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Heading up the big hill to OnTheChews's place with a mate for the weekend and we're taking the yaks with us. Question is where the hell does one fish near Tooowoomba? all three of us will be mobile and with yaks and can travel to different areas if need be. Would love to catch a Cod (who wouldn't) or Bass, i've done a little research and came up with Cressbrook Dam and little else, does anyone else know the area at all and where a good place to start would be?

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Mark

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Hey Mark if this wind is still playing up on sunday and my plans fall through, I am considering heading up there to do a bit of skinny water bassing (hmm cod, yes please), although the wind predictions have dropped a bit since last night so yeah may be out in the bay.

Jump on Google maps and have a look between Cressbrook and Perseverance Dams, thats what I have in mind.

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From Mullet guts website.

Mullet Gut Marine Fish Report

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

FISHING REPORT 02-02-2012

FISHING REPORT – 02-02-2012

What are the new stowage requirements for safety equipment?

This is a question we have been asked many times, since some new rules were introduced on the first of January, so below is a brief overview of the new stowage requirements for PFD’s (Personal Flotation Device).

The owner or master of the boat must give each person on board information about where the safety equipment is kept. Information may be given orally, in a demonstration or printed on a sign. Persons on board must know where the safety equipment is kept. Life jackets or PFDs must be clearly visible while a person is on board; or kept in a place readily accessible and indicated by a clearly visible sign with a white background marked with the word, 'life jackets' in red letters or a red background with white letters. The Government, at this stage, haven’t stipulated what size the signs have to be, because the size will differ depending on where the PFDs are stowed, and the area available to place the sign. Over the next week or so, we will have stickers available to place on your boat.

As always, if you require any further information, visit the Maritime Safety Queensland website at www.msq.qld.gov.au

While we’re on the safety topic, a few of the dams in the area have had inflows of water from the recent rain, so take extra care, back off the throttle a bit and keep an eye out for floating debris.

BASS

The weather hasn’t been kind to us over the past week, however, Cressbrook Dam has still produced a few fish, out from the boat ramp, near the buoy line and around Deer Island, soft plastics and blades have provided the most fish. With the rain about, there has been a bit of a flow into Boondooma. As the dirty water moves through the dam, it will tend to shut the fish down a bit, so I would try a more subtle approach and fish the cleaner water with soft plastics.

Somerset is still dirty at the moment, but there have been a few Bass caught in the deeper water, casting Soft Plastics and Blades.

YELLOWBELLY AND COD

There is water going over the spillway at Bjelke Peterson, but there have been good reports of Yellowbelly being taken, near the Wineries and around Bass point. The Macintyre River at Goondiwindi has fished a bit slow this week, due to the rain, but some nice Silver Perch and Yellowbelly have been caught, mainly on bait. Coolmunda has seen some good size Yellowbelly, caught around the timbered area of the dam, mainly on Jackalls and Spinnerbaits. Leslie Dam has produced a few Yellowbelly and Silver Perch for the anglers that braved the wet conditions, these were taken mainly on Worms and frozen Saltwater Yabbies. Glenlyon has again fished well over the past week, with some nice Cod around the mid 90cm mark, caught on Spinnerbaits, there was a big 1m Cod bought alongside a boat and released, it was fell for a trolled deep diving lure. There have also been good numbers of Silver Perch and Jewies about, but the Yellowbelly have been a bit slow.

COASTAL FISHING

Fishing right along the coast has been very ordinary, due to the weather over the past few weeks. Offshore has seen very little activity apart from a few Snapper and Coral Trout at Murphy’s Reef, off the Sunshine Coast. Inshore is just as bad, with most of the rivers and estuaries being very dirty from the heavy rain, which has shut the fish down. There has been the odd Mulloway and Bream caught along the break walls of the Southport Seaway.

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Friday, January 27, 2012

FISHING REPORT 26-01-2012

FISHING REPORT – 26-01-2012

COOBY DAM CLOSURE

Cooby Dam is closed to all water-based activities, due to high levels of E.Coli, which were present in raw water samples taken from the dam for routine testing. The outbreak was first detected last Thursday and council moved to close the dam to all recreational users on Friday. The dam is expected to be closed for a number of weeks, depending on weather conditions.

BASS

Cressbrook Dam is still fishing quite well, with good numbers of fish, still out from the boat ramp and near the buoy line, soft plastics and blades have provided the most fish, but there has also been the odd one taken on trolled hard body lures. The Bass are scattered throughout Boondooma at the moment, trolling hard bodies and casting Jackalls, soft plastics and blades in deeper water have given the best results. Again, the fish are scattered in Bjelke Peterson, but there have been a few Bass caught on bait, in the deeper water, around the points.

Somerset has had a flow into it over the past week, which has resulted in the water becoming dirty. The Bass have gone quiet around the timber, but there has been a few caught in the deeper water, casting Jackalls and Blades.

Yellowbelly and Cod

Still good numbers of Yellowbelly in Boondooma, trolling hard bodies and Jackalls has given the best results. You could also try casting Jackalls and Spinnerbaits, working along the steeper banks, and for the bait anglers, using live Shrimp in the Stewart and Boyne arms of the dam should see you land a few as well. The Ballone River at St.George is producing quality Yellowbelly on live Worms and Spinnerbaits. The Macintyre River at Goondiwindi has been fishing well for Yellowbelly this week, they have been mainly taken on bait, with only a few coming on lures, due to the water still being a bit dirty. The Dumeresq River is fishing well, up and downstream of Texas, with good numbers of quality Yellowbelly being caught, mainly on bait, but it is expected to slow over the next few days, due to a predicted rise in the river. Coolmunda has seen heaps of large Silver Perch and good size Yellowbelly, caught mainly on live worms and frozen salt water Yabbies. Leslie Dam has produced a few Yellowbelly, using frozen Saltwater Yabbies and trolled deep diving, hard body lures. Glenlyon has again fished well over the past week, with heaps of fish about, throughout the dam. There has been good numbers of Yellowbelly taken on bait and also trolled purple and black lures. Most of the fish have been caught in the afternoon.

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I live in dalby and the oakey creek at the bowenville reserve is as good as you can get for the kayaks. I go there with my old man in the kayaks trolling small poltergeists and hot n tots and we clean up on yellas and the odd cod. As for Toowoomba theres a dam at Meringandan called Cooby dam which is only for kayaks and bank fishing, No Petrol Motors are allowed there. Ive been there once but nobody at the dam could catch a fish that day they musta been asleep

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