Wild River Tours

01/10/2024

Few days solo chasing Big fish before the rivers flooded. over 20 fish with a mix of Bass and Easties. The Bass were on the chew with a nice 50 and a 47 being landed and lots of hard aggressive strikes. Some giant Cod making a nuisance of themselves always keeps you on your toes. Keen to see what the next few months hold. I have a couple
of spots left before xmas so if your keen send me a message

16/07/2024

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24/06/2024

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09/01/2024

A quick trip with Dave to see if we could find a Bass led to some frustration as the river has a lot of snot w**d floating in it so the bass were shut down. We met a few Cod locals, and Dave landed a cracker of 87cm. Nice paddle as the river had a small rise enough to not be bumping your ass all the way. Need more rain 👏

23/12/2023

That's almost a wrap for 2023 as I have 1 booking on the 30-31 but it's a paddling trip with no fishing. Been a year of 2 halves with Jan-June giving us the best Bass fishing we have seen for over 10 years and now Sept-December we are in a drought and can hardly find a Bass in the mountain rivers.

Thanks to our customers and friends for the support, It is really appreciated and I look forward to doing more in 2024 with a few bigger trips planned. A special mention to my mate Dave from Nymboida for his help with drop-offs and the Nymboida Camping & Canoeing guys for the constant support, I'd be lost without them.

Thanks also to Frogleys Offshore for the support with my fishing gear, very much appreciated.

Lastly, thanks to my Jo for putting up with this nonsense, Luv ya x

Merry Christmas and I hope you all have a fantastic and safe New Year

04/09/2023

7 years ago today we started wild river tours. I can remember brainstorming on our office whiteboard and wondering if anyone would book with us. We have had good and bad times but mostly really bloody good. We have made life long friendships and truly for that alone it has been worth the odd struggle. Our story isn’t over yet and if I could get a little luck and some rain I’d like to do something amazing over the next few seasons. Thanks to everyone for the laughs and a special shout out to the team at Frogleys Offshore for the continued support, it’s very much appreciated.

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06/07/2023

If you see some flog trying to sell merch on here please ignore.

14/05/2023

The 2022/23 season is now finished and we are looking forward to seeing what the 2023/24 season has to offer. Hopefully, it will be on par with this year as it seemed every trip had a 50cm bass waiting for our clients. Giant Cod and consistent river heights made it a season to remember. Jo and I would like to thank all our friends and customers for their support over the years. Here are a few of my favourite pics from this season.

26/03/2023

With over 80 fish landed and a giant fat 51cm , 49cm and 2 x 47s the boys had a great trip.

WIld storms kept the fishing to mostly day time, and a rising river meant we had to put the rods away and paddle out early or I think we would have hit the 100 fish.

I had the biggest cod I think I have ever seen grab a 40cm cod at the canoe and I thought for a minute I would land her till she spat out the fish. The little cod survived and swam off, maybe with a little PTSD.

Few of my favourite pics of the trip…

13/03/2023

106 fish 🎣
1 x 54cm 🥰
1 x 50cm 💪

The river was on fire this weekend and when we called it a night on the first day we had landed 60 fish and lost/missed well over 30 plus.

Cris had booked the trip with the purpose to get a 50 as he has been chasing one for years. This weekend he managed a 54 for his first and then a 50 a few hours later, awesome.

Plenty of big bass around and the surface fishing was just bloody brilliant.

Unfortunately we hit a storm and the river went dirty and started to rise and that shut the fish down.

The paddling was perfect, lots of laughs and a trip that neither of us will ever forget.

05/03/2023

Greg and Jack joined me for a 3 day trip in the high country and we had it all, big winds, big moon and big Bass. Jack landed his first ever bass and it was just shy of 52cm. Great fish and it will be hard for him to beat that in the future. Plenty of white water that made for great paddling conditions and with 40 fish landed it was a great way to start autumn 🍂

24/01/2023

Privileged to be at the offical opening of the “Big Shed” at the Nymboida Camping & Canoeing Center this morning. For over 8 years these guys have shuttled me and my customers around and I’m happy to call them my friends. I was at the Center the day the fires swept through when the boat shed was lost and people risked there lives. Friends who are volunteers at the Center lost there homes, it’s hard to imagine what they have been through. Out of the ashes the centre became a hub for anyone that needed it and till this day it is a lighthouse in the community.

11/01/2023

Just a shower 🤣

11/11/2022

Bass fishing in the Clarence Valley

Finally, after weeks of will it, wont it, it will, it wont, the river dropped enough for Neil, Rich and me to get the first trip of the season down the mighty Nymboida, but when I say low enough, i…