Carp on boilies at Shongweni

Carp

Shongweni has fished well over the last week and has produced fish on conventional tackle and on larger boilies. Tiger nuts have produced very few fish recently, leaving boilies champion of the baits. In the dropping temperatures, anglers have been getting extremely cold over the last week, but have been productive. Albert Falls has been slower and produced far fewer fish than in the previous weeks. This could be due to the boating activity or the drop in temperature and air pressure. Towards the end of the week’s fishing, anglers did manage to hook into some good fish at the public slipways and off the boats around the river sections. It is highly recommended to fish the river section at this time of the year and if done correctly, this can produce more fish than most areas. Correct anchorage is the key, along with a stealthy approach and well-presented baits.

Calling all fly-fishermen and fly-tyers, the Durban Fly-Tyers Society will be holding a clinic on Saturday 4 July from 9am to 12 noon at The Kingfisher, 53 Hunter Street, Durban. A variety of fresh and salt water patterns will be tied and any questions will be welcomed and advice openly offered.

Bass

Inanda Dam fished well over the last week, producing much better catches than the previous few weeks. During the week, a few anglers fishing with crank baits and spinner baits hooked into a few fish between 1.5kg and 3kg close to Durban Bay. Many smaller fish were landed on jig and Texas rigged plastics in the same areas, but due to the clarity of the water, anglers found that the bite was better in the deeper water with white plastics producing better bites. Anglers fishing off kick-boats in Durban Bay also had good fishing, surprisingly enough on Buzz baits. Albert Falls fished well and seems to be back to its record producing form. Many reports included the phrase “personal best" and many of the juniors managed to boat larger fish. The weekend saw good fish at the river mouth and at Kyalami Bay, using spinner baits and jigs fished deeper and extremely slow. In this cold weather, many anglers will prefer the use of jigs and other soft plastics that can be fished very slowly in deeper water. Generally, slow moving baits which have very little action such as Dinger style baits produce more bites as the bass feel that there is less of a chance of the bait evading capture, a slow moving bait is an easy meal. Jigs are bulky and if fished slowly in the right areas can imitate many kinds of forage and is as versatile as can be.

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