Virginia and Blue Lagoon snoek

North - Flat seas for the majority of the week allowed many anglers to launch and fish around the Zululand stretch almost every day. Many anglers kept shallow and targeted Natal snoek for the majority of the week, as the current was screaming. Luckily enough, there were plenty of snoek to be caught and along with them, a decent amount of bonito and small kingfish which found the Strike Pro Magic Minnows appealing. There has been a high concentration of shad in the area as well. Fish have been of decent size, averaging around 4kg. There have been very few reports of couta, but still a handful of tuna in the deeper water.

Central - The same applied, anglers were kept occupied on the backline catching snoek between 2ks and 5kg around the Blue Lagoon area. Anglers venturing slightly north towards the Virginia area also managed to hook into some fish. Most anglers found red-eye fillets to be working best, with sardine coming in second best. The smaller fish have been caught on spoons and diving baits such as Rattlers and Strike Pro Magic Minnows.

South - Garrick have been the main target species further down the coast. Decent numbers have been caught around all main river mouth areas and off high points. Out in the deep anglers have been successful with bottoms such as rockcod and musselcracker. Large slinger have been caught on the 50-70m mark. Shelly Beach ski-boaters managed to bag a few tuna, mostly between 4-8kg on Rattlers and whilst chunking. For more success chunking, be sure to use fluorocarbon and an extra sharp Mustad Big Gun for a solid hook-up.

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