queensland Clarence River Trip Report

[dan25]

Hey guys

Have just gotten back from our 4 day trip to Yamba, and it was awesome. Was slightly worried on how fresh the river would be days before we left and on the trip but revealed it was going to be alright as i caught a bream within minutes.

We arrived 3.00 Thursday afternoon. I fished all that afternoon and night till about 11-12ish. Was rewarded with a few small bream, whiting and also a legal bream going 26cm.

Next morning i started at about 6.00am and decided to walk the sandbanks and attempt my 1st SP catch. After an 1 hour or so i was actually beginning to get a few hits. Eventually I hooked up a fish after a few hours. Managed to land it and it was a nice mullet, foul hooked in the side . I was still happy and my confidence with lures was growing.

That day i caught heaps more bream and nothing much else.

The next day we hired a tinny and took it to the rock walls. Within a few minutes i was already getting bites and managed to hook up a fish. After a short fight i landed my 1st ever flathead going about 31-32cm :cheer: .

I then hooked up another 20-30mins later it was another flattie but would of only gone around the 26-27cm. Next few hours caught a bunch of small bream and then another 30cm or so flattie .

Next day i didnt do to much fishing just a bit of sp fishing here and there. But dad and I went out that night for 3-4 hours. We had been sitting around for at least 2 hours with not even a touch and we were losing hope. My rod then got a huge hit, and i struck and hooked up something big. It put up a huge fight and i didnt have a clue what it was (was hoping big bream) after a 2-3min fight dad netted it and it revealed an awesome bream that measured 36cm, my new pb, and also probably my best ever catch :woohoo: .

After the release i decided to pack up on a good note.

On Sunday i got up at about 10.00am and fished basically all day. Also hired a kayak for a few hours. Didnt catch much apart from a few small bream, butter bream, and whiting.

That night (also last night of trip) i hooked up a stingray. I didnt know what it was until 3-4 mins into the fight as i got a slight look, but it put up an awesome fight on my light bream gear. After minutes of trying to get it off the bottom it finally came up and we netted it. Was slightly disappointed it wasn't a nice fish, but still, it was my 1st stingray

That was the last session of the trip as we had to leave early this morning. I was extremely happy with how the trip went with some great catches, it was great.

Thanks

Dan

[Malcolm]

Sounds a great trip dan. Thats a stonka of a Bream mate

[Davo_Dinkum]

good stuff dan

nice report looks like a good time and lots of fun

nice big bream there

[cpetrie]

ncie few days there mate, killer bream aswell 36cm is pretty big.

[chris_stewart14]

HORSE bream dude... Well done.. Sounds like a good trip.

[straddiebrad]

good on ya mate and a great report well done on the great bream,hope to see more of these great bream in the months to come.

[Do$tylz]

Thats a screamer bream well done and kudos for letting go Gotta love non-stop fishing holidays

[pinkey]

Good work dan.

I was down there last week with a mate. Got probly around 100 fish mostly bream with a few gooduns thrown in to 36fl or 39tip on hardbodys. I also got my first jack only small though.

[dan25]

thanks guys, appreiate it.

Sounds like you had an awesome trip there Pinkey, 39cm to the tip is awesome.

Nice one

[plugga]

Sound like great fun! Nice work on that monster bream, ( A bream that size would be good on a plastics, ay). And the good thing is fishing is only gotta get better.

PLUGGa

[bmxdirtjumpa]

that bream is HUGE!!!

[Slyhawke]

Well done Dan, The clarence produces really nice bream and jew. Gl next trip.

[tacklebox]

Great report Dan. How'd you find yak fishing?

[dan25]

tacklebox wrote:

Great report Dan. How'd you find yak fishing?

it was awesome, made me what mine even more now :cheer:. Hopefully not to much longer, really looking forward to geting one, as its great fun

[Cowfish13]

Many people who have been fishing much longer than you would be stoked with that Bream! :woohoo:

[Mack_attack]

nice bream dan well done what bait did it take?

[dan25]

Mack_attack wrote:

nice bream dan well done what bait did it take?

servo prawn

[Rocket75]

sounds like we have another fishing addict on our hands

thanks for sharing and congrats on the PB bream.

Rocket

[bretto]

Cheers for the report and the pics. Glad to see you got that nice bream. You put alot of time into your fishing and is good to se you get rewarded mate.

Brett

[Angus]

Well done mate. Must be getting warmed up for the ROTM comp

Thanks for sharing and well down on your firsts and PB's.

Angus

[lt obvious]

Great work Dan!

Love the Bream! It's massive! Did it take long to land? It would have put up one hell of a fight!

Good luck for the future!

lt obvious

[maxi]

great report dan ....

stonker bream off the walls eh ....

very nice fish and a great pb ... congrats to ya mate .....

your efforts were rewarded .....:laugh: :laugh:

[dan25]

thanks heaps guys really appreciate it

it put up a nice fight Lt Obvious, probably around the 2min mark, great fun :cheer: