REPORT
KZN Fishing
Report
From Cape Vidal to Richards Bay
the fishing has been productive with
Kob and Three Spot Pompano coming out.
Some Garrick have also been coming out on
live bait as well as plugs early mornings
when the water is at its calmest. The Kob
being caught are being targeted with live
Karenteen in the evenings also leading to a
few Kingies being landed.
By: The Kingfisher
03 March 2017
Fishing the past week has not been top
shelf as the cold SW wind has made
fishing conditions very unpleasant for
most anglers. There have some fish
coming out, out at sea as well as off the
surf and out the harbour.
Rock n Surf
Due to the continuous blasting of the SW wind,
fishing has been slow with not too many fish
coming out.
North
From Kozi Bay to Sodwana fishing hasn’t been
too bad as a decent amount of edibles have -
been coming out now that more and more
guys are targeting them with the lack of in
edible fish coming out. A lot of nice Stumpies,
Snapper Salmon and Kob have been coming
out around the ledges. Standard 3 way traces
with the new Mustad Soi hooks are being used
to target all these fish as the gauge of the hook
can handle the strongest of jaws. The guys
spinning in the area have also been catching a
few fish on drop shot and bullets spoons. Live
baits have also been a good choice of bait the
past week as guys have been picked up and
fought very aggressively then broken off
almost every time leading the guys to believe
there some monster GT's lurking about.
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Moving to Ballito, there hasn’t been much
happening as only a few small Greys have
been coming out and the occasional
Stumpie. Some Snoek have also been coming
out on the deep water points by guys
throwing bullet spoons and small plugs.
Local
Umdloti is still producing the odd Snoek off
the rocks but not nearly as many as last
week. Some decent size Grey Sharks have
been coming out on big baits being casted as
well as being dropped by drones and bait
boats. There have also been a few
Honeycomb Rays around which the guys
sliding Bonnies have been picking up but
rarely landed.
Durban’s fishing has slowed down
dramatically as almost no fish have come
out due to the howling SW winds. There
have however been a few flat fish coming
out at the Blue Lagoon area over the past
week such as Diamonds, Honeycomb and
a few small Brown Rays. The proffered
trace when targeting skates specifically is
a nylon trace of around 0.80mm in
diameter snelled to an 8\0 to 10\0 tuna
circle hook. Although when targeting the
Brown Rays your trace is scaled down to a
0.60mm nylon and a 5\0 circle hook.
There are still a few Pompano and
Stumpies coming out on and around the
piers using Sealice and Prawns.
South: Amanzimtoti and Warner Beach have
both still been producing some decent fish.
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