Durban harbour fishing really well
Durban harbour is producing some really excellent fish at the moment. Timing your trip down to the harbour is imperative if you are looking for some of the bigger grunter.
These fish will be on the sandbanks in the lowering tide and eat the cracker shrimp in the sand. Walking out onto these banks on a low tide can offer some brilliant catches, but make sure you take your cracker pump with you as there are plenty of smaller fish around that will strip you clean.
Boat anglers have experienced the sheer power of the brown rays in the harbour this week with Jesse Schubach having his skills put to the test by an excellent brown ray of over 18kg. Jesse was using his 7ft spinning rod, his Daiwa Ninja 2000 and 8lb Daiwa J braid. This outfit, paired with an excellent baby squid bait, was too much temptation and tackle for this brown ray.
There have also been some really good catches of smaller stumpnose in the harbour over the last few days. There are plenty of smaller kingfish and scad to have fun with in the harbour on artificial lures. Poppers seem to be working incredibly well early in the morning where the deeper diving Strike Pro lures seem to be working a lot better during the day. The kingies seem to be sitting under the yachts moored around the bay and a clear colour Strike Pro seems to work a lot better than the rest. The walla-walla seem to have disappeared. This is good news for the anglers we prefer dropshot in the harbour, as they should get a much better lifespan from their McArthy paddletails.
(File Photo: Office of the KZN Premier)
Twitter - @kingfisherdaiwa @SportswaveAndre
Boat anglers have experienced the sheer power of the brown rays in the harbour this week with Jesse Schubach having his skills put to the test by an excellent brown ray of over 18kg. Jesse was using his 7ft spinning rod, his Daiwa Ninja 2000 and 8lb Daiwa J braid. This outfit, paired with an excellent baby squid bait, was too much temptation and tackle for this brown ray.
There have also been some really good catches of smaller stumpnose in the harbour over the last few days. There are plenty of smaller kingfish and scad to have fun with in the harbour on artificial lures. Poppers seem to be working incredibly well early in the morning where the deeper diving Strike Pro lures seem to be working a lot better during the day. The kingies seem to be sitting under the yachts moored around the bay and a clear colour Strike Pro seems to work a lot better than the rest. The walla-walla seem to have disappeared. This is good news for the anglers we prefer dropshot in the harbour, as they should get a much better lifespan from their McArthy paddletails.
(File Photo: Office of the KZN Premier)
Twitter - @kingfisherdaiwa @SportswaveAndre