10am - A few fishers, those fishing for mullet with good catches, little else. Easterly wind getting up.

4pm - Strong gusty Southerly wind, choppy sea, big sidewash. No fishers.

Early am - Caught a 2kg salmon, about 5 others caught between about 8 fishers. Calm morning, channel still a bit shallow.

Early am - Water still calm, many fishers, only saw one large salmon caught.
8pm - Beautiful water, a little rough on the bar, many fishers but did not see any worth while fish caught. Calm night but without results, most fishers left soon after dark.

11.30am - Water looks clean and calm, no wind. A fisher reported a salmon and no weed. Very few fishers.
4.30pm - Fished until the change at 7.30pm. Wind swung from North to South-West, clouds threatening. Water crystal clear and not very rough. A number of fishers but nobody had bites or caught fish.

Thu 26 - 1 - 06
Wanda
90 Mile Beach 

Some improved surf conditions this week until yesterday when some weed was blown in. Very good catches of mullet have been reported, some small flathead and gummies to 1.2 metre's. Very few salmon are appearing. At last the channel has deepened, which has to improve the chances of catching a fish.

Thu 26 - 1 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. 

Early am - A lot of weed and some sidewash. Gave up fishing after a couple of casts. Wind had stopped after a strong Easterly.
3pm - Calmer sea, some weed can be seen, very hot.

Wed 25 - 1 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. 

8pm - Fairly rough sea with plenty of white water on the bar. Wind almost stopped after a strong Easterly all day. A few fishers trying.

Tue 24 - 1 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. 

Early am - Strong Westerly wind which later swung around to the South, fairly rough water. Caught a 115 cm gummy and some small flathead which were continually nibbling at the bait. Several fishers, one caught 2 salmon, all left with the strong SOutherly wind.

Mon 23 - 1 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. 

10am- Southerly breeze and picking up. Very few fishers, one leaving with a good catch of mullet and reported the same yesterday morning. Later report of a couple of gummies landed.

Sun 22 - 1 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. 

8pm - Very hot in the calm conditions awaiting the change. Black clouds in the South. Only a couple of fishers, one playing a ray which he eventually cut loose.

Sat 21 - 1 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. 

Early am - Reports of about 5 gummies caught on the beach overnight, from throwbacks to 1.2 metre's, plus a salmon and some flathead. The night was calm after early storms and still warm before a change. Water still fairly shallow.
Evening - Caught a gummy first cast, then only a salmon and some flathead overnight. Being a very hot night would have expected better results.

Fri 20 - 1 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. 

11am - Water a milky colour and shallow, very hot day, only a couple of fishers.

We are well into summer but as yet no stable weather patterns have occurred. Strong winds have consistently brought in sand, widening the bar and filling up the channel, leaving very little suitable water in which to fish - even at high tide!
Because of these conditions flathead and mullet are about the only varieties of fish that have been caught at the ninety mile beach.
Good news for lake fishers though as there have been reports of good catches from the beach including flathead, whiting, mullet and the occasional bream. There have also been a few good sized mulloway bagged at McLennan straits behind the old eel farm.

Thu 19 - 1 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. 

10am - Strong Easterly wind, big sea, and strong sidewash - unfishable.
9pm - Wind has died right down, water a little rough and channel still very shallow.

Wed 18 - 1 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. 

11am - An Easterly gale blowing, big sea, sidewash and lots of white water.

Tue 17 - 1 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. 

3pm - Strong Sth Easterly wind but water not very rough. Fishers catching a few mullet in the very narrow channel.
9pm - Fished one hour but too shallow, a strong Nth Easterly sprung up with black clouds and spots of rain.

Mon 16 - 1 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. 

Early morning - Fished five hours and caught two flathead. Water just too shallow, some weed came in as the tide went out.
2pm - Strong Southerly wind. Weed beyond the bar which is extremely wide and shallow causing some wash. Channel now almost non-existent.

Sun 15 - 1 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. 

10am - Water shallow, very few fishers.
8pm - South Easterly wind, water rough with some weed. A couple of fishers, one with some flathead.

Sat 14 - 1 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. 

2.30pm - Southerly wind, a lot of red weed along the bar and in patches around the channel.
8pm - Southerly wind had dropped off but too much sidewash. A few fishers trying were picking up a lot of weed.

Fri 13 - 1 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. 

8pm - Very chilly Sth Easterly breeze. A large number of fishers, all left early. A few flathead were caught. The water was quite shallow and fishing dead.

At the moment we are back to strong winds and weed, after slightly improved conditions on the surf. Some good catches of flathead but nothing big. Reports of large salmon but very patchy results, plus a few small gummies. The channel is very narrow and the sandbar very wide making it hard to find any depth of water to cast into.

2pm - Rough water with a lot of red weed floating around, very stirred up by the strong Southerly wind. A couple of fishers were having trouble with weed and their lines washing in.
8pm - Tried a few casts and pulled in loads of seaweed.

11am - Looked at low tide, no wind, drizzling rain. A couple of fishers but no bites, water calm, looked good.
8pm - Strong Southerly wind, water rough and the whole of the channel was white water. Some fishers trying were having their lines washed back in.

Early am - No wind, water fairly shallow and quite a bit of swell. Very few bites, a fisher caught a small gummy.
8pm - Wind picked up from the South, clouds threatening, water clean and looking good, left as strong winds howled up the beach just before dark.

Early am, - Calm water. Myself and my son caught a dozen flathead and he caught a small gummy. Another fisher caught a tiny gummy which was thrown back.
8pm - Tried fishing, water too rough. The wind picked up and brought in the weed, A few flathead had been caught. I caught a tiny gummy little more than 30cm long on a 6/0 hook.

Early am - Lost a large salmon in the edge, another fisher landed one. No change to conditions.

Early am - Little change, each morning reasonably calm with some wind. Some weed.

Early am - Calm, some weed. Several fishers but only some small flathead caught.
3pm - Only a couple of fishers with a few flathead. Sth-Easterly wind, rough water.

Conditions difficult all week with a lot of weed, strong winds and sidewash. Surprisingly good reports of gummies being caught. A few large salmon and plenty of small flathead.
Currently the weed appears to have gone, water good, the bar is quite high cutting the channel off at low tide.

Early morn - A little rough and an icy Westerly wind. Caught a 113cm gummy, one large salmon, some small flathead and a mullet.

5pm - South to South - Easterly wind, white water on the bar, a few fishers with a small flathead or two.

8pm - A cold strong wind from the South, lots of white water, only a few fishers.

10am - fished 2 hours, hot and no wind but some sidewash appeared with the incoming tide. Quite a few fishers, only a flathead or two caught.
8pm - Tried fishing awhile but the big sidewash made things difficult. Southerly wind, most fishers departed early before dark.

5pm - Strong Southerly winds have whipped up big waves and a big sidewash.

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