Fishing Report 13th December 2024

Dec 13 20240 comments

Photo: Kai George with a 94cm Callide Dam Barramundi

Product of The Week - Garmin - GPSMAP 8416xsv

Garmin GPSMAP 8416xsv Combo offers ClearVu and SideVu as well as traditional CHIRP Sonar in one package and brings it all together with a sleek glass Helm styled IPS screen to display all the information clearly.

Display: FHD 1920 x 1080 Pixel Full HD IPS touchscreen, offers wide viewing angles and clarity even in bright sunlight or with polarised sunglasses
Supports full Range of Sonar types, ClearVu, SideVu CHIRP, Ultra HD scanning sonar
Compatible with Panoptix LiveScope system (requires separate transducer)
Designed to allow mounting side by side for glass Helm look
NMEA2000/0183 and Garmin Marine Network connectivity
Bluetooth, ANT and Wifi wireless networking allows full connection options to devices such as Quatix 5 watch or gWind Wireless wind sensors
OneHelm allows connection to many third party devices, with J1939 for engine communication and USB touch output protocols for controlling a standard PC
SmartMode controls allow for presets to be configured for one touch docking, cruising, fishing anchoring and more
SailAssist shows relevant data, displays and pre-race guidance
Pairs with ActiveCaptain app via WiFi for smart notifications, OneChart and community data

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Fishing Our Region

Cressbrook Dam - The yellowbelly have been on the bite at Cressbrook. The man made structures that have been placed in the lake have been holding loads of yellowbelly and jigging zx blades around them has worked really well. The locations of these structures are signed at the ramp. Trolling has also seen some success on both bass and yellowbelly but the bass seem a bit patchy right now.

Cooby Dam - Trolling Jackall TN60's has been working well along with some other diving lures like the cooby cobbas and Smak 19's. plenty of good yellowbelly suspended throughout the lake at around 20ft which can be targeted by trolling or a 10 second count down and retrieved with TN60's. Jigging blades is also working well the key is to work them around a structure or change in taper on the bottom. these locations are also good for bait fishing with Saltwater yabbies and live worms.

Leslie Dam - Suspended fish through the creek channel have been the best to target on deep diving hard bodies while there have been some good cod hanging around the structures and edges of the creek beds. Fishing large spinnerbaits will tempt those better cod. Saltwater yabbies are the bait of choice on the edge of the creek bed.

Coolmunda Dam - Similar story at coolmunda with plenty of fish sitting in the creek channel and up on the contours. With the dam being a bit low its quiet easy to fish the creek bed with it only being around 15-20ft so most of the popular hard bodies will do the job.

Callide Dam - One of the big barramundi lakes that is kept quite, the lake is getting low and with the warm weather the fish have all pushed into the main basin. lots of big barra and easy to find its just a matter of tempting them with the right baits. Zerek Live Mullet, Molix 140 and Crush city Jerk have been stand out barra lures this season.

Monduran Lake - Quickly becoming the most popular Barra lake in Australia, and for good reason. The big barra keep coming and anglers are really tuning in on catching them. Theres a bit to it and will depend on what electronics your are running in your boat. Running Live Imaging is the new thing and its making barra fishing a lot easier simply locating barra and casting right on to their nose. If your fishing traditional sounders you will want to target the thermocline in around 15-17ft slow trolling molix and zerek live mullets has worked well. working some of the deep points throughout the night has also seed good results.