Yellowbelly turning it on for Cooby Dam anglers
COOBY DAM
COOBY has really started to fish well this past couple of weeks.
The yellowbelly have really turned on and many anglers have been catching their bag limits.
The bait of choice has been the frozen saltwater yabbies fished on a running sinker rig in the deeper water around the reflections boat ramp and up the northern arm in around 25ft of water.
Live shrimp has also worked along with jigging Ecogear blades.
SOMERSET DAM
THIS lake has been really hit and miss.
Some days the schooling bass are really firing and the next day will be really tough.
Some anglers believe it to be affected by the wind direction leading to the opinion that they will not bite on a southerly wind but they will also be affected by other circumstances that contribute to the school’s mood.
When they are biting, all sorts of lures and baits have worked well, including trolling deep-diving lures, metal spoons and soft plastics.
When it’s tough, live baits will give you the best chance.
MOOGERAH DAM
BASS fishing has been really good at Moogerah the past few weeks with some nice catches coming in on all sorts of techniques from trolling bibbed lures around the timber and through the schools to spinner baiting the edges.
Lots of the bass are around the same size 38-40cm mark and are fighting really hard.
This would be a good place to go for a fish in the next few weeks.
For the bait fisherman, live shrimp will be best by far.
COPETON DAM
IT’S been another crazy week at Copeton Dam with several cod over the 1.2-metre mark being boated along with numerous big cod.
I went back down on Saturday after seeing such great catches through the week, again fishing spinner baits and sub-surface swim baits and managed to get myself a couple of nice cod over the 90-centimetre mark.
Other anglers had landed the big cod on surface lures and spinner baits also.
Bite times played a big part and were obvious when a lot of the good fish were caught on last light and early into the night.
Other bite times, early morning and throughout the day were also predominant.
Although with such great fish being landed on fun techniques they still are not coming
easy.
Many casts go into these fish so be prepared to work hard.
BOONDOOMA DAM
BOONDOOMA continues its good form this week with plenty of nice-size bass and yellowbelly being landed on all sorts of baits and lures.
Spinner baiting the timbered arms has produced both bass and yellowbelly while the schools around the junction and up near the wall have produced both bass and yellowbelly.
Live shrimp and saltwater yabbies have been the best baits while spinner baits, blades and tail spinners have worked well in the schooling fish.
GOLD COAST OFFSHORE
THIS would be the best time of year for most fishing, including offshore.
My favourite fish, the yellowfin tuna, is starting to show up in amongst the schools of mac tuna just out from the Gold Coast.
While trolling skirted lures and hard bodies works great you can also catch them on live and dead baits.
Trolling is a great option and you will find there are plenty of mackerel and wahoo around.
Some of the best table fish and fighting fish are also right at our back door areas.
From the 12 fathoms to the 18 fathoms has seen the most action.