Big rock cod in Durban harbour

With the game fishing in the harbour slowing down over the last week, anglers have been fishing with bait flat out.

Grunter have been caught in good numbers, but have been lacking in size, apart from a lovely fish of 4.9kg which was landed on a Daiwa Procaster 2500 on a Laguna 7ft rod, using only 8lb nylon.

This fish took more than half-an-hour to land and almost cut through the leader material with its gill plates.

This is why the use of Fluorocarbon leader is important, so make sure that a good quality fluorocarbon is used. Siglon, Maxima and Kingfisher have an excellent range of Fluorocarbon which covers most requirements.  

Anglers targeting larger fish in the deeper water have landed some excellent rock cod and have had equal amounts reef them. These are not small fish and care must be taken to make an effort to use heavier tackle to get these brutes out of their holes.

Live baits work well, as well as a simple cracker for reasons that remain unexplained. Most anglers have resorted to using either heavy bottom fishing KP reels or even jigging outfits in an attempt to boat some of these massive fish.

Reminder - Imperial Nissan Zululand Couta Classic at Mtunzini on 25 and 26 April 2015.

For more details on this KZN north coast deep sea fishing competition you can contact Hylton on 078 854 9358 or Rod on 083 587 3990.

May will see Pumula on the KZN south coast hosting the annual Quattro King of the Sea fishing contest.

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