Blue Lagoon grunter and stumpies
Kosi Bay- This area had a quiet run last week, but a high volume of anglers on the weekend made up for the lack of catches during the week, with edibles making up the majority of the haul. The sea conditions have not been favourable, but seem to be improving by the day.
Cape Vidal - This spot fished better this week and saw lots of small to medium sized edibles being landed in the Northern parts. Two very nice blackfin sharks were caught last week on larger baits too. There has been no shortage of edible fish, but what has stood out has been the catches of larger speckled snapper and also rock salmon.
Hlabane - Saw plenty of good angling on the weekend with plenty of flatfish coming out on throw baits. The bulk of the catch was made up of smaller brown skates and diamond skates. Anglers have had huge success using Mustad Circle hooks when targeting diamonds, which helps not only with the effortless hook-ups, but also with the removal of the hook once the fish has been landed.
Richards Bay - Has seen plenty of milk sharks and brown skates which fed well throughout the week.
Zinkwazi - This stretch also saw few fish with slightly off coloured water. Some decent stumpnose came out in the evenings on sea lice.
Ballito - Anglers had fun with grey sharks off the deep water points. Stumpies are definitely getting bigger and more abundant and have fed on sardine head or sea lice.
Blue Lagoon - Had some good action on the inside of the river section, mainly with grunter and stumpnose. Kingfish have been caught at the bridge on Maria diving baits.
Durban - Has seen hundreds of small grunter and pompano between Blue Lagoon and North Pier. Smaller grey sharks have also been caught on throw baits during the evenings.
Toti - Fished very well with grey sharks, spinners and also a few honeycombs. Most of the fish have been coming out on fleshy baits.
Rocky Bay - Saw good numbers of pompano and stumpnose with the odd Natal snoek on spoon in the mornings at first light.
Port Shepstone - This venue saw a lot of cold water which has meant lots of hound sharks and blue rays. Mustad Circle hooks are doing wonders in this region.
Port St John's - Had a large amount of raggies in the Northern parts, with hound sharks taking fresh mullet baits in most of these areas too. On the South side, kob seemed to be plentiful, as well as shad and even raggies.
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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