LOCAL FISHING REPORT Monday January 31, 2011

Noosa: Big blue fin and yellow fin tuna in the bay. Mangrove jack and thread fin salmon up to 5kg from Woods bay and the back of the sound. Large numbers of flathead from the mouth. Dart and Tarwhine along North shore. Good numbers of bass in lake McDonald.

Maroochydore: Mangrove jack up to 2kg in Petrie Creek, the cod hole and above Bli Bli bridge. Big flathead on the banks upstream from Petrie Creek.  Bream, tarwhine and flathead on the high tide in the cod hole. Mud crabs in good number above Bli Bli bridge.

Kawana: Quality dart, trevally and tarwhine from Kawana Beach. Golden and silver trevally from La Balsa park. Flathead and a few bream from McKenzie bridge. Mud crabs in the canals. Mangrove jacks in Kawana Waters.

Caloundra: Dart, whiting and tarwhine along Currimundi beach. Whiting and a few flathead from Currimundi lake. Trevally and bream in the canals. Mud crabs throughout the passage.

Dave was fishing with squid and prawns in the Maroochy River over night when he hooked several clean yellow fin bream up to 800g in weight.