LOCAL FISHING REPORT Friday January 28, 2011

Noosa: Spanish mackerel, snapper and mahi mahi from Sunshine reef. Good numbers flathead around Munna point. Mangrove jack and thread fin salmon from Woods bay and the sound. Large numbers of dart from North shore. Good numbers of bass up to 42cm from lake McDonald.

Maroochydore: Spotty mackerel, squire and  sweetlip from Old Woman island. Mangrove jack up to 2kg have been caught at the Cod hole on live herring and in the upper reaches. Plenty of large flathead, bream and trevally around Goat and Channel island on bait and soft plastics.

Kawana: Amberjack, snapper, pearl perch and sweetlip from the banks. Golden and silver trevally from La Balsa park. Quality dart, trevally and tarwhine from Kawana Beach. Flathead and a few whiting from McKenzie bridge. Mud crabs in the canals.

Caloundra: Grass sweetlip and snapper from Currimundi Reef. Trevally and a few big flathead from the boardwalk. Whiting and a few flathead from Currimundi lake. Trevally and bream in the canals on live bait and soft plastics. Mud crabs throughout the passage.

Dean Went landed this 50cm while fishing from the mouth of Maroochy canals on Australia Day.