Umhlanga and Blue Lagoon shad
We heard of some nice shad caught at Umhlanga and Blue Lagoon over the past week.
Umhlanga Lighthouse has been extremely busy over the last week with anglers attempting to get in on the shad action, after seeing so many good catches in the area. It was only after Tuesday when things started to heat up somewhat and shad after shad was taken on bait, each fish making good size.
At Blue Lagoon there was also a fair amount of excitement as anglers managed to catch a few decent shad on lures and bait. Smaller stick baits, diving lures and spoons worked wonders for these fish for those spinning.
All areas down to Addington have been highly productive for shad, grunter, stumpnose and smaller flatfish. The piers have seen a bit of grey shark action on certain days too.
The Kingfisher Bonnie spoons which have just arrived in South Africa have been long awaited and have been producing the goods for species such as Natal snoek, shad, kingfish and wave garrick. Last week a shad of 3kg was landed on the 40g Glow Bonnie spoon.
Anglers fishing around North and South Pier have been hooking into some extremely large flatfish recently and have not managed to land them. Other anglers have been spinning in the same areas and hooking into some very nice big-eye, giant and blacktip kingfish. Anglers need to be aware that only 50lb braid and above should be used for these fish as they are incredibly strong and can make short work of thinner braid around the rocks.
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At Blue Lagoon there was also a fair amount of excitement as anglers managed to catch a few decent shad on lures and bait. Smaller stick baits, diving lures and spoons worked wonders for these fish for those spinning.
All areas down to Addington have been highly productive for shad, grunter, stumpnose and smaller flatfish. The piers have seen a bit of grey shark action on certain days too.
The Kingfisher Bonnie spoons which have just arrived in South Africa have been long awaited and have been producing the goods for species such as Natal snoek, shad, kingfish and wave garrick. Last week a shad of 3kg was landed on the 40g Glow Bonnie spoon.
Anglers fishing around North and South Pier have been hooking into some extremely large flatfish recently and have not managed to land them. Other anglers have been spinning in the same areas and hooking into some very nice big-eye, giant and blacktip kingfish. Anglers need to be aware that only 50lb braid and above should be used for these fish as they are incredibly strong and can make short work of thinner braid around the rocks.
(File Photo: Gallo Images)
Twitter - @kingfisherdaiwa @SportswaveAndre
Facebook - ECRSportswave