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| February
2006 |
Tue
28
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Early
Morn - Quiet morning, water fairly rough. Caught 3 tailor.
No other fishers until I was leaving.
Evening - Calm water, practically no wind. Very quickly
caught a small hammerhead, then before it could be taken
off the hook the other rod went. Landed an 18kg bronze
whaler. Then within half an hour the Southerly wind
picked up whipping up waves and bringing in weed, quickly
left the beach. |
Mon
27
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11.30am
- A good day, sea fairly calm, no wind. A group of fishers
picking a small amount of weed off their lines. Had
caught 2 large salmon and some mullet and flathead.
Reported an earlier fisher caught 2 small gummies. |
Sun
26
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
10.30am
- One fisher picking weed off. Water calm, nice day.
8pm - Beach deserted. Strong Southerly wind, lots of
white water and foam blowing on the beach. |
Sat
25
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Early
Morn - Arrived at the beach to find several fishers
leaving, all having found the water full of fine cotton
weed bought in by the Easterly wind and big seas of
the past few days.
1.30pm - Wind calmed right down to a Westerly breeze.
One fisher picking off that fine weed after every cast. |
Thu
23 - 2 - 06
Wanda
90 Mile Beach |
There
has been a sudden change to gales after a week of good
weather conditions. Shallow water and very little channel
has been the biggest challenge for fishers in trying
to cast into deeper water.
Plenty of mullet have been caught, but very few of anything
else except several catches of gummies about 90cm in
length. |
Thu
23
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Early
Morn - Fished a couple of hours and gave up. A strong
Easterly wind and getting stronger, water fairly rough,
the only other fisher was leaving also.
1.30pm
- An Easterly gale blowing, big sea with plenty of
white water. The channel that was is all filled up
with sand now. |
Wed
22
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Early
Morn - Caught 2 gummies and 2 throwbacks - the best
fishing for a while. Calm morning, much warmer, no wind. |
Tue
21
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Early
Morn - Fished 3 hours, very cold Westerly wind and rough
water making rods flick up and down. Would be unlucky
to know if there was a bite so went home.
3pm - Almost high tide, could see big sand bars and
shallow water everywhere. Several fishers catching some
mullet. |
Mon
20
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Early
Morn - Caught 2 gummies - put one back as undersized,
then caught a tailor. No other fishers probably because
it had been raining and there was a cold Westerly wind
blowing. Water good but also big patches of shallow
water. |
Sun
19
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Early
Morn - fished 7 hours for one tailor. Previous fishers
left the remains of a small gummy and a tailor on the
beach. Water quite calm but shallow. |
Sat
18
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Midday
- Quite a few fishers, could only find fishers with
catches of mullet. Light Southerly breeze.The bar has
moved in and become very wide and shallow with a narrow
channel. Plenty of weed washed up but not affecting
fishers. |
Fri
17
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
5pm
- Fishers leaving beach without a bite. At this precise
moment a change hit with a strong Southerly wind and
sand flying |
Thu
16 - 2 - 06
Wanda
90 Mile Beach |
Surf
conditions have been very good this week, including
a reasonably deep channel. Plenty of sand has been dug
out and thrown up on the beach making it steep down
to the water. Mullet are plentiful on pippies. Large
salmon are increasing in numbers. Some good sized tailor
were caught Wednesday night, hitting hard on the line.
Only a small gummy reported recently. |
Thu
16
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Evening
- Reasonable water, a few fishers all complaining of
not a bite, so left early. |
Wed
15
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Evening
- Fished through high tide till 3am. Most of the time
there were other fishers. Excellent conditions, caught
2 good sized tailor and a salmon, very quiet otherwise,
even the Southerly breeze dropped off early, things
should have been good. |
Tue
14
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
10.30am
- Several fishers with good catches of mullet, one also
had a 2kg salmon, good fishing conditions.
Evening - Fished several hours, but only a flathead,
another fisher caught the same plus a small gummy. An
Easterly wind and fairly rough water. |
Mon
13
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11.30am
- Light Westerly breeze, water looks good, possible
slight sidewash, a couple of fishers. |
Sun
12
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
2.30pm
- Low tide, clear water in quite a good channel, but
a very wide bar with water washing over the top of it.
Slight Southerly breeze. A few fishers fishing in the
clear shallow water.
Evening - Fished a while with a North - Easterly breeze
that suddenly turned to the South becoming stronger
and a front of black clouds moving in. Wind picked up
and so did the waves - packed up and went home. |
Sat
11
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
10.30am
- Westerly wind, Quite a bit of swell and white water.
One fisher.
Evening - Caught 2 salmon, a few other fishers. Water
very rough with so much swell, Only puffs of wind from
different directions. |
Fri
10
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
3.30pm
- Gusty Sth wind, rough with white water on the bar
and some sidewash. Nobody on the beach. |
Thu
9 - 2 - 06
Wanda
90 Mile Beach |
Very
changeable weather conditions continuing and bringing
in some weed, but the surf has produced more catches
this week. Mullet still plentiful. Big salmon are moving
in with catches improving. Several gummies have also
been caught, including one at 9kg. That particular party
of fishers, over a week, reported a few salmon and six
gummies with the one at 9kg and another at 12kg. Surprisingly
these were caught when the channel became quite shallow.
The channel has since deepened again. Lately the birds
have been noticed, working, also a seal. |
Thu
9
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Early
Morn - Suddenly wind changed from North to South
West, the change whipped up the surf for a while. On
the change, caught a one metre gummy, a salmon and a
flathead. Was interested to watch a seal darting through
the waves chasing mullet. |
Wed
8
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Early
Morn - Very cold and strong Nth to Easterly winds, rough
sea. Caught a large salmon, two fishers each caught
a gummy a metre or so long. Daytime fishers were fishing
for mullet.
8pm - Fished a couple of hours for one large salmon.
Water rough, Nth Easterly gradually stopped. No other
fishers. |
Tue
7
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
8pm
- Cool Southerly wind, not very rough but a lot of white
water on the bar. Several fishers. |
Mon
6
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Early
Morn - Slight Easterly breeze but rough surf brought
in weed so for the third morning in a row, packed up
and went home.
11.30am - Weed appeared to be sitting over the bar and
the channel was clear. Strong Southerly wind, becoming
gusty, no fishers. Gales forecast. |
Sun
5
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Early
Morn - Easterly breeze and some weed. At high tide thick
weed came in and all fishers left. One group had caught
a 9kg gummy just before the weed.
4pm - South Easterly wind, water calm and clear. Several
fishers catching mullet. |
Sat
4
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Early
Morn - Met a party of fishers with about a dozen big
salmon, they were leaving after a nights fishing. Cast
in to find the tide had brought in thick weed - hopeless,
so went home.
5.30pm - Channel clear but a lot of weed sitting on
the bar, Southerly wind, only a few fishers. |
Fri
3
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
4pm
- Two fishers, one with several mullet. Water calm,
slight breeze. |
Thu
2 - 2 - 06
Wanda
90 Mile Beach |
A
disappointing week overall with very changeable weather.
The surf conditions have otherwise improved with clear
water and a deep channel. Mullet are plentiful using
pippies, but few reports of salmon, flathead or gummies,
considering the number of fishers there have been lately. |
Thu
2
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Early
am - Just like last night, no fishers.
2pm - Overcast, cool Southerly breeze, sea choppy, giving
the appearance of bleak conditions on the beach. Nobody
around. |
Wed
1
- 2 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
9.30am
- Three fishers catching mullet and a few spotty salmon.
Water perfect looking - clean, deep channel, not too
rough, only a slight breeze. A big change to yesterday
afternoon's strong winds.
8pm - Fished till 11pm, no bites. A couple of fishers,
only a skate caught. |
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