Kob action at Port Shepstone
Over the past week anglers have been having some excellent fun with the sandsharks from Kosi Bay to Sodwana Bay. These fish have been taken on well-presented mackerel baits on a circle hook.
Cape Vidal has been producing a lot of fish for the edible anglers, with plenty of stumpnose and pompano coming out. These fish are being caught on a mixture of crab and sea lice. Another very good bait for the pompano is mussel and you can prepare this bait by gently drilling a hole through the shell and threading your hook through the hole.
There have been some excellent diamond rays biting around Richards Bay north area, as well as some smaller honeycombs around the 50kg mark. These fish have preferred a bonito head with the bonito cutlets cottoned on over the eyes. Three days of a northeast wind has provided some good fishing to the anglers around the Richards Bay south area. There have been an influx of diamond rays around this area as the water temperature in this area has been correct for these fish.
Ballito has been alive with grey shark and sandshark activity during the evenings and early mornings. There have also been the odd diamond and brown ray taking the bait.
Durban has been quiet with our anglers reporting odd pockets of shad and pompano. This hotter weather seems to have heated the water up a bit too much.
Toti has been on fire with lots of edibles coming out such as stumpnose and shad. The non-edibles have been excellent with sandsharks, grey sharks, honeycombs and diamonds coming out.
Warner Beach produced an excellent honeycomb for one of our local anglers Michael Rodger. He caught the fish on his Poseidon Azure 14ft Heavy 5-7oz, Daiwa BG 6500 and the Daiwa 30lb J Braid.
Scottburgh has been very quiet with only a few fish coming out, mostly shad with the odd grey shark.
Port Shepstone has been producing a few good edible fish with anglers searching for the bronze bream and finding kob. A good trick to remember with the bronze bream is to try and fish in a spot with a natural pool. These fish will disappear if you happen to release one back, as it will head back to the shoal and move them from the spot. So if you do happen to catch an undersized fish, release it into a tidal pool, carry on fishing, and when you are done, release it back into the water.
Transkei north has been plagued with hammerheads in the 20kg range, taking whole slid chokka. There have also been reports of 50kg plus grey sharks coming out. Transkei south has seen a lot of shad and kob, as well as some of the smaller hammerheads.
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There have been some excellent diamond rays biting around Richards Bay north area, as well as some smaller honeycombs around the 50kg mark. These fish have preferred a bonito head with the bonito cutlets cottoned on over the eyes. Three days of a northeast wind has provided some good fishing to the anglers around the Richards Bay south area. There have been an influx of diamond rays around this area as the water temperature in this area has been correct for these fish.
Ballito has been alive with grey shark and sandshark activity during the evenings and early mornings. There have also been the odd diamond and brown ray taking the bait.
Durban has been quiet with our anglers reporting odd pockets of shad and pompano. This hotter weather seems to have heated the water up a bit too much.
Toti has been on fire with lots of edibles coming out such as stumpnose and shad. The non-edibles have been excellent with sandsharks, grey sharks, honeycombs and diamonds coming out.
Warner Beach produced an excellent honeycomb for one of our local anglers Michael Rodger. He caught the fish on his Poseidon Azure 14ft Heavy 5-7oz, Daiwa BG 6500 and the Daiwa 30lb J Braid.
Scottburgh has been very quiet with only a few fish coming out, mostly shad with the odd grey shark.
Port Shepstone has been producing a few good edible fish with anglers searching for the bronze bream and finding kob. A good trick to remember with the bronze bream is to try and fish in a spot with a natural pool. These fish will disappear if you happen to release one back, as it will head back to the shoal and move them from the spot. So if you do happen to catch an undersized fish, release it into a tidal pool, carry on fishing, and when you are done, release it back into the water.
Transkei north has been plagued with hammerheads in the 20kg range, taking whole slid chokka. There have also been reports of 50kg plus grey sharks coming out. Transkei south has seen a lot of shad and kob, as well as some of the smaller hammerheads.
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