Shad season draws to a close
Remember this is the last month left of the shad season so catch while you can and stick to the bag limit of four.
THIS week’s fishing has been pretty quiet on all fronts.
All our big river mouths are closed and beaches have been extremely sanded making it hard for anglers to find good formation, like a few weeks back. There’s even a lot of kicked up sand around our points, but because the sea has been so flat, there have still been a few good fish about.
Water temperatures are sitting at a low 20 degrees leaving us with very misty mornings and one of the reasons why fishing is quite slow.
Margate pier has thrown a few garrick as well as The Block in Sheppie. One garrick caught at Margate had been caught previously and tagged at Port Alfred which shows the distance these fish are travelling in order to spawn.
Shad came pretty thick on Saturday with a lot of fish being caught all over. Anglers enjoyed pulling in much better sized fish but catches started tapering off during the week.
Remember this is the last month left of the shad season so catch while you can and stick to the bag limit of four.
Reef fishing is definitely on the up with some good size bronze bream being caught and some of the biggest blacktail I have ever seen. Peter Le Marque caught a giant bronze bream weighing around 4 kgs while fishing for pinkies from Uvongo pier.
On a recent trip to Canada, well known local angler Shaun Posthumus boated what definitely is an incredible fish in anyone’s books – a massive 700 lb bluefin tuna! These fish can grow in excess of 1 400 lbs.
Tight lines and remember to fish for the future.
TERRY Nel reports from Port Edward.
AUGUST and September are normally good fishing months and this year was certainly no exception to the rule.Reasons could be the extreme shad run we have had over the past few months and in very favourable weather conditions, larger fish have come into our waters to feed on all the bait fish and shad around. Kob, geelbek, garrick, yellowfin tuna and various shark species have all made a great appearance and anglers lucky enough to have been here can all take home the Port Edward fishing experience as one of the best it has been.
Activity is still at its peak and over the week a number of garrick, hammerhead sharks and blue skates have been caught and in one evening, three ragged tooth sharks were landed at Splash Rock.
Estuary fishing has picked up, so river fishermen can expect yet another good season
