Toti garrick and Natal snoek action
Toti has been racking up the Natal snoek and garrick catches lately, with anglers seeing action on a daily basis. Plugs are definitely the way to go in this area, but be prepared to come home with jelly arms, as this style of spinning involves a lot of heavy winding. The hard work will pay off, as there are a few large shad, snoek and kingfish also chasing lures.
Umkomaas has seen a few half kob as well as kob on lures, which is expected for this time of the season. Smaller sharks such as spinners and greys have been caught during the evenings in the Umkomaas area too.
Scottburgh Point has been good to anglers targeting inedibles, as could be seen with the blue skates which were landed during the week. Grey sharks were also caught throughout the week on and off throughout the day.
The Sandspit area at Port Shepstone was the most productive spot along the coast last week, with a small pocket of anchovies trapped in the bay and every fish and its family feeding off them. Grunter, kob, garrick, shad, queenfish, bonito, a few tarpon and more were caught all day long in the shoal on jig and drop traces.
Port Edward had many anglers trying to get in on the spinning action and saw a respectable kob of 22kg caught on an Exceler 10'6" Salt Water rod with the new Exceler 4000HA reel. This fish was landed on a Halco Laser Pro with weighted trebles. From this point and further south, anglers managed good numbers of garrick and kob on artificials as well as live shad. Plugs have been effective, but so far nothing has been able to beat the paddletails.
On 1 August The Kingfisher started their annual Biggest Shad Competition. This year it will be run over a two-month period, August and September, with three prizes each month. The heaviest shad for each month will receive a Daiwa SL 50SHK Reel, valued at R1625, the second heaviest shad will receive a 13’6” Kingfisher Coastline Medium, three-piece, 4-6oz Graphite Rod, valued at R1145 and third heaviest shad will receive a Daiwa AG 6000 Reel valued at R598. Please note that all shad (fresh) must be weighed at either, The Kingfisher, 53 Hunter Street or Tackle Centre, Old Fort Road or The Fishing Tackle Shop, Warner Beach during trading hours.
Please remember there is a bag limit of four and the minimum size is 30cm and that the season closes 30 September and re-opens 1 December 2015.
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