Top tips to land dorado, rockcod, daga

THE offshore fishing has been on fire! Couta, dorado and much more.

The dorado have been caught with fair regularity along the Durban coast. The most successful method has been using live bait while fishing around structure that is holding dorado. The best way to find them is to troll skirted lures along colour or current lines. Pinks and purples are the most successful colours.

The rest of the Durban coast has seen a lot of tuna. Thankfully they can be caught on exactly the same methods as the dorado, so you can target multiple species at the same time.

The bottom fishing off Durban has been a bit slow but there have still been good numbers of rockcod and reds.

The South Coast has seen a lot more bottom fishing action than the rest of the coast. There have been some massive rockcod and daga caught. Most of the bigger fish have been caught dropping live bait to the depths.

The shore based fishing is going extremely well. The summer fish are here and the drags are screaming!

The North Coast has been the place to be. Any of the deeper points will be a good bet. The lighter tackle has produced a lot of grey sharks. Those looking for bigger fish have done well with mackerel and redeye baits on FMJ traces.

Look for an area where you can get into the deeper water. This can be off a rocky point or if you can clear the sandbank on the beach. The edible fishing has been a bit slow but there are shad and kob around.

The Durban beachfront has seen plenty of swimming action so make sure you are fishing in the quieter areas. The stumpies have been feeding well in the night mostly on chokka, crabs, sea lice and sardine heads. Find the areas where there is enough working water and hold tight.

There have been inedibles around most of the deeper beaches. Diamonds and grey sharks have made up the bulk of the catches but there are also a host of other flatfish on offer.

Smaller floated baits are the choice for the grey sharks while the others have preferred a meatier bait on the bottom.

The South Coast has still got some action for the guys throwing plugs and spoons.

The bigger shad have eaten both and can be great fun on the spinning tackle. There have been some garrick around but the season is coming to an end.

The rockier areas down south have seen some bronze bream on prawn baits. The river mouths have produced some good kob on both live mullet and chokka baits. The drone anglers have been the only ones consistently hooking the bigger flatfish and sharks down south. Any of the beaches will be a good choice if you are after a long fight.

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