Good dorado action off Durban

Good dorado action off Durban

Deep sea anglers off Durban have enjoyed considerable dorado success over the past week.

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North Coast - Boat angling started off relatively slowly last week, with only a few fish being landed at Maphelane and Cape Vidal. Stuart Worthington managed his first Marlin of over 150kg off Maphelane. Good catches of Wahoo were seen at St Lucia, mostly caught on strip baits and live baits. Just a tip for these Wahoo, when using lures and live bait in an area which is known to produce Wahoo or has been producing Wahoo recently, all lures and live baits should be fished with steel trace. Wahoo have some of the sharpest teeth in the ocean and will not hesitate to bite straight through even 1mm Flourocarbon. For diving lures such as Rattlers, a minimum of No. 6 wire should be used and on Konas and surface lures, no less than 150lb carbon coated wire. Don't take a chance, because a Wahoo of even 15kgs will give you a fight that you would not want to miss out on.

Durban - Due to the "up and down" seas over the last week, anglers have had to be fussy about launch days. The weekend was touch and go, but fishable and those who could not resist a launch and made the attempt to get out of bed at 3am were very pleased with what was offered to them.
Boats saw Wahoo up to 30kgs, Tuna were caught and Dorado surprisingly enough were still plentiful. The Snoek were in full force at first light off Glenashley and Virginia and were caught mainly on Small Rattlers and Strike Pro Magic Minnows.  A few boats also had fun with spoons at a few of the rips off Hyper.

South Coast - Anglers found themselves puzzling for Amberjack and Yellowtail, which did show up eventually and made many a charter angler happy.

It seems Alain Tardin and I may have good reason to head out on his jetski from Durban Ski Boat Club this Friday...

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