Herald Fishing: Big shad on the bite … and more
Enjoy the holiday fishing but keep the beach clean.
21It’s that time of year again, when the hordes descend upon the seaside towns and flood the quiet fishing spots.
Please leave the beach the way you found it (or cleaner). It only takes a few seconds to pick up the off-cuts of line and bait packets.
Stick to the basics. Don’t go down to the beach and think you are going to throw your new grinder set-up 200 metres on the first throw, or throw your multiplier set-up for the first time this year and not end up with a huge ‘kraai nes’.
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Start off slow, do what you know and enjoy the fact that you are fishing and not stuck behind a desk or in traffic.
There have been some spectacular catches. Reports have come in of good catches of both edibles and inedibles.
The edibles coming out have been pompano, shad, garrick, kob and bronze bream.
The shad have been of considerable proportions and some anglers have managed catches close on 4kg.
Reports are of shad being caught all the way from Hibberdene down to Port Edward.
Anglers have been catching a lot of shad at favourite spots such as Stiebel Rocks in Pumula, Sandspit in Port Shepstone, The Block in Port Shepstone, Orange Rocks in Uvongo, Uvongo Pier and Margate Pier, and Splash Rock in Port Edward.
The odd garrick is still around. Anglers are still catching kob on paddle tail, chokka and rapala.
The bite with these fish is very quick, so if you haven’t got a pull in the first 20 minutes, move. As mentioned previously, look for areas where there is water movement out to deep sea.
This rip current will pull the scent from your bait out to the deeper water and attract fish from a much wider area.
For the inedible guys, the deep water points have been working as well as any area where one can wade out on to the outer sandbank.
The diamonds have been around, but the trick has been to locate them. It is very important to keep moving until you find the aggregation.
Throwing bigger baits with lots of juices has been the recipe for success. The South Coast honeycombs have not yet made themselves known, but we await their arrival with eager anticipation.
The other inedibles coming out have been diamonds, grey sharks, brown skates and sandsharks.
Tight lines.
Tide Table
December
21 05.16 17.21
22 05.48 17.53
23 06.22 18.28
24 07.00 19.08
25 07.48 19.59
26 08.52 21.11
27 10.19 22.46
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