Region’s dams still yielding good summer fish numbers
COOBY DAM
COOBY has been really popular the past few weeks with lots of anglers having good success both land based and from the boat.
Areas in the main basin out from the boat ramp and near the reflections boat ramp have been popular with a lot of good-size yellowbelly and cod landed throughout the day on both bait and lures.
Saltwater yabbies have been the best bait while Cooby Cobber lures and Little Rippers have been the better lures.
Land-based fishing up towards the rock wall has been a lot better as you will avoid the weed and be able to fish the deeper water closer to the bank.
Again, saltwater yabbies have been best off the bank along with spinnerbaits.
There have been some big cod caught this week and with a building barometer things are looking promising this week at Cooby.
LESLIE DAM
LESLIE continues to produce good numbers of fish with some better-size fish showing up including some nice Murray cod caught trolling lures like Oargee Plows and Golden Childs throughout the day and then fishing spinnerbaits late in the afternoon.
Saltwater yabbies and live shrimp have been best for the bait fishing and fishing in the deeper part of the creek bed has produced the best results.
CRESSBROOK DAM
CRESSBROOK has been producing some quality bass fishing in the deeper water out from the main lake points.
There have been some small schools in around 30ft of water.
Casting metal spoons has been the best way to catch them slow rolling them near the bottom.
Other sinking type lures have also worked along with live shrimp and worms fished on a sinker just up off the bottom.
When bait fishing it will sometimes attract the smaller fish first.
COPETON DAM
LATELY the water has been let out of Copeton and the level has been dropping rapidly.
This has pushed the fish deep, taking away the surface and edge bite that it’s so renowned for while making the fish congregate more in the deeper water.
This has worked well for the yellowbelly which are all schooling up nicely out from the main lake points in around 25-30 ft of water and biting really well with some really big yellowbelly landed this week around the 60-centimetre mark.
It has made the cod fishing a little harder but there are still a few nice ones picked up trolling mumblers in around 20ft.
MACINTYRE/SEVERN DUMARESQ RIVERS
WITH all the waters being released from the lakes over the past couple few there is a big flow running through the rivers moving a lot of water down which has slowed the ability to fish for now.
But the fresh will be great for the rivers in the coming weeks and months and the rivers will be the place to go towards the end of summer and into autumn with a great break on the rivers over the closed breeding season and a fresh flush of water through will make for some great fishing.
SUNSHINE COAST FISHING
CLOSE reefs out from the Sunshine Coast have been fishing well.
Inner and outer kneerings have produced both bottom fish and pelagics with big coral trout and the odd snapper still landed it makes for a nice esky when the dolphin fish, mackerel and wahoo are also on the bite trolling hard bodies around the reefs.
This warm, still weather won’t last to long so take it while you can.