Durban kob and geelbek action

Most of the action that was reported last week involved shad or kob, and Blue Lagoon was right up there with the top performing spots.

Most anglers would have got their quota of four shad, as well as a few undersized fish which went back to the water.

There were a few days that the shad were much smaller and very few made size, but this is typical for this time of year. 

Besides the shad, there were hardly any other reports of other species besides the odd geelbek which came out at night during the week. These tasty species of the salmon family are usually found a lot deeper out at sea, but do come inshore when the water conditions are right. They are not fussy on which bait they feed on, but better results have been had on sardine or red-eye.

Snake Park Pier also saw a fair amount of action and although very crowded and difficult to fish on, saw good catches of stumpnose,  geelbek and also shad.

Durban Beachfront has seen few anglers over the last week partially due to the rains. The areas close to Addington such as Ushaka have all had shad running for the majority of the week, and although not as good with numbers, has had much better sized shad than Blue Lagoon.

The Bluff as usual for this time of the year has picked up well and is producing fish daily. Shad are feeding well on spoon around Cave Rock, kingfish have also been caught along the Bluff stretch and brusher are coming out consistently. With a strong Westerly predicted for Friday, we should expect the Bluff to produce good numbers of kingfish, brusher and bronze bream.

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