Big grunter at Coaling Wharf

Durban harbour has had a good week of fishing, with a variety of species from stumpnose to garrick caught.

Garrick have come out regularly off the banks.

However, attaining bait has been difficult to say the least. Most anglers have spent over an hour at the mouth in attempt to catch a few shad, sand soldiers or maasbanker and have still only managed to put a handful of bait in the well.

It is recommended that anglers make an attempt to launch the day before to catch bait and keep the bait alive in a live bait well with a quality bait aerator pump. This will save time in the mornings and more time will be spent with baits out than trying to catch the bait.

For those who are looking into doing some grunter fishing this week, the tides and weather conditions are perfect.

There have been good catches over the duration of last week and there was no slowing down over the weekend. The deeper water still seems to be producing better fish and throughout the week the Coaling Wharf and deeper channels have produced some quality fish over 5kg.

In the shallow water, however, there have been lovely catches of stumpnose and perch.

The mangrove areas have been fishing very well and have been consistent.

(File Photo: Office of the KZN Premier)

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