Virginia and Bluff shad action
We have been told of good shad fishing at Virginia and on the Bluff this past week.
There have been good reports of Natal snoek action in and around Durban with the rains which came down last week.
Umhlanga has produced a fair number of brown rays this week.
Virginia has seen plenty of shad recently, most of which have held good weight and have taken spoons and ground baits used for flatfish or stumpnose. Spinning tackle has been doing a large sum of the damage here.
Beachwood locals have managed to land a few pompano and the odd stumpnose on sealice.
With the Shad slowing down at Blue Lagoon, anglers are keeping themselves busy catching a variety of smaller edibles and sandsharks. The sandies are being caught on live blacktail or maasbanker.
Further south along the beaches and piers, anglers have had fun with grunter, bonefish, stumpies, grey sharks and shad. Most of these fish have been caught on the exact same bait, which has been chokka and red-eye baits, baited on a size 4/0 hook.
The Bluff has had a ton of shad, good numbers of kingfish and excellent catches of blacktail and wildeperd. There have been reports of the odd brusher coming out off the Bluff during the westerly winds.
Shimano Angling Club fished their Champions of Champions Cup and Challenge Cup on Sunday 13 December 2015. Not the best of fishing conditions, but members fished hard. Shalvin Naidoo landed a beauty of a shad which weighed in at 3.2kg winning him the Champions Cup and his team the Challenge Cup.
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