Herald Fishing: Kob on the bite … and Dean’s rainbow hen does the trick
Fantastic edible fishing has made up for the end of sardine run.
Kob have been in the news this week with quite a few being caught off Sandspit in Port Shepstone, most of them on paddle tail.
Neville Duki landed a 48kg beauty measuring 1.65m on a 11ft Assassin Amia kob special (4 oz) rod paired with a Saragosa 5000 reel, using a Burkley 6″ paddle tail.
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It took him about 40 minutes to bring it to shore. “I tried to release the fish but it was almost dead when landed,” said Neville.
Gerhardt ‘Vossie’ Vosloo also had some kob joy, landing a 27kg fish of which he was very proud.
The edible fishing in general has been excellent over the last week with many anglers putting down the big tackle in favour of the light tackle spinning gear.
On the rock and surf side, the sardine craze has diminished greatly.
Even though the sards are still around in large numbers, not many anglers are following them with any enthusiasm.
The edible fishing, however, has made up for this lull and there have been some great catches over the last week.
Shad are still on the bite but no real fireworks.
With the sea conditions being unfavourable for fishing big, the rocky ledges and gullies have been the best place to be able to hold a bait and fish successfully.
The bronze bream have been full up so get down to the ledges and throw a bait.
Tight lines and screaming reels.
* Eight members of South Coast Fly Anglers competed in the inaugural Compass Trout Compo last weekend.
The competition was organised by the Matatiele Angling Society and was fished in the nearby mountain lake.
Only conventional fly fishing equipment was allowed to be used for the 22-hour duration of the competition.
Due to the extremely cold weather, very few anglers ventured out after sunset on the Saturday evening!
A total of 27 anglers from clubs in Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Matatiele, Kokstad and the South Coast caught a total of 120 fish, mainly rainbow trout, the majority of which were safely released.
The biggest fish, a 61.5cm rainbow hen was caught by Dean Angove and this ensured that the South Coast Fly Anglers won the floating trophy.
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High tide times
August
23 02.12 14.41
24 02.46 15.11
25 03.16 15.38
26 03.44 16.04
27 04.12 16.31
28 04.40 16.58
29 05.08 17.27
30 05.38 17.56
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