Herald Fishing: Dust off the heavy tackle
Rock and surf guys are excited with the arrival of summer inedibles and shore-based angling has been getting better with every warm day.
The shad season is almost closed and fish are still feeding well.
Bigger summer fish are starting to make an appearance, so dust off the heavy tackle and head to the beach.
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Rock and surf guys are tangibly excited with the arrival of summer inedibles and shore-based angling has been getting better with every warm day we get.
Northeast winds are starting to blow with a bit more predictability, so we should start seeing some summer smashes happening soon.
Reports of a lot of brusher caught over the past few weeks and they are feeding heavily on mussels and muscleman crabs.
Bronze bream and black bream are also in a frenzy and the best times to fish is in incoming and outgoing water.
There’s lots of garrick around, anglers have been bagging many at Splash Rock in Port Edward and the Sandspit in Port Shepstone.
Kob have been biting. A live mullet or karanteen has been the best bait when specifically targeting 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 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.
Bass fishing continues to get better and better as we move further into the warmer months of the year. Dam levels are looking good at this time of the year.
Tight lines and screaming reels.
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