Geelbek biting off Durban
Charter boats around Sodwana are boating a wide variety of fish from couta to bonito. Many reports of smaller shoal-sized couta caught over the weekend on live baits and on Rattlers.
Maphelane saw few boats for the week, but the boats which did launch hooked into some great tuna and bonito up to 10kg. Cape Vidal and St Lucia produced decent couta on baits in around 30-50m of water. Along with these couta, many anglers have caught bigger yellowtail. These fish seem to be loving the pink Rattlers and a live mozzies as well.
Durban fished well with a variety of species being landed on the skiis and off boats. The bottom fishermen have come out on top with more geelbek and daga than any other week this year thus far. A double hook trace with long snootings and two 9/0 Mustad Kendal round hooks will do the trick for these fish. Number One fished well for a number of anglers who managed to hook into some decent tuna and also yellowtail. The odd blacktip kingfish was caught as well. The bigger yellowtail that are around seem to be enjoying a live bait more than anything at the moment and can be caught on light tackle if one passes a school of them. A Daiwa Laguna 3000 filled with 300mm of 15lb Daiwa J Braid will do the job for these fish. Small spoons, Onde Onde spoons and McArthy dropshot work wonders.
Fishing down south has cooled off somewhat and mainly reports of bottom fish have been received. The odd wahoo and the masses of tuna are still around, but the amount of bait in the water may be affecting the bite. Bigger musselcracker have been landed recently along with some huge rockcod on live baits.
(File Photo: Caroll Hermann)
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Durban fished well with a variety of species being landed on the skiis and off boats. The bottom fishermen have come out on top with more geelbek and daga than any other week this year thus far. A double hook trace with long snootings and two 9/0 Mustad Kendal round hooks will do the trick for these fish. Number One fished well for a number of anglers who managed to hook into some decent tuna and also yellowtail. The odd blacktip kingfish was caught as well. The bigger yellowtail that are around seem to be enjoying a live bait more than anything at the moment and can be caught on light tackle if one passes a school of them. A Daiwa Laguna 3000 filled with 300mm of 15lb Daiwa J Braid will do the job for these fish. Small spoons, Onde Onde spoons and McArthy dropshot work wonders.
Fishing down south has cooled off somewhat and mainly reports of bottom fish have been received. The odd wahoo and the masses of tuna are still around, but the amount of bait in the water may be affecting the bite. Bigger musselcracker have been landed recently along with some huge rockcod on live baits.
(File Photo: Caroll Hermann)
Twitter - @SportswaveAndre