Herald Fishing: Feast time for big inedibles expected

With the north-easterly wind that is expected to blow in the next few days – and the very hot weather reminding us that summer is still very much here – it’s advisable to get your tackle in order because the big inedibles are going to be feeding with gusto.

The weather the past week was less than ideal for fishing but some managed to sneak a fish or two out.

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The sea has started to settle so fishing should be good for the next week.

With summer in full swing, there are certain species that fill our wish lists and dreams. For the edible guys, the GT or giant kingfish has to be very high up or at the top of many anglers’ target list.

For the inedible guys (myself included) the top summer species has to be the giant guitarfish. This is a hard-fighting species that is a beautiful fish and never gives up.

The slow fishing and otherwise conditions prevented most from getting on to the beach or rocks.

Despite this, there have been some decent sized shad caught along most of the South Coast and the smaller (legal) sized ones are proving to be very good bait for the inedibles (mainly sandies and honeycombs) around. Remember your limits!

The edible fishing has had the anglers on their toes and with the discoloured water the fish are in something of a frenzy.

Reports are in of bronze bream being caught with chokka and shad as bait. River mouths are good places to catch these fish.

They have also been caught on cracker shrimp and pink prawn, while the diamond skates and grey sharks favoured shad and mackerel as baits.

Pompano, stumpnose and kingfish are going to be the main species coming out so make sure you have enough chokka and pink prawn to make the deadly combo bait that all three of these species love.

Fresh water anglers are still having a lot of fun catching the PB (personal best) bass and tilapia.

The heat of summer has kept the bass in a feeding mode and they have been aggressively attacking most lures brought close enough to them.

Get in contact and share: Did you catch the big one? Let us know by sending an email to desmondg@dbn.caxton.co.za.

Tight lines and screaming reels.

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