Garrick and shad at Toti

The excitement starts at Toti where anglers have been landing garrick and shad regularly, as well as a few Natal snoek for the spinning enthusiasts and a few smaller sharks for anglers targeting inedibles.

Scottburgh Point has seen plenty of grey sharks at night, which have been targeted mainly on smaller live baits, but have also been smashing mackerel baits. Mackerel head and mackerel cutlet have been doing the trick. A few garrick have also been landed in the mornings by anglers using live bait as well as a few on plug.  The more popular species in this area however has been Natal snoek, which have been caught throughout the week on spoon.

Port Shepstone has seen good numbers of kob on McCarthy paddletails. Most of these catches have been taken at night, but early morning and late afternoon have also been effective times to have a bait in the water. During the day, many anglers have been targeting garrick and have been successful in doing so. Live bait has worked best. However, when there are many in the area, plugging can be as successful if not better.

Port St John's northern side has seen vast numbers of sardines as well as gamefish and sharks amongst them. These fish have been relatively far out and a strong northeast wind is what is required to bring them closer in to shore. The southern areas have been on fire, with many reports of kob, garrick, shad and sharks. Most of these have been caught off deep water points, but the shad have also come relatively shallow. Kob as well as garrick have been taken on paddletail.

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