Getting HOOKED

SHAD are feeding in all the usual spots and many anglers are ignoring the ban placed on catching these fish.

The season reopens on December 1, so please refrain from breaking the law and allow these fish to spawn for at least another week. This will help keep fish stocks abundant for the future.

The North Coast of KZN fished well for non-edibles with diamonds, grey sharks, hammerheads and giant sandies being the main species coming out.

Big baits and long throws (or wading to get your bait into deeper water) are what’s needed for success.

Durban beaches produced quite a few edible species – a notable catch was a 7.6kg rock salmon.

The South Coast was teeming with edibles over the past Aslam Motala caught this 12kg garrick while fishing at Port St Johns. If you caught a big fish then e-mail a good quality picture, together with your details, to postsport@ inl.co.za

week. Kob, garrick, bronze bream, stone bream, rock cod and stumpies were the main species landed along this coast.

A few non-edible species (mainly blue rays and brown skates) were also picked up along this stretch.

Fishing here was slow over the past week with just a couple of kingies and kob being caught. The kingies were caught on surface lures while the kob were interested in fleshy baits. Bat Centre and the Yacht Mole are the two best spots to try your luck.

There’s a lot of tuna around, all along the coast with the occasional couta, wahoo and sailfish also being caught. Snoek along the upper North Coast are averaging around 4kg.

Send any info about fishing, fish caught or competitions in your area to mike.pereira@ kingfisher.co.za

Until next week… TIGHTLINES!