Number One tuna and billfish success
With a week of up and down conditions, anglers did very well to get the amount of fish that they did. Surprisingly good catches were seen by the anglers in the Sodwana and Kosi Bay areas. Wahoo have been in full force and have taken almost any bait in the water. Live baits have been getting the bigger bites, but most fish have been taken on shallow diving Rattlers or feathers. Dorado have also been plentiful in these areas and have been seen in large schools off the colour lines and debris. Trolling a 2m Rattler off these colour lines produced excellent catches of both dorado and wahoo.
Further south at Maphelane, the Natal snoek were seen in large numbers. Sprat spoons were the flavour of the day and managed to provide anglers with hours of snoek catching fun.
The greater Durban area produced many tuna, particularly in the Ballito area on live baits. Couta were seen throughout the week at Seabelle and were taken mainly on kayaks. Dorado have been taken on live baits off the Ballito wreck, as well as off the Dolphins with poppers and live baits.
Number One produced good catches of tuna and a few billfish too, which also took baits.
Couta have been seen off the Bluff by spear-fishermen and have also been speared in the process.
Small pockets of snoek have been spotted off backline in the Toti area as well as large shoals of tuna jumping with the bait balls.
Further south, reports indicate that there have been plenty yellowtail as well as bonito, which the wahoo have been feeding on.
Almost every bait pinned in the Aliwal Shoal area has got a gamefish of sorts.
Reminder - Imperial Nissan Zululand Couta Classic at Mtunzini on 25 and 26 April 2015.
For more details on this KZN north coast deep sea fishing competition you can contact Hylton on 078 854 9358 or Rod on 083 587 3990.
May will see Pumula on the KZN south coast hosting the annual Quattro King of the Sea fishing contest.
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