Fishing News - Kingfish on the Bluff
We have been told of big kingfish busting anglers on the Bluff during the past week.
Kosi Bay saw a decent amount of anglers at water’s edge and fishing mostly for edibles such as stumpies, bonefish and kingies, with most of these fish being caught on chokka baits and red-eye baits.
Cape Vidal has been quiet over the last week and weekend, but such results are only inevitable with the amount of visitors seen in these areas. Most beaches at these popular tourist locations are full of families soaking up the sun and leave little room for the serious angler at certain times of year. The few anglers who did brave the crowds did, however, see results and species such as pompano, stumpnose and kingies were landed.
At Richards Bay it was nice to see quite a few warm water species still hanging around, with the winter species creeping in too. A good few sandsharks have been landed on smaller baits such as mackerel head throw baits and small chokka slide baits. Spinner sharks are also still in the area and are showing no signs of moving on just yet. Brown rays have been caught on the smaller baits that are intended for species such as pompano which have also been present in the Richards Bay area over the last week or two. Honeycombs seem to have been a popular target species and have been caught regularly.
Zinkwazi has begun to heat up slightly, seeing catches of various flatfish such as honeycomb rays and sandsharks, a few shark species such as greys and small blacktip sharks and a variety of edibles which were taken on smaller baits.
Spinning enthusiasts have been happy with the fishing on the north coast, particularly in the Sheffield area where there have been many kingfish as well as a few Natal snoek catches. Spinning enthusiasts are always after a better cast and more power out of their line which has been extremely expensive up till now, but with the release of the already Popular Daiwa J-Braid now in a 15lb option, there are going to be big changes for many anglers. This thinner but stronger option will allow anglers to cast much further and still have the power to pull a large fish with ease.
Ballito produced the odd grey shark, a handful of brown rays and some nice stumpies for the anglers willing to lose some tackle near the rocks.
Durban anglers flocked to the beaches to get their share of fishing in the good weather we had over the weekend. Fish that were seen over the weekend include many lesser sandsharks, some huge pompano (some of which weighed in at over 6kg), and a good few grunter. Most fish were caught on sealice or chokka baits. Durban piers have started to produce good numbers of shad and bonito, which have been keeping anglers busy, particularly those who have been making use of the Kingfisher Anchovy spoon.
The Bluff saw its fair share of anglers too and it seems the fish decided to make an appearance as well. There have been many smash ups near the rocks, many of which are believed to be big specimen of blacktip kingies, which have taken live baits as well as throw baits. Anglers also hooked into a decent amount of grey sharks and stumpies.
Scottburgh has been a bit quiet, with hardly any reports, besides a few grey sharks and brown rays, the odd kingfish and snoek.
Port Edward has been productive recently with a generous supply of houndsharks. These fish have been landed mainly in the afternoons and have been enjoying mullet head.
(File Photo: Gallo Images)
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Cape Vidal has been quiet over the last week and weekend, but such results are only inevitable with the amount of visitors seen in these areas. Most beaches at these popular tourist locations are full of families soaking up the sun and leave little room for the serious angler at certain times of year. The few anglers who did brave the crowds did, however, see results and species such as pompano, stumpnose and kingies were landed.
At Richards Bay it was nice to see quite a few warm water species still hanging around, with the winter species creeping in too. A good few sandsharks have been landed on smaller baits such as mackerel head throw baits and small chokka slide baits. Spinner sharks are also still in the area and are showing no signs of moving on just yet. Brown rays have been caught on the smaller baits that are intended for species such as pompano which have also been present in the Richards Bay area over the last week or two. Honeycombs seem to have been a popular target species and have been caught regularly.
Zinkwazi has begun to heat up slightly, seeing catches of various flatfish such as honeycomb rays and sandsharks, a few shark species such as greys and small blacktip sharks and a variety of edibles which were taken on smaller baits.
Spinning enthusiasts have been happy with the fishing on the north coast, particularly in the Sheffield area where there have been many kingfish as well as a few Natal snoek catches. Spinning enthusiasts are always after a better cast and more power out of their line which has been extremely expensive up till now, but with the release of the already Popular Daiwa J-Braid now in a 15lb option, there are going to be big changes for many anglers. This thinner but stronger option will allow anglers to cast much further and still have the power to pull a large fish with ease.
Ballito produced the odd grey shark, a handful of brown rays and some nice stumpies for the anglers willing to lose some tackle near the rocks.
Durban anglers flocked to the beaches to get their share of fishing in the good weather we had over the weekend. Fish that were seen over the weekend include many lesser sandsharks, some huge pompano (some of which weighed in at over 6kg), and a good few grunter. Most fish were caught on sealice or chokka baits. Durban piers have started to produce good numbers of shad and bonito, which have been keeping anglers busy, particularly those who have been making use of the Kingfisher Anchovy spoon.
The Bluff saw its fair share of anglers too and it seems the fish decided to make an appearance as well. There have been many smash ups near the rocks, many of which are believed to be big specimen of blacktip kingies, which have taken live baits as well as throw baits. Anglers also hooked into a decent amount of grey sharks and stumpies.
Scottburgh has been a bit quiet, with hardly any reports, besides a few grey sharks and brown rays, the odd kingfish and snoek.
Port Edward has been productive recently with a generous supply of houndsharks. These fish have been landed mainly in the afternoons and have been enjoying mullet head.
(File Photo: Gallo Images)
Twitter - @kingfisherdaiwa @SportswaveAndre