Getting HOOKED
MUCH as the sports world is focused on the soccer world cup, the fishing world is focused on the sardines.
The silver tide is working its way up the coast. The action has been happening from Port Edward all the way to the Durban beachfront.
We all remember our teachers saying it at school: keep it simple stupid.
Over-complicating your fishing is going to cause a problem. Keep it simple. Keep your box neat. Only take the tackle and traces you are going to need. Keep your rigs simple.
If you are following the sards, choose to spin, throw baits or drop baits. Then pack your tackle bag with only what you will be using for that. Then make up a good few traces and pack them neatly or polish the spoons you will be using.
All the work you do preparing yourself before you go fishing will make your fishing so much more enjoyable.
The offshore side of things has been rather still of late with not much reported happening. There have, however, been some epic couta coming out to the guys who are putting in the effort.
The North Coast has seen some good couta and bottom fishing. The couta have been coming out at the high points where a live pinkie or shad is guaranteed to get attention.
The central zone of the KZN coast has not seen much game fish action other than the everpresent tuna. The tuna are still feeding heavily on any live bait and are attacking trolled lures with vigour.
The fishing charters and recreational guys are reporting good bottoms coming out of the usual spots, and very good fish off the secret spots.
Pota squid, mackerel, sardines and live bait are your best bet to covering the entire bottom fishing bases.
The South Coast has produced crocodile couta for the guys who know where to target them. These fish love coming in to the shallower water. A big shad, walla walla or bonnie are your three best baits.
With all the focus on the sardines and their whereabouts, not much has come in in terms of reports from the rest of the coast.
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The sards have rounded the Bluff but netting is yet to occur in any large degree on the beachfront. Main action is in the south.
The piers and Blue Lagoon area are fishing well for the edible anglers. Shad, garrick and stumpies are the main catches coming out. This area has been the focus of everyone’s attention for the last few weeks.
Understandably so, as the sardines have been thick on the coast from Port Edward all the way to Durban, with the areas from Hibberdene south being the hot spots. Both the anglers throwing and pitching baits at the visible sharks and the drone anglers dropping baits have had great success.
There have been some giant sharks lost and denizens landed. If you are going to give the sardine run sharks a go, make sure you have the right tackle.
The harbour has been quiet, the garrick have moved out but there is always hope that they will move back in. There are also still plenty of shad.
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