maroon, the Bass 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

Cooby Dam is producing a few Yellowbelly on frozen saltwater yabbies, looking in about 40ft of water will give you the best chance. Still a few Cod taking spinnerbaits at Glenlyon this week and some decent numbers of Golden and Silver Perch are taking worms and frozen saltwater yabbies. A slight improvement at Leslie Dam this week, with a few decent Yellowbelly landed on blades and mask vibes in the deeper water throughout the main basin, live shrimp and frozen saltwater yabbies have been the best bait, with land based anglers landing some nice Silver and Golden Perch off the bank, while spinnerbaits accounted for a couple of legal sized Cod. Boondooma Dam has seen plenty of Yellowbelly taking soft vibes and ice jigs in the main basin and also the timbered area of the Stuart arm, reasonable numbers of Yellowbelly at Bjelke Peterson, these fish were picked up in the same areas, using the same technique as with the Bass. As for the rivers, the Macintyre River has seen good numbers of Yellowbelly falling for bait and spinnerbaits, the Dumeresq River, downstream of Texas has only produced low numbers of Silver and Golden Perch on live shrimp and cray tails, and the Warwick reaches of the Condamine River have produced a few Cod and Yellowbelly on spinnerbaits, hard bodies and frozen saltwater yabbies, while the lower reaches are still a bit dirty.

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 and Cobia in a bit closer on the 18’s. Inshore fishing has seen the north wall of the Southport Seaway producing Jewies, Tailor and the odd Kingy; and Flathead and Bream have been prominent throughout most of the estuaries. While at the Sunny Coast, offshore fishing has been pretty good again, with the inner reefs producing plenty of Snapper and Cobia and fast worked soft plastics have picked up good numbers of Mack Tuna when fished through the bait schools. Inshore fishing has produced plenty of Bream off the Boardwalk and around Military Jetty at Caloundra and throughout the Noosa River, Flathead on plastics, blades and live baits in the passage, Noosa River and Maroochy River; Jewies on live baits and heavier soft vibes along the ski run at Noosa, Tailor, Dart and the odd Flathead from the gutters along the northern beaches and Mud crabs have been on the move after the rain, with fresh mullet proving to be the best bait.

 

           

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.