Kilcunda report

[Wolly Bugger]

Arrived at approx 10 am, previously I had bought a Gillies pre rigged salmon rig, so I attached it and cast it out and within minutes had the first salmon of the day. Caught on a blue popper.

Shortly after one of the others caught another salmon on a popper. Looking good. Then caught the largest salmon of the day on a blue popper. The fish went 980 grams.

In all after a promising start, things quietened off with only the occasional fish being caught, we ended up with 5 salmon, all bar one were caught on poppers, and one on chicken.

Then I noticed my line being sideways to the beach, started reeling in and it felt like a big bunch of weed, then I saw it in the wave, it looked like the biggest flathead I had ever seen, it was bit of struggle bringing this thing up the beach, it turned out to be some sort of shark, with small teeth. It too had decided the popper looked to good to refuse.

After unhooking it, I sent it on its merry way. Later I was told it was a carpet shark, big brown and with a face only a mother would love.

Conditions looked absolutely perfect, the waves were small, the sea flat. We burleyed the area, but only caught the stay salmon.

Definitely might give Gunna a miss and head back there again.

[Brett]

Sounds like a swell shark (draughtboard shark)
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_swellshark

[fishingvic]

draughtboard sharks are sometimes in plague proportions in WPB especially after dark. Fight like a wet mop.
We got about 10 one night off Shoreham when chasing gummies.

[GummySlayer]

I'd say it sounds alot more like a wobbiegong, as opposed to a draughtboard.