WATCH - Superb fishing in Mexico
We begin up at Cape Vidal where anglers should be pleased to learn that there are still good numbers of edible and non edible fish coming out, mostly being caught on chokka and red-eye baits.
There is still the odd big stumpnose coming out. Now that shad season is open, anglers are taking advantage of the massive shoals passing through.
North of Richards Bay is still producing some excellent flatfish such as diamond and honeycomb rays, but unfortunately not as many as the week before. Bonito fillet seems to be the bait of choice currently.
Richards Bay south is the place to be to catch some really nice shad. These fish seem to be so hungry up there that anglers are reporting that even their sinkers are coming back with teeth marks. Throwing a shad fillet around this area should yield the best results for the bigger flatfish this summer, as they cannot resist this fantastic bait.
Ballito is still producing good numbers of grey sharks and guitarfish and sandsharks. These fish both falling to what seems to be the best bait this season which is the shad cutlet, or in the grey sharks case, a live shad.
Anglers have been having an excellent time catching the numerous amounts of shad around Durban lately, even though the weather really hasn’t played its part. There have been some really big fish coming out at the Blue Lagoon and Beachwood area. A shad of 7.6kg was caught by Aslam Mahomed on Tuesday on a Poseidon 14ft rod, SL30SH and Kingfisher Giant Abrasion line. Aslam used a Japanese mackerel bait. Shad are definitely not stupid fish. On light tackle the smaller shad can really give you a run for your money and try to cut you off where ever possible. On heaver tackle a 3kg + shad will give a good run and try every opportunity to cut you off. We do have to remember that we must stick to our bag limit of four shad per angler as we approach the festive season, as we all know that the officials will be out in full swing to catch poachers.
Toti is producing some excellent flatfish at the moment with some really big honeycombs coming out around the Winkle Beach area. These fish are falling victim to a well prepared bonito bait or shad cutlet.
North of Richards Bay is still producing some excellent flatfish such as diamond and honeycomb rays, but unfortunately not as many as the week before. Bonito fillet seems to be the bait of choice currently.
Richards Bay south is the place to be to catch some really nice shad. These fish seem to be so hungry up there that anglers are reporting that even their sinkers are coming back with teeth marks. Throwing a shad fillet around this area should yield the best results for the bigger flatfish this summer, as they cannot resist this fantastic bait.
Ballito is still producing good numbers of grey sharks and guitarfish and sandsharks. These fish both falling to what seems to be the best bait this season which is the shad cutlet, or in the grey sharks case, a live shad.
Anglers have been having an excellent time catching the numerous amounts of shad around Durban lately, even though the weather really hasn’t played its part. There have been some really big fish coming out at the Blue Lagoon and Beachwood area. A shad of 7.6kg was caught by Aslam Mahomed on Tuesday on a Poseidon 14ft rod, SL30SH and Kingfisher Giant Abrasion line. Aslam used a Japanese mackerel bait. Shad are definitely not stupid fish. On light tackle the smaller shad can really give you a run for your money and try to cut you off where ever possible. On heaver tackle a 3kg + shad will give a good run and try every opportunity to cut you off. We do have to remember that we must stick to our bag limit of four shad per angler as we approach the festive season, as we all know that the officials will be out in full swing to catch poachers.
Toti is producing some excellent flatfish at the moment with some really big honeycombs coming out around the Winkle Beach area. These fish are falling victim to a well prepared bonito bait or shad cutlet.
Our fishing footage today was shot in Mexico and features roosterfish, kingfish and sailfish.