Wahoo and tuna at Aliwal Shoal
North - Sodwana Bay has produced numerous marlin in the last week when the weather permitted a launch, mostly on fast trawling lures such as larger Konas and the odd smaller fish on either Halco or Rattler lures. A few marlin have been caught on live bait in the deeper water around 400-700m deep between Sodwana and Richards Bay. The best live baits for these fish are bonito and dorado, which are always best bridled on a Mustad Demon Circle. With the capsizing of a ski boat in the Sodwana area, anglers are reminded to respect the sea at all times and make sure never to take an eye off the swell. Zinkwazi is still producing good catches of couta with dead bait working best most of the time. Walla-Walla is always a good bait on the north coast and has also accounted for many of the larger couta catches. Yellowfin tuna have been feeding well from Tinley Manor down to Durban. Both live and artificial baits have worked well and have managed to produce the odd by catch of couta and dorado.
Central - Wahoo are still on the loose and most boats heading out deeper have hooked into a few of these speed freaks. Pink Rattlers have once again produced the majority of the reported catches. The Cutting off the Bluff has produced a few prodigal son on lures and live bait too. Most would agree that this fish is close to impossible to target. A good way to do so is with a live bait on the surface. Most of the reported catches have been on lures or live bait on the surface and very few deeper in the water column.
South - Aliwal Shoal has had decent activity over the last week with wahoo, couta and tuna being caught. Live and artificial baits are both working well. Some excellent tuna up to 25kg were landed on poppers off Shelley Beach earlier on in the week.
Reminder - Imperial Nissan Zululand Couta Classic at Mtunzini on 25 and 26 April 2015.
For more details on this KZN north coast deep sea fishing competition you can contact Hylton on 078 854 9358 or Rod on 083 587 3990.
May will see Pumula on the KZN south coast hosting the annual Quattro King of the Sea fishing contest.
The 2015 Inanda Bass Classic will be held at Inanda Dam over the first long weekend in May 2015.
Friday 1 May 2015 will be the show day where our sponsors will display and sell some of their goodies.
Entry forms are available at www.inandabassclassic.co.za or from Ken Ainslie who can be contacted on 031 205 3777.
(File Photo: Umlalazi Ski Boat Club)
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