Fishing Report - Port Shepstone bream success
We have been told of good bronze bream fishing at Port Shepstone over the past week.
Undersized shad and other smaller peckers have been in abundance over the last week in Ballito, with water and wind looking a bit rough this weekend with the Westerly coming up, it will definitely be time to target the bronze bream. From last week we have seen a decrease in catches of milkies, which has meant that anglers have had their baits in the water long enough to catch other species such as grunter, sole, pompano, wave garrick, shad and kob. Saladfish or needle scale queenfish have been reported by the dozens.
Durban Piers have had a few anglers trying their luck at shad angling over the last week and they have been relatively successful. Grunter off the piers have also been reported, caught mainly on red-eye or chokka baits. There have been a handful of grey sharks and spinner sharks in the area too.
Durban Beachfront has had a massive showing of shad, with most being undersized though. It is imperative that these fish are measured before taken. Measurement is 300mm fork length and a total of four per angler is permitted. Other species around the beachfront areas include small grunter, sole, wave garrick and also milkies.
After the previous reports of poor fishing from the Bluff area, it is pleasant to hear of some decent catches all the way from the South Pier through to the Cutting. A few anglers have been lucky enough to get their hands on some live bait in the area, and along with the live bait has come their success with the kingfish and also yellowtail. Remember that these fish are aggressive fighters and show no mercy to anglers on light tackle. Triplefish Fluorocarbon leaders are a must, as well as high quality, extra sharp hooks such as Mustad Hoodlums or Big Guns. Other species making an appearance on the Bluff include shad, bronze bream, kob and a few smaller garrick. Cave Rock area has been productive recently and has seen more anglers than the previous week.
Scottburgh Point has been producing some smaller shad at night, which have been used as bait for grey sharks, which have also been present. These sharks have all been in the 5-10kg range. Kob have been more abundant over the last week with the better specimens being landed at night on bigger chokka baits and on McArthy Paddletails. Remember, the most versatile size paddletail is the 5" used on a 1oz, 6/0 jig head.
Some very good bronze bream are coming out at Port Shepstone on prawn baits and small chokka baits. Shad seem to be making size more consistently now and kob are feeding readily.
(File Photo: Gallo Images)
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Durban Piers have had a few anglers trying their luck at shad angling over the last week and they have been relatively successful. Grunter off the piers have also been reported, caught mainly on red-eye or chokka baits. There have been a handful of grey sharks and spinner sharks in the area too.
Durban Beachfront has had a massive showing of shad, with most being undersized though. It is imperative that these fish are measured before taken. Measurement is 300mm fork length and a total of four per angler is permitted. Other species around the beachfront areas include small grunter, sole, wave garrick and also milkies.
After the previous reports of poor fishing from the Bluff area, it is pleasant to hear of some decent catches all the way from the South Pier through to the Cutting. A few anglers have been lucky enough to get their hands on some live bait in the area, and along with the live bait has come their success with the kingfish and also yellowtail. Remember that these fish are aggressive fighters and show no mercy to anglers on light tackle. Triplefish Fluorocarbon leaders are a must, as well as high quality, extra sharp hooks such as Mustad Hoodlums or Big Guns. Other species making an appearance on the Bluff include shad, bronze bream, kob and a few smaller garrick. Cave Rock area has been productive recently and has seen more anglers than the previous week.
Scottburgh Point has been producing some smaller shad at night, which have been used as bait for grey sharks, which have also been present. These sharks have all been in the 5-10kg range. Kob have been more abundant over the last week with the better specimens being landed at night on bigger chokka baits and on McArthy Paddletails. Remember, the most versatile size paddletail is the 5" used on a 1oz, 6/0 jig head.
Some very good bronze bream are coming out at Port Shepstone on prawn baits and small chokka baits. Shad seem to be making size more consistently now and kob are feeding readily.
(File Photo: Gallo Images)
Twitter - @SportswaveAndre @kingfisherdaiwa