Water temperatures have dropped to 21 degrees and the mackerel and tuna have departed to warmer waters.

Snapper continue to fish well from both the northern and southern grounds.

Kingfish and peal perch have also been boated while flathead can be caught on the drift.

There are plenty of sharks around at present. Could they be waiting for the mullet to run?

This is problematical as schools of mullet are non existent in the lower part of the river.

Perhaps they all left with the dirty freshwater in the flood.

On the beaches tailor are biting well on pilchards and lures while a few salmon are still around.

The rocks at Crowdy Head are good for a few tailor early in the morning.

Be careful when driving on the beaches as there are some soft patches and in places the beach is very narrow.

Bream are all the go in the estuary. The river wall at Harrington and the spur wall at Manning Pont are producing good numbers of fish before and after slack water.

Mullet pieces, mullet gut, yabbies, prawns and chicken gut will take fish.

Flathead are moving back up the river as it clears and the best catches are coming from the upriver locations.