Grey sharks biting at Ballito
Kosi Bay has been producing some really nice flatfish for anglers throwing big baits on heavy rods and grinders. There have been multiple reports of honeycomb and diamond rays being caught on mackerel and red-eye.
There have been some fantastic kingfish coming out on drop-shot in the clean water.
Cape Vidal has been producing some big blackfin sharks that are taking almost any big baits. These fish are mainly being caught in the bay, along with a few bonefish.
Richards Bay north was a little quieter with only the odd brown ray coming out. This shows the big part that the weather will play as well as the water conditions. Richards Bay south has had a lot of colour, but the water has been very warm. There still have been a few flatfish coming out and the usual shad and kingfish.
Ballito had a lot of grey sharks taking bloody baits later in the night. The odd honeycomb ray has made an appearance with anglers using bonito, either as a cutlet or cottoning the fillets onto the sides of the head.
Durban has been very quiet with plenty of small shad around. There are a few pompano coming out on mussel baits. Anglers are having difficulty fishing, with peckers destroying their baits before the big flatfish are able to take the bait. Anglers are combating this by preparing the bait and then lightly cottoning on the sardine fillets to the sides of the bait. This way, as the bait hits the water, the peckers will begin to eat the sardine, giving the bait enough time to be eaten by the flatfish.
Toti produced some excellent grey sharks and sandsharks this past weekend, as well as plenty of shad.
Scottbourgh was quiet with a few grey sharks coming out, mostly on shad cutlets.
Port Shepstone was quiet with only the odd bronze bream landed and lots of under-sized shad.
Unfortunately, anglers who made special trips to the Transkei found it very quiet with only a few fish coming out. These were mainly kob, shad and bronze bream.
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Cape Vidal has been producing some big blackfin sharks that are taking almost any big baits. These fish are mainly being caught in the bay, along with a few bonefish.
Richards Bay north was a little quieter with only the odd brown ray coming out. This shows the big part that the weather will play as well as the water conditions. Richards Bay south has had a lot of colour, but the water has been very warm. There still have been a few flatfish coming out and the usual shad and kingfish.
Ballito had a lot of grey sharks taking bloody baits later in the night. The odd honeycomb ray has made an appearance with anglers using bonito, either as a cutlet or cottoning the fillets onto the sides of the head.
Durban has been very quiet with plenty of small shad around. There are a few pompano coming out on mussel baits. Anglers are having difficulty fishing, with peckers destroying their baits before the big flatfish are able to take the bait. Anglers are combating this by preparing the bait and then lightly cottoning on the sardine fillets to the sides of the bait. This way, as the bait hits the water, the peckers will begin to eat the sardine, giving the bait enough time to be eaten by the flatfish.
Toti produced some excellent grey sharks and sandsharks this past weekend, as well as plenty of shad.
Scottbourgh was quiet with a few grey sharks coming out, mostly on shad cutlets.
Port Shepstone was quiet with only the odd bronze bream landed and lots of under-sized shad.
Unfortunately, anglers who made special trips to the Transkei found it very quiet with only a few fish coming out. These were mainly kob, shad and bronze bream.
(File Photo: Gallo Images)
Twitter - @SportswaveAndre
Feel free to send your fishing stories and photos to us - [email protected]