Nagle Dam comes out tops
INANDA is fishing well despite the water level. Most carp anglers using conventional tackle have managed to land a few smaller fish up to about 7kg in front of the river mouth section fishing from the Taxi Bay area and upwards.
Specimen anglers fishing on the right of the camp sites managed some decent fish, but nothing over 12kg. Albert Falls fished well along the day fishing sites, around the slipway areas early in the mornings.
Nagle came out on top, with many anglers who travelled by boat towards the mouth, managing to get some very nice fish on specimen tackle.
Campers have landed many smaller fish on conventional tackle using mielies as bait, mostly caramel flavour. The river section has been the most productive area.
Decent weather and humid conditions have made bass fishing in most of our dams very pleasant during the last week, the weekend’s weather being the exception.
Colder conditions were experienced across KwaZulu-Natal and early mornings became more difficult. With the fish becoming more active and starting to feed areas. The drop-off produced a handful of lovely fish ranging between 1kg and 3kg. For the bigger fish in deep water, braid has been used to detect a bite easily; but anglers must remember to increase the strength of their hooks accordingly.
Ski boaters usually begin to hook into a few snoek at this time of the year, along the backline at Blue Lagoon so it seems the wise move would be to wipe the dust off the spinning gear and make way down to the water’s edge for a shot at a few snoek.
Make long casts into the rips and along current lines retrieving as fast as comfortable for best results.
Inedibles have been fairly quiet, apart from some spinner sharks off the piers and grey sharks in dribs and drabs. Blue and brown rays were landed less than in previous weeks, with catches coming only from anglers casting over the banks with grinder set-ups and braid.
Grunter showed face midweek, with reports indicating cracker or sea lice to be the bait of preference. Plenty of bastard mullet or threadfin have been landed along the Bluff, many of which have been caught on shad baits or small red eye baits.