Angling Times Weekly Issue 61 Issue 64 | Page 20

Tide Chart: few Grunter coming out just north of Durban as well as a few Diamond Rays coming out on our front door. Durban - Fri Dec 09 2016 Low tides 05:10 18:14 Hi tide 11:53 Sunrise 04:48 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 13:49 Moonset 01:13 In the beginning of the week, the colour but has cleaned up quickly, there are quite a few Rays coming out on Bay Squid and Chokka baits, there have also been a few Sand Sharks in the area, these fish are incredibly strong for their size and will take anglers by surprise once landed. It is encouraging to see these fish being caught in Westerly winds. Durban - Sat Dec 10 2016 Low tides 06:27 19:13 Hi tides 00:20 12:54 Sunrise 04:48 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 14:54 Moonset 01:54 Durban - Sun Dec 11 2016 Low tides 07:25 20:03 Hi tides 01:21 13:46 Sunrise 04:48 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 16:00 Moonset 02:37 Water around the Port Shepstone area has been on the dirty side with a lot of rain water coming down the Sheppie River; this has made fishing for Garrick difficult but also kept the Kob for a bit longer. Anglers fishing for Bronze Bream have been surprised with this by catch so late in the year even though they are on the smaller side. There are plenty of Hammerheads and Ragged-Tooth Sharks being landed down in the Transkei area at most of the deep water points, these fish are being caught on live Karanteen and Blacktail. There have been plenty of Shad Durban - Mon Dec 12 2016 Low tides 08:14 20:48 Hi tides 02:12 14:32 Sunrise 04:48 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 17:08 Moonset 03:25 Durban - Tue Dec 13 2016 Low tides 09:00 21:31 Hi tides 02:59 15:17 Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 18:15 Moonset 04:17 as the yearly Shad ban comes to a close. Ski Boat Durban - Wed Dec 14 2016 Low tides 09:44 22:13 Hi tides 03:44 16:00 Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 19:20 Moonset 05:14 Over this last week the North Coast saw plenty of Tuna, Dorado and Sailfish, most of these fish being caught on Kingfisher Durban - Thu Dec 15 2016 Low tides 10:28 22:53 Hi tides 04:27 16:42 Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 20:20 Moonset 06:15 Angling Times Weekly SA not interested in live bait Maasbanker and Mackerel. such as There have been a few brilliant catches of Tuna around the St. Lucia area with most coming in in the 25kg + area, again, most of 20 www.anglingtimes.co.za