North-easterly winds pushing in hot and humid weather chopping up the sea, again limited fishing time last week – especially for the offshore anglers.

It was another week dominated by the non-edibles along the entire coastline. Only a few edible fish were caught, mainly in the rocky areas.

Some big sandies were hooked by anglers who experienced the power of these fish and they were on the bite along the entire coastline.

In the Durban and Durban north areas, one or two diamond rays and grey sharks provided some sport along with the sand sharks.

There were reports of the odd big shad landed by guys fishing at first light but the locations where they were caught remains unknown.

Although the North-easterly winds were forecast for the start of this week, the direction will change and begin to blow from the south, bringing with it cooler weather.

Although the sea is moderating slowly, the surf remains unpredictable and mushy, thus making for difficult angling conditions.

The non-edibles will again top most catches but there have been complaints from some anglers regarding the high number of tobies stripping fillet bait as soon as it enters the water.

Fishing in the dark can deliver salmon, kob or stumpies and this week’s tides should benefit the surf anglers. The late afternoons into the evenings could be the way to go.

There were a few sizeable game fish caught by the offshore guys who persevered. Big dorado were found out deep in the cleaner waters along with a few big couta, but the challenging conditions kept fishing slow.

A lot of snoek were on the move in different areas closer inshore and some nice sized fish were boated in the choppy seas.

Once the wind changes direction, there are great expectations that the game fish will really turn on.

Although anglers fishing the bottom reefs found and caught some decent bottom fish, the going was tough in the unsettled seas and the sharks were plentiful.

There was a variety of edible fish caught, among them soldiers, slinger and rock cod.

On Friday morning I received word from an angler who resides in the Mtunzini that the ski boasts were catching a few decent sized fish, including barracouta, but nothing was happening from the beach.

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