[where to go fishing in the clyde river batemans bay]

Depends on what you're after buy here's a few spots that deliver for me. Jewies at the bridges, chinamans point and along the right hand side of the river as you approach big island. There's other Jewie spots but you can't have them haha. Just look for a depth of around 6 metres with a little bit of structure. I've found flathead all through the river and the bream can be found easily around the areas with rocky shorelines or as mentioned by someone else, the oyster leases. There is a long straight stretch leading up to little island in about 4 metres that I've done really well on the Whiting. Yakkas can be burleyed up at the big island Jewie spot I mentioned and at the back of big island. Good luck and I may see you on the water as I'm down there late Feb early march.

thanks for the tips and yes might see ya out there

[where to go fishing in the clyde river batemans bay]

Same as the lads above mate I have never had any luck myself in the river. Plenty of flatties in the bay though.

I ran into an old bloke when I was coming in from the tollgates one day and he had been up river. He was all too happy to show me his bucket of fish (bakers flour bucket 20lt!) which consisted of good sized bream that you would have trouble fitting in a frypan and a big lizard that was around the 60cm mark. He was anchoring his tinny up right next to oyster leases and dropping a little bit of berley over the side. he said you had to get within a few metres of the lease and drop your bait down next to the woodwork so the bream could dart out and have a crack at it. Too much water between you and the shelter of the leases and they apparently get too shy. Makes sense I suppose.

He said the trick was to pull up where the tide was pushing water under the leases where the bream are, so basically on a bend and work the top (preferably) or bottom of the tides until slack tide. This makes the berley move where it can get fish interested and moving into the area your bait is.

Of course being an old bloke with a ton of experience he had a special recipe in the bait department that he showed me - chicken breast that was soaked in tuna oil and the rolled in bread crumbs. Seemed like a nightmare from a cooking show to me but he swore by it and his bucket was pretty full of fish that appeared to like the mix. The bread crumbs had me fascinated as I wouldn't expect them to stay on but it dawned on me that they would be like a little bit of tuna soaked berley in a cloud around your bait - irresistible to a bream I reckon.

I had a crack once out of my kayak but was didn't have berley so no luck. Also fished plastics because I thought I knew better.

Anyway might be some stuff in here that people can try.

Cheers

Nige

ok thanks very much will try it out

[where to go fishing in the clyde river batemans bay]

ok well will try to get to the bridge before the skier get there and will try my luck

[where to go fishing in the clyde river batemans bay]

Hi there heading to batemans bay at the start of march and was going to hire a boat and go fishing in the clyde river was looking for some hot spot please.