Good shad action in Richards Bay

Kosi Bay had an amazing run last week, producing a good few sand sharks over the 100kg mark. James van Rooyen managed an absolute stunner of a sand shark weighing in at 136kg. In the same area, anglers had good fun with the edibles such as rock salmon and speckled snapper up to 4.5kg.

Cape Vidal has had an influx of edible fish, and although the banks are a bit sanded up, small white baits are producing the goods.

Richards Bay has also been fished a lot, with blacktip sharks, big diamond rays and some very impressive shad being the most commonly caught. Lower down the coast at Mtunzini the game was on with countless catches of diamond skates and brown rays.  This is common after three days of the northeast wind.

Ballito has seen the odd grey shark, brown ray and Natal snoek off the points on spoon. Water has been very clean and warm.

Umhlanga Lighthouse has also gone off the bite and only a few grey sharks came out.

Virginia and Beachwood are seeing a few smaller shad in the mornings on spoon.

Blue Lagoon has lots of shad and stonebream as well as lantern fish. There have also been a few honeycombs for the non-edible anglers.

Durban Beachfront is still seeing a lot of pompano and grunter being caught on sea lice and red-eye baits.

Bluff area has still produced a few kingies on live baits such as karanteen or blacktail.

Toti and Warner Beach has also had some greys and a few diamonds. Umkomaas saw lots of juvenile grunter and the odd smaller shad. Some brown skates in the late afternoons.

Scottburgh has been the hot-spot for grey sharks as well as brown skates. Bonefish have also been caught on chokka and prawn baits. Hibberdene is seeing better size shad in the early morning sessions as well as just before sunset.

Port Shepstone produced some kob, shad, bronze bream, but not many fish being caught due to the warm water conditions.

Northern Transkei deep water points have produced a few hammers. The water is clean and on the warm side. Port St John's water is also clean and thus the raggies have fed at night. During the mornings bronze bream and shad have been prolific.

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