Geelbek biting at night off Durban

North - Better reports of tuna off Sodwana in the beginning of the week have come in. Most of these fish have been landed on either blue or green Rattlers and Halco Lazer Pro lures. The tuna have been feeding well in 25-50m of water along the current lines and be sure to try out Halco's new C-Gar sinking stick baits for these tuna as well. As the seas picked up towards the end of the week, the fishing became slow and fewer boats launched. All the way from Cape Vidal down to Zinkwazi the garrick were still on the bite and were caught on backline using live bait. Shad seems to have been the prize bait last week. Tugela had some awesome bottom fishing before the sea picked up with kob, geelbek and general bottoms. Tinley Mannor still threw a Natal snoek or two at anglers on kayaks, but mainly for the anglers using bait or Strike Pro lures. These fish were feeding slightly deeper than usual.

Durban - This area produced excellent catches of geelbek throughout the week and only slowed down with the big sea. The weeks to come should produce equally as well if not better. Most fish were caught at night between 6pm and 12pm on the shallow reefs or wrecks. Sardine seems to be the best bait, probably due to the sardine activity in the deep. Tuna have been slow, but still around, taking Rattlers at Number One and live baits on the bait marks. The tuna have been much smaller than previously and seem to be taking Rattlers or smaller Halco lures before baits.

South – The lower south coast has been fishing a bit slow, probably due to the weather patterns.  A handful of musselcracker have been landed, as well as garrick in the shallows.

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