December is generally not too bad for cyclones, youd be bloody unlucky for one to ruin any fishing plans. If you're prepared to tow the tinny either side of Hedland, there are some awesome spots. DeGrey and Little Sherlock are both plentiful for Jacks, Salmon, Barra, Muddies etc. Otherwise anywhere up and around Finucane ramp will produce trevas and queenies.

Hey mate,

I have lived up here since the beginning of last year and it is a great option for that time of the year. As far as cyclones go, they can come whenever and be gone in a few days so they do not present too much of a problem. Just pack your preferred surfing craft and go for a paddle =). The wind can be blowing a bit but the creeks around the area will provide you with enough shelter, if not there are the markers close in to the port that have fish hanging off of them most of the time and will provide you heaps of fun. As far as the fishing goes, the Barra will be on for sure and there are plently of places to find trevs and queenies.

Hope this helps in some way.

Paul

cheers fellas, time to start planning a trip then i reckon.

what are the tides like around december? or are they farely consistant over the whole year and stay between 2-6mtrs?

If things get too bad outside give the harbour a shot. Have caught tuna, mackies, etc trolling and all sorts of ooglies flicking lures in underneath the berths, trevs, big batfish, black jews etc.

There should be a feed or two of muddies in some of the small creeks running into the harbour as well.

The creek fishing will be fine, unless we get heaps of rain.  The rain seems to put the fish off for a couple weeks.

As the other guys mentioned, there is always trevs and queenies and all sorts of fish in the harbour if you wanna just play around with some small lures etc.

Dont forget, by December the temperature will be over 40 degrees most days, and there will probably be swarms of flies to drive you crazy in between the sandfly bites.  Stock up on bushmans / rid / aeroguard!!!

ahh.. good advice mate, bushmans is the go. has the most deet in it.

what do you guys call small lures up there but?

lures around the 100mm range, x-rap 10's, laser pro 120's and dumbell poppers?

would 5-7 inch soft plastics be a goer to, working them off the bottom to cover the whole water coloumn?

Claymore,

I have found that the 'Jelly Bean' theory works wonders up here. For marker bashing and in the creeks, 70-80 mm flickbaits and the likes are much more productive then 5-7 inch plastics and the same rule appies for the creeks with the hard body lures >100mm generally getting more fish.

Cup faced poppers are great once you have found fish but to find the fish first a trolled skipping stickbait brings up all sorts, that is when we are in 5-10m of water. If you want to chase Trout and Cod, bright orange 'fanta' McArthy's work so well. You can get away with 1/4 oz jig heads when the tides are slower but 3/8 oz help you when there is more movement.

Hope this helps.

Paul

thanks mate, but what is the jelly bean theory?

 Sorry about the late reply Claymore, the jellybean theory is basically using lures that are small enough that the fish just scoff it, just like we would if someone puts a jelly bean in front of us. 

Paul