Richards Bay harbour grunter action
We have heard of grunter and kingfish success in Richards Bay harbour over the past week.
Kosi Bay had some fine fishing over the last week and managed to avoid the massive swells which hit most of our coastline during the course of last week. Edibles came out thick and fast and made fishing a very pleasurable task for anglers of all ages. Soft plastics got plenty of action, with reports of kingfish and wave garrick on McArthy 4" Finesse Minnows in particular. The clean water colours such as Gold Fish and Chrystella took the back seat as the northeast winds put some colour in the water. Colours such as Chartreuse Pearl, Coppertreuse etc. performed much better. The Kingfisher Anchovy spoons worked extremely well with their shiny finish which sent reflections through the water attracting the likes of kingfish, wave garrick and also a few Natal snoek. For anglers who wished to fight something for a bit longer, raggies were on the menu and were feeding relatively shallow. Anglers casting baits and anglers sliding bigger baits both managed to land good numbers. These are great sharks for youngsters to start off with as they are mild fighters in comparison to many of the others such as blackfin and Zambezi sharks. Many of these raggies have been spotted off 9 mile reef and should come in to the shallows to feed in the evenings.
St Lucia has seen a fair amount of sandsharks, blackfin sharks and an endless supply of milkies. Pompano have been landed as well, however few and far between.
Richards Bay harbour has had some excellent catches of grunter as well as some nice size kingfish on small top water lures. Off the beaches, the bulk of the catches were made up of diamond and brown rays, which there was no shortage of.
From Richards Bay down to the Salt Rock area, most anglers found themselves spending their time fighting brown rays and sandsharks, with the odd grunter on smaller baits on the high tides.
There have been a few nice sized sandsharks caught in Ballito and surrounding areas which have been feeding on chokka baits and mackerel baits. As most anglers know, these are exceptional fighters and any model of over 50kg is enough to test any tackle. Anglers fishing in the Ballito and Rice Fields area had a blast with diamonds, browns, grey sharks and also a variety of edibles such as grunter and stumpnose.
(File Photo: Gallo Images)
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St Lucia has seen a fair amount of sandsharks, blackfin sharks and an endless supply of milkies. Pompano have been landed as well, however few and far between.
Richards Bay harbour has had some excellent catches of grunter as well as some nice size kingfish on small top water lures. Off the beaches, the bulk of the catches were made up of diamond and brown rays, which there was no shortage of.
From Richards Bay down to the Salt Rock area, most anglers found themselves spending their time fighting brown rays and sandsharks, with the odd grunter on smaller baits on the high tides.
There have been a few nice sized sandsharks caught in Ballito and surrounding areas which have been feeding on chokka baits and mackerel baits. As most anglers know, these are exceptional fighters and any model of over 50kg is enough to test any tackle. Anglers fishing in the Ballito and Rice Fields area had a blast with diamonds, browns, grey sharks and also a variety of edibles such as grunter and stumpnose.
(File Photo: Gallo Images)
Twitter - @SportswaveAndre @kingfisherdaiwa