Herald Fishing: Target that trophy kob
Kob are extremely sensory hunters, so incorporate as much movement and sound in to your bait as possible.
The rock and surf summer season has gotten off to a great start for some.
The summer fish are here and chiropractors on the South Coast are fully booked!
Rains will make for some interesting fishing in the next couple of days, but the introduction of some colour to the sea could bring some big fish in.
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Inedibles have been favouring the redeye sardine baits and this would definitely be the first bait to throw at a new spot.
Edibles have been favouring prawn baits. 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
Bronze bream have been around in the gullies and have started to feed with a bit more vigour. Use a bigger prawn bait for a quicker bite.
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.
Offshore anglers caught a few dorado but the main focus has been on the bottom fish. Rockcod, rubberlips, slinger, soldiers, daga and geelbek have been the main catches.
Bass are full in to summer mode with plenty of action at most of the dams in KZN. The guys lucky enough to fish private farm dams have been hauling some true giants out of surprisingly small ponds.
Reports of anglers having a lot of fun fishing in the estuaries. Lots of grunter and rock salmon being caught.
Tight lines and screaming reels.
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