Monster couta action off Mtunzini
A huge couta was caught off Mtunzini in Zululand during the past week.
North - Fishing off the Sodwana to Cape Vidal stretch was average this week with catches of couta, tuna and a few sailfish. St Lucia down to Richards Bay saw a few couta of decent size caught. Stuart Blesovsky boated an excellent specimen of over 30kg at Mtunzini. Just a reminder that these bigger fish will not hesitate to take a larger bait such as a 2kg bonito, which has been a very effective bait for these fish over the years. Large wala-wala up to 1m long have also proven to be hugely successful. Spearfishermen have also had good success in this area with fish shot up to 39kg as well. Zinkwazi has been relatively quiet apart from a few smaller couta and some decent Natal snoek. Along with these, anglers have had good success with bottom fish such as slinger, rockcod and even geelbek. Tinley Manor produced a respectable Couta of 30kg, which means that there are definitely a few good fish around.
Central - Westbrook down to Umhlanga has been relatively quiet. Durban had tons of bait which kept anglers busy, but unfortunately had a slow start with the gamefish. A tuna of 22kg was landed by an angler fishing for bait off Limestone Reef and another angler managed to land a snoek of over 5kg on a Sabiki bait rig on a bait mark. The gamefish seem to be right in close with the bait.
South - Bronwen Singleton of Warnerdoone Ski Boat Club managed to miss the ladies record by a mere 700g when she landed a beast of a couta weighing in at 28.03kg last Sunday. Quattro King of the Sea at Pumula was won by a couta of 27.5kg. It was caught by a 16-year-old boy off Hibberdene.
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