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| January
2007 |
Wed
31 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
10.30am
- Southerly breeze, water rough enough to create some
sidewash. One or two fishers trying to fish.
Evening - Slight South Easterly breeze, water reasonably
calm but waves breaking hard on the close in bar making
it very hard to keep a line out there. Only had one
bite and landed a 1.47 metre gummy, weighed 13.2kg.
No other fishers. |
Tue
30 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
1pm
- Calm day, water very calm and clear. Fishers wading
to the bar couldn't get a bite, they ended up catching
crabs in the pools along the edge. |
Mon
29 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11.30am
- Slight breeze from the South West, water reasonably
calm but again a small channel and bar has formed close
in preventing most fishers from casting into deep water.
A few fishers fishing in the shallows.
6.30pm - Easterly wind, waves breaking heavily on the
close in bar. Tried but couldn't cast far enough over
the bar. One fisher who could just manage it, later
caught a small gummy. |
Sun
28 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
2pm
- Southerly wind still quite strong, a lot of shallow
water and some sidewash. No fishers. |
Sat
27 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
4.30pm
- Southerly gale, water rough with huge sidewash. Several
fishers who quickly left. |
Fri
26 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
10pm
- No wind, water absolutely calm. Plenty of red weed
along the edge of the water. No fishers. |
Thu
25 -1
- 07
Wanda
90 Mile Beach |
Weed,
weed and more weed this week. Disappointing, as the
weather conditions have not been bad, the tide has sometimes
cleared the weed long enough to have a fish, but not
for long! Several species of fish have been reported
but only one or two of each type. They include, pinkie
snapper, flathead, salmon, red cod, and gummies. One
very lucky fisher landed a 1.25 metre gummy. |
Thu
25 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Early
morning - Light Southerly wind, water rough and some
sidewash. Water full of weed.
11am - Still a light Southerly but water calmed a lot.
Plenty of red weed in the shallows and the edge where
the waves are breaking. One fisher, he was pulling in
a bundle of weed on his line. |
Wed
24 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Southerly
wind, water quite choppy, one fisher. |
Tue
23-1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
2pm
- South Easterly breeze, water fairly calm, small amount
of weed, no fishers.
7.30pm Conditions improved. Caught a small flathead
and surprisingly a red cod. Only one other fisher who
caught two gummies1 metre and 1.25 metre's long. Sea
lice made fishing really difficult, the bait disappeared
as soon as it hit the water. |
Mon
22 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
2pm
- Southerly breeze, water a little rough and green with
fine weed. Lots of lookers, no fishers. |
Sun
21 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11.30am
- Hardly a breeze, water calm. Quite a number of fishers
but all having trouble with fine weed all along their
lines. One lucky fisher managed to catch two small flathead
and a salmon.
7.30pm - Strong gusty Westerly wind, water surprisingly
calm. Very black clouds approaching, some weed. |
Sat
20 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
2pm
- Easterly breeze, fine weed in the water. Plenty of
swimmers but no fishers.
7pm - No change. |
Fri
19 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
8pm
- Fishers checking the water for weed, one cast a line
in and immediately was covered in fine weed, so left. |
Thu
18 -1
- 07
Wanda
90 Mile Beach |
Not
a good week in the surf with red weed in the water every
day. Even the swimmers didn't like the weed. A fisher
arrived at the beach Monday after traveling all the
way from Flamingo beach and couldn't find a beach without
thick weed. |
Thu
18 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
8.30am
- Cool Southerly breeze, water appears to have improved,
could see a small amount of weed in the water. One fisher,
no bites.
Evening - Hardly a breeze, water calm. First cast caught
a 110cm gummy, no other bites. Red weed with shells
came in with the tide so had to leave. Several fishers,
saw two small gummies caught by them. |
Wed
17 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
10pm
- Hot Northerly breeze, sea quite rough with a lot of
white water. Plenty of ash washed up on the beach again.
No fishers. |
Tue
16 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
4pm
- Light Easterly breeze, hot day. Weed - no change. |
Mon
15 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11am
- Weed - no change. |
Sun
14 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
1pm
- Weed - no change. |
Sat
13 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Early
Morning - Water rougher now, tried one cast, pulled
in a load of red weed with shells attached.
8pm - Cool and calm, plenty of weed. Fishers quickly
leaving. |
Fri
12 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11.30am
- Slight Easterly breeze, water fairly calm. One fisher,
he was wading out to cast but was still pulling in weed. |
Thu
11 -1
- 07
Wanda
90 Mile Beach |
Wind,
sidewash, weed and shallow water has hampered fishing
this week. Fishers cannot reach deep water with their
casts. Some fishers have been fishing for mullet in
the shallow water close to the beach, a few have been
caught including a salmon or two. |
Thu
11 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
7pm
- South Easterly breeze, water calmed down, more ash
washing up on the sand from today's dark sky. No other
changes - no fishers. |
Wed
10 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
9.30am
- An Easterly breeze picking up, sea very rough with
a big swell. Several fishers fishing in the edge for
mullet, one salmon had also been caught. |
Tue
9 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Midday
- Easterly wind, rough water, still too shallow. The
beach was carpeted with dozens of dead salmon blown
up and rotting. Obviously the catch from the grounded
trawler on Saturday night was now washing up all along
the beach. Salmon were 1 1/2 - 2kg size. |
Mon
8 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
9.30am
- Strong Sth Easterly wind, rough water and a couple
of desperate fishers trying unsuccessfully. |
Sun
7 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
10am
- Trawler gone. Southerly wind, water choppy, a couple
of fishers picking off fine weed. |
Sat
6 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11.30am
- Very calm and only a couple of fishers who had
seen a couple of large salmon caught by others, also
a flathead. All having trouble casting. A trawler just
off shore.
8pm - Arrived to fish only to be told fine weed was
all along the fishers lines even though there was no
wind and calm water. Also that the trawler was now aground
on the sandbar near the edge. Walked up the beach to
the ship, could walk out to it through the shallow channel
it was so close in. Stuck fast at low tide and a net
full of fish hanging over the side. Quite a few sniggers
from the fishers who felt it was just deserts. |
Fri
5 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
10.30am
- No wind and water dead calm. Quite a few fishers all
pulling in kelp.
7.30pm - Calm conditions, tried a fe casts, could barely
reach deep water and just kept picking up kelp, like
so many other fishers. |
Thu
4 -1
- 07
Wanda
90 Mile Beach |
A
week of Easterly gales has made the surf unfishable.
Even if the wind has died down, deep water cannot be
reached. Dozens of fishers trying in impossible conditions. |
Thu
4 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
10pm
- The Easterly wind has calmed down to almost nothing
but because so much sand has washed off the beach it
is impossible to cast past all the shallow white water
and sidewash. Dozens of fishers are on the beach trying
and eventually giving up because they are wasting their
time and it is better to paddle in the water or go for
a dip considering the hot day.
5pm - A light Easterly breeze, still a lot of shallow
white water. A few fishers who found deep water was
too far to cast. |
Wed
3 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
8.30pm
- Still an Easterly wind, rough water and sidewash.
Unbelievable that a few fishers are attempting to fish
despite all this sand flying around. |
Tue
2 -1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
5pm
- No change. |
Mon
1
-1
- 07
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Early
Morn - Still an Easterly wind, tried a big cast but
line quickly washed back in, cannot reach deep water.
7pm - Still blowing - no change. |
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