Big tuna action off Zinkwazi
Updated | By Kingfisher
An excellent week for ski-boat anglers off KwaZulu-Natal with many reports coming in of sailfish, marlin, Natal snoek, couta, tuna, yellowtail and kingfish success.
Zululand anglers had excellent fun over the weekend with couta and sailfish in the deeper water, while anglers in the shallows hooked into dozens of snoek as well as some lovely kingfish. The snoek have been shallow, however the larger fish have been feeding deeper on down-rigged fillets and a few couta have been landed this way too. Tuna have loved the shallow diving Rattlers in about 50-80m of water. The yellowtail off Cape Vidal have been plentiful and have taken lures as well as live bait.
Further south, Zinkwazi fished well, having anglers stuck onto a few huge tuna on live bait.
Durban is where it all happened, with countless tuna over 20kg landed with the dolphins and on live bait on the bait marks. Live bait in the area would be both maasbanker and mackerel. The couta have moved in and a number of anglers have caught fish on live baits. Most fish have been between 6-15kg with the odd specimen weighing in at around 15-20kg.
Bottom fishing off Durban has been spectacular, with good numbers of santer, slinger, rockcod and even the odd geelbek still being around.
On the south coast, anglers have had more than enough action with smaller tuna between 3 and 10kg, particularly in the Shelley Beach area. Yellowtail have been caught on jigs in certain areas as well, most of which have been over 6kg. The lower south coast has been hugely productive with regards to bottom fishing with live baits working well for yellowtail. Some of these fish have been 20kg or more and have been caught throughout the week by many anglers. A lot of anglers are still using the old method of counting the turns on the KP to find their fish, rather than looking for the fish on their fish-finders.
(File Photo: Carroll Hermann)
Twitter - @kingfisherdaiwa @SportswaveAndre
Further south, Zinkwazi fished well, having anglers stuck onto a few huge tuna on live bait.
Durban is where it all happened, with countless tuna over 20kg landed with the dolphins and on live bait on the bait marks. Live bait in the area would be both maasbanker and mackerel. The couta have moved in and a number of anglers have caught fish on live baits. Most fish have been between 6-15kg with the odd specimen weighing in at around 15-20kg.
Bottom fishing off Durban has been spectacular, with good numbers of santer, slinger, rockcod and even the odd geelbek still being around.
On the south coast, anglers have had more than enough action with smaller tuna between 3 and 10kg, particularly in the Shelley Beach area. Yellowtail have been caught on jigs in certain areas as well, most of which have been over 6kg. The lower south coast has been hugely productive with regards to bottom fishing with live baits working well for yellowtail. Some of these fish have been 20kg or more and have been caught throughout the week by many anglers. A lot of anglers are still using the old method of counting the turns on the KP to find their fish, rather than looking for the fish on their fish-finders.
(File Photo: Carroll Hermann)
Twitter - @kingfisherdaiwa @SportswaveAndre
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