Herald Fishing: Make the most of suitable conditions
Reports of the backline guys have had some good fun with the snoek and garrick. The snoek have been a bit smaller than previous weeks, but they are still great fun when they smack a fillet or spoon.
With the weather being typically on its head for this time of year, it pays to make the most of any time when conditions suit your type of fishing.
This coming weekend looks like it might be a pearler, so polish your tackle, change those rusty hooks that you “have been meaning to change”, get some fresh bait and get on to the water.
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The rock and surf summer season has gotten off to a great start for some.
The South Coast has had a late run of bronze bream.
These tasty fish have been feeding extremely well at most of the well-known spots this past week.
Get your hands on some of the fantastic pink prawns or cracker shrimps to give yourself a chance at hooking one of these prized tablefish.
The rest of the catches down south have been a mix bag of smaller kob, brusher, stumpies and blacktail.
With the water the colour that it is at the moment it is the right time to go and specifically target that trophy kob.
Paddletails are the fastest way of testing if kob are around, simply spending a few minutes throwing a paddletail in some likely looking water will let you know if any kob are in the area.
Once you have located the best ground to fish you can resort to the more traditional methods of either live bait or chokka baits.
Kob are extremely sensory hunters, so incorporate as much movement and sound in to your bait as possible.
Reports of the backline guys have had some good fun with the snoek and garrick. The snoek have been a bit smaller than previous weeks, but they are still great fun when they smack a fillet or spoon.
The garrick have all fallen for a livebait slowly trolled just behind the backline. For the guys venturing further offshore, there have been wahoo, tuna, sailfish and dorado there for the taking.
Summer heat has put all the fish in to feeding mode, so whether you like catching barbel, carp, bass, yellows, tigers or any of the other great freshwater species.
The bass fishing is at an all-time high at the moment. All of the KZN dams are fishing very well.
Reports of anglers having a lot of fun fishing in the estuaries. Lots of grunter and rock salmon being caught.
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Tight lines and screaming reels.
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