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A few KFA members fished the Clyde yesterday, in preparation for the SSBS Clyde River round in a couple of weeks. The whole South Coast has been getting a fair drenching over the past few days (inland from Moruya got 200mm in 24 hours ), so it was no surprise that the river was running quite dirty. Meeting Craig in the morning, we slowly fished our way upstream, meeting up with Paddy and Josh.. I personally found the bream fishing very tough, with the dirty water none of my favorite shallow water techniques were giving up good fish, and I was shown up by Craig who put together a great bag of comp-legal bream on his new rod, and using a variety of deep and shallow water techniques. I caught a couple of bream that were nowhere near legal, and managed to catch just about every other species that inhabits the Clyde including flathead, snapper, garfish, Estuary perch, trevally and a honker of a whiting.
Using brightly coloured surface and suspending sub-surface offerings, the bycatch was willing but the bream were elusive, and I will be crossing my fingers for no more rain before the comp! Paddy told tales of an enormously productive snag and a 'secret lure', which I'll most definately be trying to steal ASAP! He then cooked up a massive hotplate of sausages for the annual FANGact Nelligen Jewfish trip, which we were all grateful for after a long day on the kayaks. Looking forward to a great turnout for the SSBS Clyde River round in a couple of weeks.
