Durban harbour live bait success
The harbour saw very few anglers last week and weekend, leaving most of the reports coming through from the charter boats and one or two anglers who made it onto the water and managed to land some good fish.
The deeper spots produced a few nice fish and a good variety of species as well.
The game fish were plentiful around the Coaling Wharf and were caught on drop-shot and small poppers.
Live bait has also been used to target these fish and has been hugely successful.
Smaller blacktail, perch and even glassies work well on a small float, 15lb Fluorocarbon and a small size 8 treble hook or a fine wire circle hook such as the Mustad Demon fine wire circle.
This allows the hook to penetrate without much pressure.
Make sure that the live bait is pinned just under the skin so that a safe release can be made if the bait is not taken.
There is no worry of the bait flying off the hook on a cast, because these fish are close to structure and are usually right at your feet or within a few meters.
The variety of fish that can be caught with this rig is endless.
Last week alone, one angler managed to land a variety of kingfish, springer, rock salmon, rock cod and even a decent sized shad at the mouth.
Off the banks this technique is not as popular, but has been used in winter for garrick with a live mullet or pinkie.
Reminder - Imperial Nissan Zululand Couta Classic at Mtunzini on 25 and 26 April 2015.
For more details on this KZN north coast deep sea fishing competition you can contact Hylton on 078 854 9358 or Rod on 083 587 3990.
May will see Pumula on the KZN south coast hosting the annual Quattro King of the Sea fishing contest.
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