Stumpnose and shad at Ballito
For the rock and surf anglers there is still plenty of sandshark action around the Kosi Bay area. These fish are being caught all the way down to Sodwana Bay.
Anglers who have a bit more experience with these non-edibles are looking for the bigger fish and certainly finding them. The new Poseidon Azure heavy is the perfect rod to tackle these fish, paired with the new Daiwa Saltist 8000, there is almost nothing you can’t stop with this outfit.
Cape Vidal has had an influx of shad. Anglers fishing for shad have also been hooking up to the odd stumpnose on a ground bait. Anglers looking exclusively for stumpnose are finding them with a sealice bait. The Mustad Tarpon hook is the hook to go for with these fish as they are incredibly sharp as well as strong. These fish will try with all their might to break that hook out of their mouths, this is why it is important to have a strong hook.
Richards Bay north is still producing some excellent diamond rays as well as a few honeycomb rays. These fish have all been hooked on the banks. There has been one report of a large ribbon tail hooked, but unfortunately lost in the shore break. Most of these fish are coming out on mackerel bait or preferably a flapped bonito.
Ballito, Tongaat and Westbrook have been producing plenty of shad, stumpnose and their best kept secret - bronze bream. Non-edible anglers will be excited to hear that there have been a number of grey sharks coming out around the Seabelle area, mostly on a football style bait. You do have to get your bait out quite far as the undercurrent is very heavy.
Umhlanga has been alive with shad activity with local angler Donny Ramburan hooking into a bus 7kg + shad. This fish was caught on a chokka and prawn combo as Donny was looking for a new method of catching a grey shark. This large shad was caught on a Poseidon HMG light 13ft and a BG 5000. This fish dragged Donny over the rocks a few times yet his Daiwa J Braid did not show any scars after the fight. Clearly Donny was using the right tackle.
Anglers around the Port Shepstone area are still finding kob. Good news to the artificial anglers is that they are tacking paddletails, with the colours of choice being the white and Glow Green from the McArthy range. Bronze Bream are also currently coming out on pink prawn dipped in Super Cast Banana dip.
Transkei north is producing some good kob, as well as a number of hammerheads on a chokka slide. Transkei south is producing a lot of good sized grey sharks, raggies and the odd kob.
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Cape Vidal has had an influx of shad. Anglers fishing for shad have also been hooking up to the odd stumpnose on a ground bait. Anglers looking exclusively for stumpnose are finding them with a sealice bait. The Mustad Tarpon hook is the hook to go for with these fish as they are incredibly sharp as well as strong. These fish will try with all their might to break that hook out of their mouths, this is why it is important to have a strong hook.
Richards Bay north is still producing some excellent diamond rays as well as a few honeycomb rays. These fish have all been hooked on the banks. There has been one report of a large ribbon tail hooked, but unfortunately lost in the shore break. Most of these fish are coming out on mackerel bait or preferably a flapped bonito.
Ballito, Tongaat and Westbrook have been producing plenty of shad, stumpnose and their best kept secret - bronze bream. Non-edible anglers will be excited to hear that there have been a number of grey sharks coming out around the Seabelle area, mostly on a football style bait. You do have to get your bait out quite far as the undercurrent is very heavy.
Umhlanga has been alive with shad activity with local angler Donny Ramburan hooking into a bus 7kg + shad. This fish was caught on a chokka and prawn combo as Donny was looking for a new method of catching a grey shark. This large shad was caught on a Poseidon HMG light 13ft and a BG 5000. This fish dragged Donny over the rocks a few times yet his Daiwa J Braid did not show any scars after the fight. Clearly Donny was using the right tackle.
Anglers around the Port Shepstone area are still finding kob. Good news to the artificial anglers is that they are tacking paddletails, with the colours of choice being the white and Glow Green from the McArthy range. Bronze Bream are also currently coming out on pink prawn dipped in Super Cast Banana dip.
Transkei north is producing some good kob, as well as a number of hammerheads on a chokka slide. Transkei south is producing a lot of good sized grey sharks, raggies and the odd kob.
Twitter - @kingfisherdaiwa @SportswaveAndre