Herald Fishing: No catching shad until December
The rock and surf guys are tangibly excited with the arrival of the summer inedibles.
Shad season is now closed and anglers are reminded that it will re-open on December 1.
Closed seasons protect fish during vulnerable stages in their life cycles. The shad closed season protects the fish at the peak of its breeding season.
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After an extremely windy August and September, anglers expected to see far better weather with less windy weekends. Usually, that’s the case.
However, Mother Nature seemed to take control and has dished out some terrible weather of late for anglers along the coast.
With the weather experienced over the last weekend, not much has been reported for the weekend warriors.
Those who have managed to fish during the week have experienced some very good catches.
The rock and surf guys are tangibly excited with the arrival of the summer inedibles.
The kob have been biting. A live mullet or karanteen has been the best bait when specifically targeting the bigger fish, but a chokka bait or a paddle tail will get the job done as well.
Kob favour water where they can hang out and wait for the fish to come to them.
They prefer deeper water close to river mouths where the discoloured water allows them to sneak up on their prey.
Sandspit in Port Shepstone is the place to be. Reports are in of anglers pulling out some excellent catches.
Garrick are still on the run. Anglers fishing off Splash Rock in Port Edward landed some decent garrick with lie bait and plugs.
The bronze bream have also been feeding well on the coast and a pink prawn has produced a stronger bite of late than a delicate cracker bait.
There a few reports of brusher coming out on ghost crabs.
The summer flatfish are also making an appearance on the South Coast and it is not long before they start feeding well.
The offshore scene has really started to hot up with the onset of warmer water temperatures and warmer days. Dorado have made an appearance and these fish put up a great fight.
This has prompted the summer game fish to start feeding and the chaos that is summer game fish season is sure to begin soon.
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Bass fishing continues to get better and better as we move further in to the warmer months of the year. Dam levels are looking good at this time of the year.
Tight lines and screaming reels.
Tide table
October
04 —— 12.19
05 00.49 13.24
06 01.44 14.09
07 02.27 14.47
08 03.05 15.23
09 03.41 15.56
10 04.14 16.29
11 04.47 16.59
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