A shorter tip and report this week everyone as Clint’s wife Karla gave birth to twins (a girl Halle and boy Jordi) on Thursday and he will take a few weeks off.
Tweed river: The flathead are still readily attacking lures at present even though the water temperature has dropped a couple of degrees with the cold weather.
The tip this week is to fish the shallow banks as the flatties move up on top of the banks with the run in tides to take advantage of the sun warmed water.
Cheers
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