Herald Fishing: Catching couta runs in the family
Myuran started fishing almost before he could walk, with his father teaching him the tricks of the trade.
Fishing often runs in the family and this is definitely the case when it comes to Teddy Moodley and his son Myuran.
Way back in 1989, Teddy caught a magnificent 21kg couta at popular South Coast fishing spot Shaka’s Rock, which is not far from Port Shepstone’s famous fishing spot, The Block.
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Teddy was 29 years old at the time.
Now, some 31 years later, Myuran matched the feat, landing his own couta at The Block, an 18.3kg beauty, using live shad as bait. It took him 15 minutes to land.
The couta is mostly caught in deep sea fishing and it’s very seldom shore anglers hook them.
When they do it’s usually during the Sardine Run when the game fish chase the shoals.
Myuran started fishing almost before he could walk, with his father teaching him the tricks of the trade.
Summer fishing has been good for all facets of late.
With the current state of our beaches, please pick up your dirt when you leave the beach.
Let us be the solution rather than a scapegoat for the public.
Reports are in of large numbers of bronze bream being caught.
The shad have decreased in number over the last week but are still around in the early mornings.
The rest of the South Coast has seen a few good inedibles coming out as well as some decent edibles.
Anglers fishing on the Sandspit in Port Shepstone have been catching a lot of snapper salmon and the odd grunter.
The freshwater facets have seen much the same results as the previous few weeks. The bass are biting, the carp are feeding and the trout are still grumpy.
Tight lines and screaming reels.
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