The October Fishing Report, Week Five 2007, Noosa, Queensland, Australia, brought to you by Alvey Reels Australia.

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As at Monday October 29, 2007

OFFSHORE: With light to moderate (10 to 15 knot) north westerlies dominating the offshore scene the reefs were at least fishable for most of the week. It wasn't until Sunday lunchtime, in fact, that the wind strength breached the 25 knot mark and shut the gates on any further activity. However, at best it was hot and the seas often choppy, with the morning sessions being the pick of the bunch ahead of the more blustery (15 to 20 knot) afternoon north easterly sea breezes.
Cobia or Black Kingfish

Squire, Parrot Fish and Pearl Perch were pretty much common to the visited reefs. In addition, Chardon's Reef produced Snapper while at North Reef the bonus species were Moses Perch and, as per the photo above, Cobia or Black Kingfish. Melbourne visitors Glenn and Darren Powell were out there on Tuesday morning when the 'Kingies' fired up and boated these 12kg and 15kg specimens using live Yakkas on 6/0 hooks as their draw card. They were armed with Shakespeare Ugly Stiks and Penn 113H Senator reels loaded with 60lb braid and 150lb mono leader. Closer to home, Sunshine Reef was the spot for Snapper and Railway Perch. In Laguna Bay, Mackerel Tuna (to 4kg) were active along the Hall's Reef stretch (on live baits and trolled hard bodies) and a few Cobia were seen but not taken, no matter what the baits.

ONSHORE: The coastal surf beaches were a bit patchy this week. Having said that, there were a few Tailor (and the odd Flathead) on the bite over on the North Shore with best returns coming from the surf gutters around Teewah. Over on the east side, Trevally were active in the gutters at Sunshine Beach while at Castaways Beach the catch was mostly Dart.

In the river, Whiting and Flathead were once again in good numbers with best results coming from the top end of Lake Cooroibah, up around the Weyba Creek Bridge, opposite the Munna Beach caravan park and down at the river mouth. This week's standout catch, in fact, came from the waters across from Munna Beach where Allan Backhouse from Burpenagary (above left) caught and released the 106cm 'Lizard' he's pictured with. Allan was drifting a live Herring bait on Friday when this quality (estimated 7kg-8kg) fish swallowed it whole. Flathead were also on the bite in the Woods Bays as local lad Kane Templeton (above right) discovered yesterday morning. Kane was trolling a silver/black Frenzy deep diver around 7.30am when this 70cm (2.8kg est.) fish ambushed it. He was using a Daiwa Cyclone baitcaster combo loaded with 8lb line and 12lb leader. After a quick pic, of course, Kane released this fine looking female to continue breeding. Also in the Woods Bays, Trevally were responding to surface poppers and metal slug lures while at night, live fish baits were attracting the odd Mangrove Jack. The Munna Bridge area was another Trevally hot spot (live fish baits and surface poppers) while further up river the 'Boat House' jetty was worth targeting for quality Bream.
Whiting
Last but not least, the waters around Goat Island (opposite the Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club) produced Whiting with the odd elbow slapper in amongst the schools. Local lad Matt Roberts (above) was fishing there with his grandad on Monday afternoon when his Prawn bait attracted the attention of the thumper 650gm specimen he's posing with. Matt was armed with a Jarvis Walker estuary rod and an Alvey reel loaded with 8lb line.
On the freshwater scene it was all on at Borumba Dam with over two hundred Bass being caught and released earlier in the week during the ABT Megabucks Bass Competition. These fish came from all areas of the impoundment with quality Yellowbelly (on black Jackalls) and Saratoga (on fly) reported as well.

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