Map Six in the late Lindsay Bond's excellent booklet "Fishing the Clyde River" illustrates the best areas for fishing up- and downriver from Little Island:
There is a deep channel running alongside the left-hand side [looking upriver] of Little Island close in. This produces some very nice black bream when the water is a bit dirty after heavy rain.
Above Little Island there is a very large sandbank with patches of sand and weed. Fishing these sand and weed patches early in the run off ride will give garfish, bream, luderick and the odd flathead. Above this sandbank along the left-hand bank to where the river takes a left hand turn is very deep water. This fishes best on all tides when the ride is slow.
The right hand bank has a few oyster racks before reaching Little Island and this fishes best on the run off. Just before Sheep Station Creek opposite a red buoy, there is very deep water and a light reef. This fishes best on the last hour of the run up.
From the mouth of Sheep Station Creek along the right hand side are old oyster racks and shallow water. One can only motor up to opposite the green buoy as the reef is very shallow.
From the green buoy up stream and the right-hand bank to Orange Grove [the downriver property adjoining "Riverbend"], the best fishing can be had on the run off. This is also good for garfish, whiting and luderick.
A copy of "Fishing the Clyde River" is inside the Cottage.
