Large bass and yellowbelly keep region’s anglers busy
COOBY DAM
THERE are plenty of great reports from Cooby this week.
The yellowbelly are feeding and most of the bait sources are living on the edges of the weed beds so trolling close to the weed beds has been key.
The fish have been up around the 8ft mark so shallow diving hard bodies and TN60 lures have worked best slow trolled along the edges of the weeds.
The lure fishing really has been out-doing bait this week with the shallow hard bodies working as well as jigging the ZX blades out from some main points has been the best way to land the fish.
CRESSBROOK DAM
AGAIN some huge numbers of giant bass are being landed at Cressbrook this week.
For the more advanced angler, the fishing is exceptional.
Locating the schools of bass on your fish finder is the tricky part.
Scanning the lake for schools of bass can take time.
Try starting out from main lake points or spots given to you by other anglers.
Obviously the better fish finder you have a better chance of finding the schools.
Once located, the fish are biting well on soft plastics, spoons and tail spinners slow rolled through the fish.
For the bait angler live shrimp is a must for the bass, while saltwater yabbies and worms work well for the odd yellowbelly
getting landed out there also.
LESLIE DAM
LIKE most places there have been plenty of fish biting at Leslie and a few different species with yellowbelly, silver perch and Murray cod all on offer.
At Leslie right now the yellowbelly have been active in the old creek bed in deeper water.
Hopping soft vibes or using saltwater yabbies has worked best while silver perch have been thick up around the edges some caught on lures but mostly on live worms under 10ft of water.
A few nice cod have been caught again this week around the rocky banks in the late afternoon casting spinnerbaits.
SOMERSET DAM
SOMERSET DAM continues its hot form this week with loads of giant bass landed in a number of different schools located over the lake.
Most fish are in very deep
water around 50ft.
Searching the creek bed and wide out from main lake points like the Spit and Pelican Point will be a good starting point.
Once located, the fish have been loving soft plastics rigged on a heavy jig head and also heavy spoons slow rolled through the fish.
For the bait angler live shrimp will be a big help.
GOLD COAST FISHING
THE fishing inshore has
been really hot in the northern Broadwater region through to Jumpinpin with loads of flathead landed on the sand flats on both bait and lures while there has been some huge yellowtail
kingfish cruising around the seaway.
Using live baits or strip baits will be your best bet with the king fish and there has also been some nice mangrove jack landed up in the Nerang river on soft plastics.
Offshore, there has been plenty of nice snapper landed on the 24 fathoms, especially early morning with most anglers bagging out on 2-4kg reds.
Later in the day the longtail tuna have been popping up close in and anglers have had good fun casting 40g slugs at them and landing nice fish up to 20kg.
There have only been a few days without wind so keep an eye on the forecast.