Fish Report - 27th April 2010

Well, the weather in the local Bundaberg area has once again turned for the worse, so most of the fishing this week has been done in the local rivers, creeks and dams, with the Burnett River fishing exceptionally well for most species.

Reports have shown large bream as the main catch with a by catch of whiting, flathead, grunter and even jewfish.  Most of the bream have come from the rocky areas throughout the river using chook gut and whitebait as the main baits.
A lot of the flathead have been caught by trolling small diving lures around most of the sand banks, with pink being a hot color try the ecogear shads in pink slow retrieve and short pauses .

The Burnett River mouth is producing some small mackerel and a lot of these fish are small, so anglers need to be aware of the current size limits regarding mackerel.  There has been reports this week of some tailor making their presence felt as well.

Further up the river the deeper holes are also fishing well.  Large jack, finger mark, cod and even Jew have been caught, especially using live baits. 

The coastal beaches have been producing some nice whiting and dart with worms, yabbies and pippies being the best bait.

The Isis Impoundment (Lake Gregory) is producing some great bass fishing in the early morning on surface poppers.  As the day heats up the fish are moving out into the deeper water.  Jigging on soft plastics and bibless minnows is the best method for deep water bassing or try using my favorite tech a fly rod with 15 ft of T14 deep sink head and Vampire flies slow strips with sort pauses and then a fast strip should get you the needed attention if fishing with fly try gurglers in the weed beds in the early morning.
 
Lake Monduran is well and truly on the improve and at the Barra Tournament which was held on the dam last weekend, over forty barra were caught.  The barra were hanging in 10-15 feet of water, with the smaller barra in close and the bigger barra out deeper in about 20 feet of water.  The key was to get your lures down to these depths and fish a nice slow retrieve.  Also trolling the main basin with 15-20 feet diving lures produced some large barramundi.

If you get the chance my pic of the days this week will be 28th Wednesday and 29th Thursday and 30th Friday out wide try the area on 15nm ledges and also the koolalee is fishing very well with strip baits and my favorite plastics Gulps in light blue pepper neon glow in 5” or just the plain glows in white these have produced some spectacular snapper in 100ft of water on 1oz jig heads when using the plastics don’t forget that the technique is the crucial parts of plastics fishing and that you don’t have to make really large movements its more of making the plastic look like an injured bait fish try not to bring the rod tip up past the 10 o’clock mark and make sure that you keep as much slack out of the link as possible when you allow the plastic to sink back down. ( If you would like to learn plastics or even fly fishing please call me to arrange a time.

Also when using strip bait try and get yourself some Mac tuna on the way out as the flesh is a great oily texture and creates a oil slick because of the flesh.
Some very nice Spangles, Red Emp and Snapper have fallen to this technique.

If you have time off this week get out and fish the moon and tides are right for some great fishing.
P.s. Don’t forget to make sure all your safety gear is in date and you have enough jackets on board.

May all your seas be glass and fish leap into your  boat
 Tight lines braid burns

Maddog Morgan

Hervey Bay Fly Fishing Comp 2010

The Matthew Quinn Memorial Fly Classic.

History:

Each year for the past 4 years members of this online forum have run a Meet and Greet event at Hervey Bay in memorial of our good friend Matthew (Quinny) Quinn. Matt was tragically killed in a car accident in December 2005. last year we decided to turn this Meet and Greet into a formal competition. It was well attended with 36 competitors attending. As a result we raised over $1100 for the McGrath Foundation. The format this year is the same. Competitors will flyfish for any species, in a large area bounded by Inskip Point in the south through to Bundaberg in the north. The "Matthew Quinn Memorial Trophy" will be awarded to the most memorable capture of the event. This will be decided by a vote of the competitors present at the presentation. A selection of Sponsors prizes will be awarded by way of a lucky draw. This will be a non profit event with the proceeds being donated to a charity chosen by the Quinn Family.

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