Durban shore fishing update
We have been told of good fishing in the Virginia area over the past week.
Umhlanga has seen many smaller fish landed on small chokka baits and also sealice. The bulk of these fish being made up of bigger blacktail and wave garrick. Not too many inedible species have been landed over the last week, but with the forecasts being calmer than last week, this should change.
Virginia has been quite productive with a very nice trough being present which has produced many edible species such as pompano and grunter. During the week some very nice pompano were landed. Some of these weighing over 4kg.
Durban Piers have been less productive than the previous weeks with less fish being landed, but some nice grunter being taken between the smaller fish. These fish have been landed late in the evenings along with a few grey sharks.
Durban Beachfront, mainly near Addington, has kept anglers busy with some pompano, stumpnose and grunter - all caught on smaller chokka baits and red-eye.
On the Bluff some nice blacktip kingfish have been landed on live baits, mainly karanteen or smaller blacktail. This style of fishing requires extra heavy tackle and an incredibly good sense of balance to keep upright when being pulled flat by one of these beasts. Most of these anglers are being cut off on the rocks due to their tackle being too light. A good quality line is always a plus, or even a heavier braid to put some serious pressure on the fish. Daiwa's J-Braid is now available in a 65lb and 80lb which are perfect for this application.
(File Photo: Gallo Images)
Twitter - @kingfisherdaiwa @SportswaveAndre
Virginia has been quite productive with a very nice trough being present which has produced many edible species such as pompano and grunter. During the week some very nice pompano were landed. Some of these weighing over 4kg.
Durban Piers have been less productive than the previous weeks with less fish being landed, but some nice grunter being taken between the smaller fish. These fish have been landed late in the evenings along with a few grey sharks.
Durban Beachfront, mainly near Addington, has kept anglers busy with some pompano, stumpnose and grunter - all caught on smaller chokka baits and red-eye.
On the Bluff some nice blacktip kingfish have been landed on live baits, mainly karanteen or smaller blacktail. This style of fishing requires extra heavy tackle and an incredibly good sense of balance to keep upright when being pulled flat by one of these beasts. Most of these anglers are being cut off on the rocks due to their tackle being too light. A good quality line is always a plus, or even a heavier braid to put some serious pressure on the fish. Daiwa's J-Braid is now available in a 65lb and 80lb which are perfect for this application.
(File Photo: Gallo Images)
Twitter - @kingfisherdaiwa @SportswaveAndre