I was away from fishing from mid January to mid February.

In early January the Clarence River at Iluka was full of bait. The black cormorants flew up and down early in the morning looking for the schools of small fish and prawns. Wherever they stopped was a good place to fish. On one morning I was surprised to catch a Cobia on a soft plastic jerkshad, whilst wading on the flats, near Browns Rocks.

There were still plenty of flathead in the river and the odd bream. It was quite windy at the beginning of the month but I did manage to fish at Woody Head and Iluka Bluff on a few mornings, where I picked up a few small jewfish and some keeper sized tailor.