The Sardine Run 2025 has officially begun! The mid-South Coast community finally got in on the action on Monday this week.
Netting was done in Pennington near the ski-boat club early that morning (June 2), but the rest of the action was at Rocky Bay Beach.
Rustin Naidoo (First Lite) and partner Alan Fraser (Nyka Nyka Netting) had quite a lot of success on the day.
A fairly decent amount of sards were netted at Rocky Bay with the first net filling about 400 crates, and the second filling about 100.
“A lot of fish were released to the public as well,” said Naidoo.
Beachgoers didn’t hesitate jumping into the water to catch a few of the little silver fish by hand, with many using buckets and plastic bags to collect their catch, and a few even using their clothing!
Once netting was done at Rocky Bay, large crowds of people continued to arrive at the beach, as a massive shoal of sardines were nearby.
Fishermen also came out hoping for tight lines. It is only a matter of time before bigger shoals arrive in the mid-South Coast, but the excitement has clearly already begun.
The sards first arrived on the South Coast in Port Edward. With the fish came in several sharks, which were said to have been safely released.
The KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board stated that over the weekend, teams launched and neutralised the gear from Port Edward in the south through to Scottburgh and then on Monday the gear was neutralised through to Isipingo.
The public is notified that bathing is banned from Port Edward to Isipingo.
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