Durban harbour mixed bait tips

With the water having cleaned up somewhat since last week, anglers have found themselves catching a lot more fish on both bait and lure.

The swell towards the harbour mouth had increased in size heavily during the big seas, which made it difficult for anglers spinning for kingfish and pickhandle barracuda.

Grunter have been coming out consistently throughout the day and evening on cracker shrimp off the bank and also slightly deeper on the drop-offs.

Double hook traces fished in the deep with cracker on the one hook and sardine on the other hook is a good option if the fish are feeding slowly. 

This trace will not only help with your catch rate, but will increase your species count too, as many fish may prefer sardine to cracker.

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