Plenty of Dorado for KZN deep sea fishermen

Massive shoals of Dorado and Tuna have flocked to the upper North Coast and have attracted all the fishermen and women too. With hauls of up to 20 fish per boat, things are definitely heating up and have been ideal conditions for happy charter clients and holiday makers.  

Wahoo and Sailfish have been plentiful in the deeper water and both have been coming out on live Bonito and even strip baits on Konas. It is relatively important to fit steel trace to the Konas as the Wahoo will make short work of a standard mono trace. 

A faster trawl will almost always get a bite faster than an equivalent bait trawled at a slower pace. 

Down at Maphelane, the Couta have been on the loose and have seen a massive participation of anglers who have been successful on anything from Japanese Mackerel to Sardines, Mackerel and Bonito. 

Cape Vidal has been on fire and has had many a happy angler beach with a hatch full of fish, mainly Dorado and Tuna.  

The Paddle Ski anglers have had a field day out there with almost all of them filling their hatches. Good weather has made fishing easy over the last week and has been so down the entire coast. Zinkwazi has yet again proven one of our coasts best spots, producing good sized Couta and also some lovely Tuna up to 35kgs. 

Durban has seen a load of fish ranging from Snoek to Tuna and seemingly millions of Dorado. 

Further south there have been masses of Dorado and Tuna off Rocky Bay and Toti, which seem to have been moving further south by the day. 

Port Edward has been a phenomenal Yellowtail spot over the last week and with the good weather coming up, will surely keep up the good reports. 

Fish of 20kgs have not been uncommon and have been coming out in good numbers on bottom rigs with live baits used. Make sure to fish with good quality hooks such as Mustad Hoodlums will do a great job.

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