Fishing Report 23
December 2017
Weather for the weekend.
Friday
NE gusting 9 then in the early afternoon swings to an E gusting 23 by
early eveing with some rain forecast. Max temp 33. Barometer 1007 dropping to
1000. Wave height 1.4m period 12.
Saturday
NW first thing then early morning the wind swings to a SW gusting 17.
Max temp 27. Barometer 1002 rising to 1005. Wave height 1.0 period 16.
Sunday
SW gusting 8. Max temp 28. Barometer 1.6 dropping to 1.1 period 12.
Lagoon.
Take the kids and have fun, lots of “Pecker action” and be mindful of
Diamond Rays, there are a lot in the lagoon. Don’t be shy to put a big bait out
for the Malabar Rockcod, Cob or River Snapper use a 3/0 or 4/0 hook. Best times
for the big edibles is early morning and evening, if you are not staying in the
park you must be out the gate by 10pm so this will give you a chance have a go
at the big ones.
Surf.
Biggest Diamond so far this week is 79.95kg (Ori), today being day 3 of
North wind is a great time to target these giants. Lots of edibles been caught
mainly Shad and Snapper Cob however in the mix of this a Dusky Cob of 6kg was
landed. Lots of baby Hammer Head sharks are in the surf zone, please handle
them with respect and release them as soon as possible i.e. don’t drag them up
the beach pick them out of the water and remove the hook and pop them back into
the sea, the Hammer head shark is under great pressure, if you want to swim a
shark use another species.
Ski Boat.
Tuna and Couta are here at last. Our Charter on Wednesday boated 3 Tuna
and dropped a Croc of a Couta, they also got some Morph Grunter, Snapper Cob
and Square Tail Cob. Today’s charter is safely out of the mouth and the launch
was according to the skipper (An Eventful one) a bit of scrumming was involved
to clear the big sand bank near the stone wall. Sunday morning will be fun as
there is going to be a que of boats waiting to go out.
News from the shop.
We are undergoing a massive exercise in the shop, we putting in a
barcode system to speed up the point of sale and help us manage the stock.