Fishing Report 13 September 2010

The sardine run seems to be over for another year and all that were involved, anglers and netters alike can say that it was a very successful run.
The annual garrick run is proving to be very successful as these fish are now being caught almost along the entire coast.
Night fishing along the Umkomaas north bank are has produced some good results as far as kob are concerned.

Angling
The sardine run seems to be over for another year and all that were involved, anglers and netters alike can say that it was a very successful run. Fishing in general is still good as the changing of the seasons starts bringing in the first of the summer fish and the winter fish are still around.

The annual garrick run is proving to be very successful as these fish are now being caught almost along the entire coast. There have been reports of divers seeing them at Cape Vidal in the North and anglers fishing down in the Transkei are still catching good numbers.

Locally these fish are also feeding well with the North and Zululand coasts starting to feature well. On the south coast the run is also in full swing and traditional places like Kelso, Scottburgh, Green Point, Illovo and the Toti areas producing some good fish. Shad have also entrenched themselves on our coastline and anglers targeting these fish have not had much of a problem getting their quotas. The Umgeni north bank area worked well during the night sessions where a variety of fish are being caught.

Some fair size shad and grunter made for enjoyable angling. On the south coast, shad are also feeding very well and anglers are able to get their quotas in fairly quick time. There are reports of some very big shad being caught during the early evening sessions at places like Park Rynie, Scottburgh and Greenpoint,  a few blue rays had also been landed in this area.

Night fishing along the Umkomaas north bank are has produced some good results as far as kob are concerned. Anglers putting in the time are being rewarded with some good size fish. Further down the coast the Port Shepstone and Port Edward areas are also producing some good fishing as far as shad, garrick and kob are concerned.

Terry Nel
Terry Nel from Port Edward informs us that, fishing has been quiet there and only one garrick came out this week hopefully next week will be more productive.  Shad is still on the bite there mainly at Spalsh Rock and Lucky Dip, they are still mainly feasting on bait and if you haven’t caught your shad yet this season you better go and get your four shad  before the season comes to an end.

Just a reminder that the season does close on midnight the 30 Sep 2010. The Port Shepstone area in particular has produced numerous numbers of good kob at night by anglers fishing with Strike Pro type lures. Garrick are also still plentiful at Splash rock with anglers getting a few good fish.

Local Spear fisherman and Nightclub Guru Chris Theron of the ‘One Stop’ fame dived at Slash Rock last week end and reported many large shoals of garrick heading north when he managed to speared a monster fish of 23 kg amongst the smaller fish.