Shad biting at Toti
We have heard of shad action at Toti in the mornings.
Durban has been very quiet recently with the exception of the piers - anglers having some excellent angling on the weekend. There are many flatfish in the deeper water beyond the piers and those who have been targeting these fish are really having some fun. Species include browns, diamonds, honeycombs, very big ribbontail rays and some sandsharks.
From our beaches, mainly north banks and south of Blue Lagoon, the anglers over the last week have had success with edibles and some nice yellowfin kingfish on Strike Pro and Maria Lipped Diving baits. A decent hingfish of 3kg was landed on a McArthy 5" Jerk Minnow close to the North Pier.
Small shad have been coming out in the Toti area early in the mornings and most fish have only been caught on bait. Most anglers using spoons for these fish have been relatively unsuccessful over the last week and weekend. A few anglers have been lucky enough to hook into some spinner sharks on slide baits and even a few bigger throw baits.
Winklespruit saw some brown ray action on a few of the days during the week but the rest of the week was not as productive. These fish were caught on chokka and red-eye baits. It these areas where anglers have been known to catch smaller shark species like hammerheads and grey sharks, it is always advisable to add a small length of 40-60lb bite trace to your standard flatfish trace. This will avoid sharks biting your hooks off and turning your fishing trip into an expensive outing.
At Scottburgh a few pompano were landed, mainly on sea lice baits. There are not a lot of pompano, but the fish being landed are of decent size.
Umdoni Point has come back to life, with a few rays as well as grey sharks.
Trafalgar has seen very good catches of bronze bream of late, with many of the fish tipping the scales at over 3kg.
As far as Port St John's goes the Skimmington area has seen a few big shad as well as juvenile garrick. The points are still providing bigger inedible species especially on larger slide baits such as bonnies and chokka. It is good to see that the garrick have made an appearance again and have been plentiful in most of the popular spots.
(File Photo: Gallo Images)
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From our beaches, mainly north banks and south of Blue Lagoon, the anglers over the last week have had success with edibles and some nice yellowfin kingfish on Strike Pro and Maria Lipped Diving baits. A decent hingfish of 3kg was landed on a McArthy 5" Jerk Minnow close to the North Pier.
Small shad have been coming out in the Toti area early in the mornings and most fish have only been caught on bait. Most anglers using spoons for these fish have been relatively unsuccessful over the last week and weekend. A few anglers have been lucky enough to hook into some spinner sharks on slide baits and even a few bigger throw baits.
Winklespruit saw some brown ray action on a few of the days during the week but the rest of the week was not as productive. These fish were caught on chokka and red-eye baits. It these areas where anglers have been known to catch smaller shark species like hammerheads and grey sharks, it is always advisable to add a small length of 40-60lb bite trace to your standard flatfish trace. This will avoid sharks biting your hooks off and turning your fishing trip into an expensive outing.
At Scottburgh a few pompano were landed, mainly on sea lice baits. There are not a lot of pompano, but the fish being landed are of decent size.
Umdoni Point has come back to life, with a few rays as well as grey sharks.
Trafalgar has seen very good catches of bronze bream of late, with many of the fish tipping the scales at over 3kg.
As far as Port St John's goes the Skimmington area has seen a few big shad as well as juvenile garrick. The points are still providing bigger inedible species especially on larger slide baits such as bonnies and chokka. It is good to see that the garrick have made an appearance again and have been plentiful in most of the popular spots.
(File Photo: Gallo Images)
Twitter - @kingfisherdaiwa @SportswaveAndre