I was a away during September so did not get to fish. In October our short Northern Rivers winter was already fading. It was a dry month with rainfall about 50% below average.

The Clarence river was running clear. There were plenty of flathead in close to the bank. The trevally were still patrolling and on dawn and dusk. There were plenty of small jewfish hanging around the drop offs. The bream were around, but elusive.

Out on the headlands, when the swell dropped off, I went in search of bigger fish. The tailor are pretty much a permanent fixture at dawn and dusk around the rocky points of Iluka. I was trying to catch jewfish/ mulloway and found a few in their usual hideouts. The tailor will attack anything they pass but I like using the various long thin slow sinking garfish impersonations and these are proving very successful for me.