So here is the Good Oil according to Pete. The Lower Clarence is pretty good all year round, but by far the best time is from June to September. Bream are also running and can be caught from any wall or around the piers of the many bridges. Between September and November is pretty quiet until the yellow fin whiting and the big dusky lizards start to bite. They last right through summer with duskies up to 7 kilos not uncommon.
Outside fishing is good all year 'round.
During winter, schnapper move in towards the shore to spawn and there are good fish to be had. Jewies are also around then. From October through summer surface fish become very active with spotty and barr mackerel, northern blue fin tuna, mack tuna and the odd cobia. Now you know. Of course being the eternal cynic in these matters I thought I'd do a consumer test.