The Bluff fishing very well

The Bluff has seen plenty of shad and kob, with the odd garrick and kingfish moving through from time to time. Brusher have made a good appearance and following closely behind are the bronze bream which have fed on and off for the most part of the week.  

Toti has had a relatively slow kob run so far this year, but seems to have run into some luck with a decent haul of 20kg and bigger kob. Many of these fish have been caught on live shad by anglers targeting garrick or sharks. These fish prove to be excellent fun on light to medium tackle, but care should be taken to get the fish back to the water as quickly as possible after a lengthy fight.

Scottburgh Point has seen quite a bit of action recently, with anglers landing a few respectable grey sharks and a number of blue skates off the point. Anglers weaving between the rods to get a spoon or plug onto the water have been relatively successful, managing a few shad and garrick. Anglers who have been throwing ground baits have seen good numbers of smaller kob.

Port Shepstone produced the goods over the last week, particularly in the Sandspit area, where anglers proceeded to pummel the fish on Rapala and Halco divers, McArthy paddletails and larger spoons. Again, the D Minnows did some serious damage with the garrick and also large shad.

Port St John's north had smaller kob frequenting the usual spots 24/7 and some fairly decent garrick showing face early in the mornings. The south side of Port St John's also showed good results, producing numbers of sharks including some decent blacktip sharks and some large raggies.

On 1 August The Kingfisher started their annual Biggest Shad Competition. This year it will be run over a two-month period, August and September, with three prizes each month. The heaviest shad for each month will receive a Daiwa SL 50SHK Reel, valued at R1625, the second heaviest shad will receive a 13’6” Kingfisher Coastline Medium, three-piece, 4-6oz Graphite Rod, valued at R1145 and third heaviest shad will receive a Daiwa AG 6000 Reel valued at R598. Please note that all shad (fresh) must be weighed at either, The Kingfisher, 53 Hunter Street or Tackle Centre, Old Fort Road or The Fishing Tackle Shop, Warner Beach during trading hours.

Please remember there is a bag limit of four and the minimum size is 30cm and that the season closes 30 September and re-opens 1 December 2015.

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