Apparently they came across a pack of tiger sharks feeding off the carcass of a dead whale, so they hopped onto the carcass and gave the sharks a pat.

They then used the resulting film of the event as evidence that sharks aren't nearly the man-eaters they were made out to be.

Hook, Line & Sinker did note, though, that none of said scientists actually jumped into the water with the feeding sharks.

That probably would have proven the point one way or another.

Locally, and apparently there aren't any shark-patters around here, at least none we've heard of, although the sharks that were hanging around Myuna Bay seem to have disappeared.

Whether they've been caught by fishermen or they've decided that the 30-degree-plus water in the bay on hot days was unliveable is anyone's guess.

Anecdotal evidence seems to suggest the latter, which if you think about it makes sense. Why would you live in a place that's going to part boil you when swimming a couple of kilometres will put you in much cooler waters.

It will be interesting to see if another congregation of noah's appears somewhere else in the lake.

Throughout this weird weather, fishoes have still been catching a nice feed.

Hillary Watts caught some delicious whiting (300-400-millimetre jobbies) fishing live worms around the sand islands in Lake Mac.

Billy Williams and mates managed to beach a couple of edible jewfish, somewhere between Norah Head and Red Ochre.

Laura Rogers got herself a couple of mud crabs at a local fish market and John Weston got himself a couple of nice bream.

Laura's crabs came down from Mackay, while John's bream came from somewhere where there was an overhanging tree.

Apparently with all the cicadas around, the go is to toss floating lures underneath a tree and a bream will jump on it.

There are a couple of tricks to this though. You'll need a floating lure with a similar swimming action to a cicada and you must be patient with your retrieve.

Having said that, there are times when creating a significant disturbance on the water will produce results. As with most fishing, it's trial and error.

That's it.