Brusher action on the Bluff

Bluff has seen some good brusher which are being caught on muscle-man crab or ghost crab. The Bluff has also produced some good size kob and garrick over the past week. Larger blacktail have also been found more regularly in this area.

Toti has been on and off with results. Very few shad were seen, but the smaller sizes did make for good garrick baits and did the trick.

Winkelspruit has been far more productive and has seen crowds of anglers trying to get in on the action. With the sardines being netted at Umkomaas and around Scottburgh, these areas will become even more productive in the days to come.

Illovo has seen good numbers of garrick on live shad, plug and spoon. Anglers fishing with the new Daiwa D Minnow casting lure have had good success not only with garrick, but also kob and larger shad. These lures weigh in at 31g and cast extremely well on most spinning outfits between 10 -11'6". Available in a variety of colours including pearl white, these are extremely effective for winter gamefish.

Besides the netting of sardines in the Umkomaas area, fishing has been slow and will only begin to pick up now with the arrival of the sardines.  

Scottburgh Point saw plenty of shad on bait, although most were undersized. Grey sharks and a few blue skates were caught on throw baits as well.

Port Shepstone had the usual species around, including a lot of decent sized kob. There were also a few garrick off the block in favourable conditions.  

Margate had a good run with the pier producing everything from skate to tuna, blacktip sharks to blacktail.  

Port St John's still has good garrick fishing, but the main attraction has been the large shad and kob. Bronze bream have also been of notable size. Most of the deeper water points are a bit quiet but this is probably due to the amount of sardines slightly deeper.

Mazeppa Bay has seen good catches of raggies which is at least some action for the week.

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