Fishing this area with live bait proceeds to be
winning decision as this whole area has very big
Kingfish.
From Cape Vidal to Richards Bay the fishing has
been rather productive with a few Kob and
Three Spot Pompano coming out. Garrick have
also been coming out on live bait as well as
plugs early mornings and late afternoons when
the water is at its calmest. The Kob being caught
are being targeted with live Karenteen and
Mullet in the evenings also leading to a few
Kingies being picked up.
Moving to Ballito there hasn’t much
happening with only a few Grey Sharks
and Shad being landed. The guys catching
the Shad have been sliding them for Kob
and Garrick but haven’t had the best of
success as the Grey Sharks have been
harassing them. On the spinning side of
things, there have been a few Snoek
coming out of the rocks.
Over to Umdloti, Some decent size Grey Sharks
have been coming out on big baits being casted
as well as being dropped by drones and bait
boats. There have also been a few Honeycomb
Rays around which the guys sliding Bonnies and
Mackerel have been picking up but rarely
landed due to their sheer power and size.
Our local water around Durban has been rather
quiet the past week with not a lot happening on
the surf. However the Shad have made their
arrival leading to most of the guys putting their
big rods down and dusting off their scratching
outfits. There are still a few flat fish coming out
here and there on our Beach Front but nearly as
much as the past couple of weeks. Guys have
also been getting some small Kob at night with
Chokka baits intended for Blacktail and
Stumpies.
Umgababa to Umkomaas proceeds to have a lot
of activity the past week as loads of small
Spinner and Grey Sharks are still coming out on
all baits mostly intended for edible fish. Some
bigger Zambezi Sharks have been harassing the
guys trying to land their Kob at the Umkomaas
mouth but unfortunately they have only been
landing Kob and Grunter bitten in half. One or
two of the locals have attempted to land the
Sharks in the area but have been unsuccessful
every time as they don’t have the correct
equipment to handle these big Zambezies.
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From Shelly Beach to Port Edward, fishing has
been rather slow with not many fish being
caught. There has however been the odd
Stumpie and Karenteen being landed. The guys
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