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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.
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| May
2006 |
Tue
30
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
5pm
- South Easterly wind, water calm with plenty of white
water on the bar. Water at high tide had washed right
up to the dunes. No fishers, and very little evidence
that anybody had fished, possibly due to showers during
the day. |
Mon
29
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
10am
- Cold Westerly wind, water fairly calm with some white
water. Several fishers, only averaged one salmon each
of medium size. Reports of a whale passing a bit earlier
in the morning. |
Sun
28
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
5.30pm
- Light Westerly wind, water fairly calm. No fishers.
Evidence of fish caught earlier with some scales left
on the sand. Black clouds approaching and the swell
increasing as darkness fell. |
Sat
27
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
9am
- No wind, sunny, water a little rough, plenty of white
water. A number of fishers, one with four large salmon
caught early, others with a fish or two and some who
had fished a long time and caught nothing. |
Fri
26
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
5pm
- Cold Southerly wind, rough sea but calming down and
quite fishable. One fisher with 3 medium to large salmon. |
Thu
25 - 5 - 06
Wanda
90 Mile Beach |
The
surf has gone from absolutely calm to very rough conditions
of the past week. Plenty of good water in the channel.
Small spotty salmon have been about the only catch until
this rough patch which brought in some large salmon.
An unexpected catch was a 1.25kg flathead in dead calm
water. |
Thu
25
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
9am
- South Easterly breeze, very rough sea with big rollers
coming in, very stirred up on bar yet fishable. Evidence
of two early fishers with several small to medium sized
salmon heads left on the beach. |
Wed
24
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
10am
- Fairly strong South Easterly wind with constant rain.
Sea very rough,all white water from the bar right into
the beach, appeared to be some sidewash. Could see 4
fishers braving the wet. |
Tue
23
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
9.30am
- No wind, rough sea after roaring all night, lots of
white water on the bar. No fishers - had just been raining.
3pm - Sth Easterly wind, water calmed a bit, looking
perfect now except raining heavily. Two fishers fishing
in the wet had only been there 15 minutes and had caught
two big salmon. |
Sun
21
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
10am
- Very calm sea. No wind, Several fishers again only
catching small spotty salmon.
4pm - Westerly wind, sea with some waves now, spits
of rain. Several fishers, one had a large salmon another
a couple of small spotties. |
Sun
21
- 5 - 06
Paradise
Beach
Andrew
K. |
6:30pm
- Sunny. Some salmon rising, birds working a fair way
out. Caught one good large salmon and a couple of draughtboard's. |
Sat
20
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11am
- A fairly strong and cold Southerly wind, water a bit
rough with white caps and slight sidewash. Quite a few
fishers only catching small spotty salmon. |
Sat
20
- 5 - 06
Paradise
Beach
Andrew
K. |
6:30am
to 9am - Sun shining, light offshore breeze, perfect
conditions. A large school of salmon in close - bagged
a dozen of good size. Also some draughtboard sharks
to throw back again.
4:30pm to 9pm - Clear sky - near to no wind - got very
cold
3 skate and numerous draughtboard's caught |
Fri
19
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
6pm
- Fished 2 hrs. Caught a 1.25kg flathead just before
the wind change. Water was very calm but with a big
swell then lightning began in the East and a Southerly
wind picked up. No other fishers. |
Fri
19
- 5 - 06
Paradise Beach
Andrew K. |
8pm
to 12am -
Only some very light rain early in the night - otherwise
conditions great. Caught 1 large salmon and 1 draughtboard
which was released. |
Thu
18 - 5 - 06
Wanda
90 Mile Beach |
Regular
Westerly winds have contributed to the extremely calm
surf lately. Very few catches have been reported, just
some small spotty salmon and mullet.
Baits disappear quickly as draughtboard sharks, skate
and gurnard are constantly around.
There is plenty of good water and some shallow spots. |
Thu
18
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
10.30am
- Beautiful day, absolutely calm again. Several fishers.
Just a few spotty salmon and draughtboard sharks. |
Wed
17
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11.30am
- Absolutely calm sea, no wind. Several fishers catching
a few mullet and the occasional spotty salmon.
7pm - Fished till 11.30pm. Fairly mild night, calm water
with a bit of swell. Only caught a gurnard and several
draughtboard sharks. |
Tue
16
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
3pm
- Calm again, several fishers with only spotty salmon
and the odd mullet. |
Mon
15
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11am
- No wind, calm water, several fishers with a spotty
salmon or two.
5.30pm - Fished a couple of hours until the swell became
too strong washing right up the beach. Only caught a
skate and draughtboard sharks. |
Sun
14
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
9am
- Southerly breeze, spitting rain. Water good but has
developed some very shallow areas. The only two early
fishers were leaving with some small spotty salmon but
reported doing better yesterday morning.
6pm - No wind,but some big rollers coming in and washing
well up the beach yet high tide was a long way off.
A couple of fishers had just left, beach deserted, didn't
fish as too rough. |
Sat
13
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
5pm
- Westerly wind, patches of deep water and patches of
shallow water. No fishers. |
Fri
12
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
10am
- Calm water, several fishers,one with 2 small salmon. |
Thu
11 - 5 - 06
Wanda
90 Mile Beach |
The
strong Westerly winds this week have had little affect
on the surf. Catches have dropped off with only a few
small spotty salmon and an occasional gummy being caught
with such calm water. Plenty of draughtboard sharks
and skate are around
Quite a lot of sand has been moving around in the channel
and it is shallower than it was recently. |
Thu
11
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11am
- Slight Westerly breeze, water calm after a fairly
cold night. Only one fisher who caught a draughtboard
shark.
5.30pm - Cool Westerly breeze, water fairly calm. Fished
till 8.30pm, caught a small salmon and draughtboard
sharks, just the same as the other fishers caught. |
Wed
10
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
10am
- Wind gusting from both the West and the South, some
dark clouds around. Water a bit rough, beach deserted. |
Tue
9
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11.30am
- Westerly breeze, surf absolutely flat. One fisher
caught 2 spotty salmon. |
Mon
8
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11am
- Strong Westerly wind little affect on the surf. No
fishers. |
Sun
7
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
1.30pm - Very strong winds from the West having little
affect on the water. Beach deserted even though fishing
conditions were good, but there had been some showers
of rain. |
Sat
6
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11am
- Almost no wind, very calm water. A large group of
fishers all leaving with one salmon and one tailor the
lot of between them . No other fishers.
5.30pm - Cool Easterly wind, water calm with a little
chop. Fished a while and the wind stopped blowing. Caught
a one metre gummy. Two other fishers, we all caught
draughtboard sharks. |
Fri
5
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
10am
- No wind, dead calm sea - it's a long time since it
was this flat. A surprisingly large quantity of sand
that was washed off the beach has already washed back.
Only a couple of fishers, others had left earlier but
no evidence of fish being caught. |
Thu
4 - 5 - 06
Wanda
90 Mile Beach |
For
days there have been big swells, water washing up to
the dunes at high tide making night fishing dangerous.
After overnight gales which have caused a step of at
least a metre to have been washed out of part of the
beach. The surf is now calm but only a shallow channel
exists. Some good catches of salmon over the past week,
also small spotties. Draughtboard sharks and skate are
a bit of a nuisance. |
Thu
4
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
9am
- No wind, sea calm, and what a surprise! Overnight
the beach has almost disappeared, all flat and washed
out with a metre drop in some places. The channel is
obviously shallow now. A fisher just arrived and caught
a small spotty salmon. |
Wed
3
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
1.30pm
- Strong Westerly winds having little effect on surf
but beach deserted. |
Tue
2
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
12.30
- A couple of fishers leaving without any fish. Reports
of a couple of salmon caught earlier but very quiet
this morning. Water much calmer than previous days,
light Sth Easterly breeze.
6.30pm - Fished about an hour. Rough sea and getting
rougher, swell washing right up fast and wild. Long
before high tide. Left and so did other fishers. |
Mon
1
- 5 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
4pm
- No fishers - drizzle most of the day. Water fairly
calm, no wind at this time. |
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| April
2006 |
Sun
30
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11am
- Water fairly rough on the bar, but good. A few fishers
each catching salmon of about 1 kg size.
6pm - Fished a couple of hours but water very rough
with swell washing right up the beach. Easterly wind. |
Sat
29
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
1pm
- Calm and overcast. Water rough but settling down after
roaring all night. Several fishers all catching salmon
of medium size, about 3 each.
6pm - Fished a short time, water too rough and washing
far up the beach, Sth Westerly wind. |
Fri
28
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11.30am
- Beach deserted. Easterly wind with big sea and lots
of white water. |
Thu
27 - 4 - 06
Wanda
90 Mile Beach |
The
very sudden cool conditions have dramatically changed
the fishing results at the surf beach. Draughtboard
sharks are a plentiful nuisance to evening fishers.
Good bags of large salmon to 3.5kgs were caught this
morning but the fish have not appeared regularly, in
fact on many occasions fishers have left the beach empty
handed.
The channel is now deep and wide, conditions appear
excellent. |
Thu
27
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
9am
- No wind, a beautiful sunny day. Quite rough water
with a large swell and white water on the bar. The surf
was roaring in the early morning. Several fishers, one
leaving with 8 large salmon. Another couple with 7 which
included a 31/2kg salmon. Some fishers caught up to
3 each.
5.30pm - Didn't bother to fish. Two fishers trying to
fish with very strong, cold Easterly winds gusting in.
Sea rough. |
Wed
26
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11.30am
- Light Sth-Easterly breeze, slight chop on the water
and a canoeist paddling past the Loch SPort beach just
past the bar. A couple of fishers leaving with 3 small
spotty salmon. Nobody else around, scales from a salmon
on the sand.
6pm - Didn't fish. Beach deserted. A cold Easterly wind
down on the beach. |
Tue
25
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Early
morning - Cold, no wind, otherwise the same conditions
as last night. A number of fishers, saw 2 small fish
caught, other than draughtboard sharks. |
Mon
24
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
10.30
- A couple of fishers, very little evidence of earlier
fishers or fish caught. Water calm, no wind after a
cold windy night.
5pm - Fished a couple of hours, water calm except for
a big swell washing up the beach, a cold Sth Easterly
breeze. Continual bites from draughtboard sharks, a
couple of others experienced the same, all that were
landed were put back. |
Sun
23
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
4pm
- Several fishers but the beach soon emptied as the
wind moved around from the South-West to the South and
the temperature dropped. Water good with slight sidewash
but getting rough with the wind change. None of the
fishers had a catch. |
Sat
22
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11am
- Strong Westerly winds not affecting the water. Several
fishers, one with a large salmon. A few large salmon
reported in the early morning. |
Thu
20 - 4 - 06
Wanda
90 Mile Beach |
Generally
good surf fishing conditions, but results have been
patchy. Some lucky fishers have taken good bags of large
salmon, others nothing. Only a few mullet lately, with
the occasional taylor and small gummy - plus draughtboard
sharks.
A couple of fishers have reported the loss of probably
a large shark. For several nights baits have not even
been touched by crabs, having stayed on for over two
hours.
Plenty of good water with a wide deep channel, the bar
has moved well out. |
Thu
20
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
1pm
- Strong and gusty Westerly wind, not having any effect
on the water. Several fishers, one had caught a salmon,
not much happening along the beach. |
Tue
18
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
4.39pm
- Several fishes, a salmon or two caught. Light Nth-Easterly
wind, water fairly calm and looking good. Reports of
some good catches of salmon this morning. |
Mon
17
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11am
- Big sea after it had roared all night. Lots of white
water, no win, sun out after a very cold night. Some
fishers along the beach , reports of some good catches
of salmon, but only from one direction along the beach.
Earlier the waves were washing right up to the sand
dunes. The fish came along when it calmed down a bit. |
Sun
16
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Noon
- Rough sea with waves smashing hard on the bar, lots
of white water, no wind. Quite a few fishers, one early
fisher caught a large salmon, but didn't see anything
else caught. |
Sat
15
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
5pm
- After squalls the Westerly wind is not drastically
affecting the surf. White water just along the bar.,
possibly a slight sidewash. One fisher in the distance. |
Fri
14
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
12.30pm
- Still totally calm, threatening clouds, not a fisher
around.
5.30pm - Decided not to fish, black clouds and lightning
very close. Water very calm, but with a small chop beginning
to appear. A few fishers. |
Thu
13 - 4 - 06
Wanda
90 Mile Beach |
Weather
conditions are remaining fairly extreme especially the
strong winds which bring in weed. The channel is deep
and wide after Westerly and Southerly winds. Salmon
are being caught but very patchy, some fishers are lucky.
Others have to be content with a few mullet and the
occasional gummy. |
Thu
13
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
4pm
- Easterly breeze, fairly calm water, several fishers
only catching mullet, except on caught a fish which
was identified as an "Eastern Rock Blackfish"
commonly know as a "Black Drummer". Most unusual
for this area, but they are found between Noosa Heads
and Wilson's Promontory. |
Wed
12
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Early
morn - Dead calm after strong winds during the night,
sea a bit rough. Several fishers, nothing caught except
a ray.
6pm - Much the same as the morning, a couple of fishers,
no bites. |
Tue
11
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11am
- Calm warm morning, a couple of fishers not catching
anything but reported that an earlier fisher left
the beach with 4 salmon.
5pm
- Met one fisher leaving the beach with 6 salmon -
the only fisher there. Warm evening with a slight
Westerly breeze. Several fishers but only a gummy,
a couple of gurnard and skates caught. |
Mon
10
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
3pm
- Wind has picked up otherwise no change. |
Sun
9
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
10.30am
- Practically no wind, water rough on the bar with strong
sidewash and lots of white water, channel narrow. No
fishers. |
Sat
8
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
10am
- Westerly wind, sea rough with a lot of white water.
Nobody in sight. |
Thu
6 - 4 - 06
Wanda
90 Mile Beach |
Strong
winds and weed are still affecting the surf, but have
not damaged the beach as regards fishing. The channel
remains good. Generally fish have been scarce during
the snippets of time when conditions have been good
enough to fish.
Only one report of some large salmon and a small gummy
having been caught. Of course very few fishers have
braved the conditions, especially the sudden sharp drop
in temperatures. |
Thu
6
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11am
- Very strong Westerly winds have windswept the beach,
but so far have not had much affect on the water, only
slight sidewash. Beach deserted. |
Wed
5
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
Early
Morning - Only fished a short time, no bites. One other
fisher caught a small gummy and a salmon. Water good,
a lot of white water. |
Tue
4
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
3pm
- Conditions good, hardly any wind, some dark clouds
in the Sth West. Only one fisher, just arrived.
Evening - Fished 3 hrs, only caught a couple of spotty
salmon. Water good but fairly rough with rollers breaking
heavily on the bar, no wind. No other fishers. |
Mon
3
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11am
- Almost no wind but a big swell with rollers coming
straight in. Lots of white water & floating grass.
Couple of fishers catching the odd mullet and small
spotty salmon.
5pm - Much the same with a South Easterly blowing straight
in. No fishers. |
Sun
2
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
11.30am
- Light Sth Westerly breeze, water looking good, some
white water with floating scum and grass, slight sidewash.
Some fishers just arrived.
4.30pm - Wind picked up again, more Southerly direction
and cold. Water again foamy with that attractive "lacy
" look, and a big sidewash. |
Sat
1
- 4 - 06
1st car park
Sharkman. |
3pm
- Strong Sth Westerly wind causing huge sidewash right
out past the bar, all white water, frothy with a "lacy"
look. Beach windswept. |
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