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Three lucky fishers all landed nice 7'2" (2.2m) seven gill sharks weighing around 40 k's, caught early morning 25/9/04
Several others got away.

Above:
A school shark caught
Wed pm, 3-12-03,
155cm, weight 18kg.

Sharkman's Fishing Diary
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March 2007
Sat 31 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	11.30am - Light Southerly breeze, water calm. Beach with a one metre step, washed out overnight and sand dumped in the edge of the channel. A group of fishers leaving without fish. 7pm - Southerly wind picking up and waves rolling with some sidewash. Water too deep and rough for fishers to wade out and cast at high tide.
Fri 30 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	11am - Strong Westerly wind, water reasonably calm but full of fine weed. A big brown stripe up the middle of the channel. Beach deserted.
Thu 29 - 3 - 07 Wanda 90 Mile Beach	Rough surf conditions this week with strong Easterly winds and big swells having brought in fine weed. The channel has been shallower with movement of sand. Very few fishers have tried to fish, then left after a cast or two.
Thu 29 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	11.30am - Slight Southerly breeze after early rain, very calm water, but "oh brother" so much weed, water brown as far as you can see along the beach and way out also. Totally unfishable.
Wed 28 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	Early morning - No wind, water very rough, lots of white water and beach awash with every wave. 9.30am - No wind, water still rough, white water and fine weed discoloring the water. No fisher. 6pm - Very still, storms threatening, water very rough and discoloured. No fishers.
Tue 27 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	10am - Light Easterly breeze, white water on the bar, a lot of sand being moved about. Channel has shallowed off. Evidence of a fisher trying, weed off the line left on the beach.
Mon 26 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	9.30am - Very slight Easterly breeze. Water very calm but white water on the bar. No fishers.
Sun 25 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	10.30am - Southerly breeze, water slightly rough, very stirred up, beach flattened out as sand has been washed into channel. No fishers. Evening - Wind gusting from Sth East to East,getting stronger and cold.Some weed, only fished a short time.
Sat 24 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	1pm - Southerly wind, water rough, some fine weed. One fisher trying, no fish.
Fri 23 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	11am -No wind, hot day, water very calm. Absolutely full of weed, both fine and red types. Fishers all gone leaving weed all over the beach. &pm - No change, unfishable.
Thu 22 - 3 - 07 Wanda 90 Mile Beach	Surf conditions have improved lately, but we still have some Easterly winds and some red weed. The channel is deep and very wide. Catches are not very good though, fishers have to be content to just take home a fish or two. Some tailor, flathead, mullet, salmon and gummies. One gummy landed was 1.3 metre's and weighed 9.6kg, caught on blue bait at low tide. As far as fishers are concerned the fact that no skate and very few other species of rays have been caught since last spring, has been terrific this season. One would wonder why, and where they have gone as recent seasons have been prolific for rays. Maybe the influx of bronzies this year have chased them away! Who knows! Certainly saved a lot of effort and damage to fishing gear.
Thu 22 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	12.30pm - No wind, water calm but a tinge of fine weed covering the channel and thick red weed out on the bar. Two groups of fishers persevering with the weed, one group reported having some flathead, the other three hours and nothing. Evening - Slight Easterly breeze, water totally calm but at dark a big swell began. Fished a few hours when suddenly the fine weed moved in. Nibbles all night by catsharks, returned those that were caught.
Wed 21 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	Early morning - No wind, very calm water. Caught a 1.3metre 9.6kg gummy and two tailor. No other fishers. 10am - Several fishers one with two mullet and two flathead, another had two flathead, the others empty handed so far. Evening - Cool Easterly wind persisted, water quite choppy. Didn't stay long.
Tue 20 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	Drizzle all. day and evening
Mon 19 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	Evening - Light Easterly wind, reasonably calm sea. Fished five hours, there were 3 other fishers. The only catches were several rusty catsharks which were put back.
Sun18 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	Early morning - No wind, water good, fished five hours for one tailor. Many fishers came, saw one fisher with four tailor, one flathead and one salmon, the rest appeared empty handed. Evening - Strong South Easterly working it's way East. Caught a 1.5kg salmon. Another fisher with a tailor and a one metre gummy.
Sat 17 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	11.30am - Light South Westerly wind making it's way to the South, water appeared good. Two fishers in the distance. Scales from a salmon on the beach. Evening - Strong Southerly wind, getting stronger. A fisher who persisted said the wind died down and he caught a good flathead.
Fri 16 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	10.30am - Light rain, no wind, sea calm. Four fishers getting a little weed on their lines and after two hours or trying - not a bite. Evening - Light wind gusting from the West and South West, gradually becoming stronger, water quite moderate. Fished three hours for one tailor and one flathead. No other fishers.
Thu 15 - 3 - 07 Wanda 90 Mile Beach	We still have strong winds, mainly Easterly, with big swells driving surf and sand up the beach making it almost impossible to land a big fish. Fine weed has just arrived - again - making fishing extremely difficult. Mixed reports over the week, most fishers have caught very little, yet a few other fishers have reported good catches, including salmon, flathead, mullet, tailor, trevally and gummies to about 1.2 metre's.
Thu 15 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	Early Morning - No wind, sea rough with an enormous swell. Fished awhile but left before high tide. Waves were breaking so hard the water must have been shooting three metre's in the air then the water raced up the beach taking all before it and flooding the beach. Loose sand was washing in making it very hard to walk without sinking, also a little red weed. Two brave fishers arrived as I was leaving. Midday - No wind, hot day, sea now calm but very murky looking, water now full of red weed. Only one fisher leaving after 3 hours. No fish and tired of picking off so much fine weed.
Wed 14 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	Early Morning - No wind but a big swell. Left after an hour because the lines were filling with fine weed and struggled to retrieve them. 5pm - Easterly wind, water reasonable, could see a strip of red weed way out, channel appeared okay.
Tue 13 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	Early Morning - Easterly breeze, eventually dropped off but sea quite rough. Fishers arriving, some small fish and flathead caught. 6pm - Easterly breeze, water rough. Hooked a shark but lost it in the wash, the swell had a huge pull. Earlier fisher lost a large salmon the same way.
Mon 12 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	8.30am - Cool Sth Easterly breeze, some sidewash as yesterdays strong wind cut a step in the bank making a lot of shallows. Several groups of fishers, one group reported a god catch of mullet, trevally and flathead. Two other fishers with a trevally each. 7.30pm - Still cool, now an Easterly wind. Only four fishers, none were contemplating going home yet.
Sun 11 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	Report of a large gummy in early morning. 3pm - Quite calm at this time, apparently had been windy then a sudden South Easterly started and became a gale with sand flying. Beach quickly cleared, only a few fishers but many swimmers.
Sat 10 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	Early Morning - Easterly wind, colder than yesterday, still a big swell, only one bite. Later in the morning reports of a salmon or two and some mullet. 7pm - Strong Easterly wind, water surprisingly good. Quite a few fishers, all leaving the beach as getting too windy. Nobody reported any fish.
Fri 9 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	Early Morning - Easterly wind, water good but a big swell washing up on the beach. Caught one tailor, only a couple of bites. Another fisher was reported to have caught 2 gummies. 7pm - Strong Easterly wind. Fishers leaving, no reports of any fish.
Thu 8 - 3 - 07 Wanda 90 Mile Beach	Strong and persistent winds all week, channel and water good but producing many fish. Mullet fairly plentiful but only a few large salmon and flathead. Gummies to about 105cm.
Thu 8 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	10am - No wind, water rough but good. Several fishers, only a salmon or two and some mullet caught.
Wed 7 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	9.30am - No wind, sunny, water reasonably calm. Several fishers. Good catches of mullet just the occasional salmon. 6.30pm - Fished till dark. Strong North Easterly wind and black clouds in the West and not a bite, went home.
Tue 6 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	10am - No wind, sea quite rough after yesterdays strong winds. No fishers. 7pm - Strong Easterly with rough sea. No fishers.
Mon 5 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	Midday - Southerly wind, water moderately rough. One fisher with half a dozen mullet, he reported an earlier fisher had a bucket full of mullet.
Sun 4 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	10am - Light Southerly Breeze. Water a little choppy. Several fishers, one with 2 salmon the others a few mullet. Evening - Sth Westerly wind, gusty and moving South. Water rough, quite a strong swell. Caught several flathead and so did the other fisher.
Sat 3 - 3 - 07 2nd car park Eric Zwierlein.	We fished Saturday the 3rd of March at the second carpark, full moon and rising tide, wind was North Easterly and then dramatically changed to a strong South Westerly which made fishing tough, an elderly gentleman and wife reeled in a 3 to 4 pound salmon at about 6pm and some guys on our right pulled in a small skate about the same time. A lady fisher person gave up just on dark for nil. Crabs were about, at around 9:30 pm we pulled in 3 flathead, a trevally and a mullet, missed one good bite which had the rod well bent. The bites ceased and when the lines were reeled in the bait was still on, so we pulled the pin at 10:30.
Sat 3 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	Midday - Easterly wind, calmer water. Several fishers catching a few mullet. One fisher reported catching a small gummy about 2 hours earlier. Evening - Very calm conditions. Black clouds threatening, thunder earlier. Went to bait up lines and the wind change hit. Persevered a while, wind swinging from Sth West to South, very strong.
Fri 2 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	Early morning - Conditions still the same. Caught a large salmon, the only bite. Evening - Still an Easterly wind, rough and a big swell. First cast caught a 93cm gummy - not another bite. The only other fishers all left earlier.
Thu 1 - 3 - 07 Wanda 90 Mile Beach	There must have been every surf condition possible this week with rough seas, wind, rain, sidewash and weed. Catches were poor with only a few large salmon, small flathead, mullet and a couple of small gummies (just size). A wide deep channel exists. The water is noticeably cooler.
Thu 1 - 3 - 07 1st car park Sharkman.	10am - No wind, heavy cloud looks like rain. Water moderately rough but looked good. No fishers. Evening - Easterly wind, water rough, big swell. Caught a 104cm gummy, the only bite. No other fishers.