our fish . Anglers off Durban seem to be having a half decent time catching Snoek , Dorado and Tuna , bait is still scarce but it will move in soon with the water slowly cooling down . Mackerel and Red Eye do not like warm water and will often push further out to sea to find a cooler patch , unfortunately for anglers this means that fresh Mackerel and Red Eye are very hard to come by , and this is affecting the Ski Boat , Paddle Ski and Rock and Surf anglers around KZN . Due to the lack of bait around , catching big numbers of game fish is becoming more and more difficult . Anglers seem to be spotting lonely fish rather than schools , anglers on the Paddle Ski are reporting seeing one lonely Dorado more often than a shoal .
Anglers off Toti are getting good fish while bottom fishing and seem to be enjoying a few Tuna as well , the Tuna seem to be very deep and also few and far between , this seems to be the reason for the increase in bottom fishing at the moment . South of Toti there seems to be a lot of action with the Tuna as well as a few Dorado , anglers are reporting plenty of GT ’ s around at the moment as well .
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There seem to be a lot of juvenile game fish around at the moment with the water being slightly warmer . Anglers seem to be always carrying a spare rod on the boat dedicated to throwing a small lure ; the Strike Pro Gobi Popper seems to be working very well in the bay at the moment . There are also plenty of Grunter around at the moment ; anglers walking the banks seem to be hooking up to some big fish as the sun is going down . Bait placement seems to be critical when fishing for the bigger fish , you want to get your bait as close to the drop off of the banks as possible , the bigger fish seem to be hanging around there , bigger predatory fish will be lying in wait at the drop off so it is advised to get your Grunter to fight on the sand bank as much as possible . This strategy will do wonders for anglers looking at targeting Brown Rays while wading the banks , as this is where these fish sit too .
Anglers fishing around the block are picking up a lot of the Sand Gurnards that habit this - area ; these fish seem to be taking any bait as long as it lands in their strike zone . These fish will often make a home for themselves which
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