Herald Fishing: Teenager bags possible world record
The sardines have brought some excitement to our shores.
The giant trevally (ignobilis kingfish) caught by Owen Barclay (14) of Shelly Beach could be a world record. It weighed 21.46kg.
The keen fisherman caught it during the Pennington Gamefish Interzonals while fishing off Pennington last weekend and it certainly created some excitement.
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At this stage it seems that it’s an All African, South Africa and possibly even a world record GT on 10kg line for a junior angler.
He was fishing on the boat Take a Break skippered by Evan Antel.
In other news, the sardines made a proper showing last weekend, in what has been one of the better runs in some time.
A lot of sharks have been around, too.
Ramsgate’s ski-boat bay was the place to be on Sunday both in terms of netting sardines and catching sharks.
A couple were landed using the right tackle for these awesome sea creatures.
Make sure to use enough steel wire for the blackfins as they are renowned for breaking and rolling off once they are hooked.
The last week has surprised most with the flourish of late summer fish.
There have been great edibles and inedible fish landed all along the coast.
Reports are in of a lot of shad and kingfish being landed at Margate pier this week, but also from Umzumbe all the way to Port Edward.
The South Coast has seen some good garrick fishing at all the usual spots.
Most of the deep water points and river mouths have produced fish over the past week.
Using either a live shad or live mullet as a bait is the best way of targeting these fish. You can either slide these baits out or throw them.
Make sure to let the garrick feed for long enough before setting the hook. These are very clean-fighting fish so they do not require very heavy tackle.
There have been some very good inedibles coming out.
The Block in Port Shepstone has been a favourite spot for shad, as well as the piers at Uvongo and Margate.
Tight lines.
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