Daga salmon action off Durban

Maphelane has been fishing very well over the last week with reports from the locals of snoek and tuna. Many a boat had excellent snoek sessions with more than ten fish being landed per launch. With increasing numbers of catches of musselcracker and daga in these areas, it seems time to get the bottom outfits out for some fun and a good workout.

With the water temperature dropping more consistently over the last week in the Durban area, the daga salmon seem to be back in full force. These fish are being targeted between 15-65m of water on any live bait or dead bait such as whole sardine, mackerel or maasbanker, but live bait will almost always produce a better bite and faster too. These fish have extremely sensitive lateral lines that pick up the most minute of vibrations, so any live bait kicking around just off the bottom is going to be sucked in. To further increase your chances of a bite, a Yamashita green glow squid should be added just above the hook which will slide down onto your bait. This will also increase your chances of the fish locating your bait. Remember that your limit on these fish is one fish over 1.1m and four fish under 1.1m.

Anglers further down the coast have been catching a few snoek on backline, trawling small Strike Pros and Clark spoons, with most lures being hit close in just behind backline. Towards the Transkei area, boats have been catching garrick on live baits also around backline. Remember that one should always use fluorocarbon for these fish on backline, as it increases the bite rate over using standard leader or steel trace.

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