KZN FISHING REPORT - 08 December 2007
ROCK & SURF - South Coast
Settled seas for the past week or so saw anglers out in full force. Shad seem to have stayed with us and anglers are taking full advantage of this. Main areas have been the traditional spots like Winkle High rocks where there has been plenty of action recently. The average size of these fish has been near to the 1 kg mark and there are still plenty of really big ones around. Anglers fishing in the Twini and Isipingo areas have also had a treat with some good shad action during the day and at night.

ROCK & SURF - North Coast
The north coast is fishing just as well with the Tongaat Long beach area featuring prominently. Here shad has also taken centre stage along with some good size garrick. Small shad are hard to come by for anglers wishing to use them for live bait. The Tinley area is also fishing well and reports from there suggest that some very big sand sharks were landed here during the course of last week.

FLATFISH
Those anglers that target flatfish can now look forward to some exiting fishing as most of the rivers have burst their banks and fishing in the vicinity of these river mouths where the water is off colour will produce good results. Flatfish are not the only specie that use the dis-coloured water to feed in but many edibles use this water to hide and feed in. Kob, which is mainly, a night fish, will feed freely in this type of water especially near river mouths like the Umkomaas River.

TOYOTA ANGLING CLUB
This report from Nat Govender. Toyota Angling Club had their 6th which was the final round for the 2007 Season on Sunday 02/12/2007. They had a total of 95 anglers attending. A total of 9 weighable fish (anything over a kilo) was landed, 3 being edible and 6 inedible. Here are the results of the 6th Round.

Largest Edible - Danny Govender representing TDM with a shad of 1.6 Kgs (Winkles).

Largest Inedible - Rakesh Harilal representing TDM with a grey shark of 8.8 Kgs (Winkles).

Most Fish By Individual - N/A all anglers caught 1 fish each.

Top Team - Went to Engine Plant with a total of 13.9 weight points.

Most Fish By Team - N/A.

Top 3 Individuals for the 6th Round
1st - Rakesh Harilal representing TDM with a total of 8 points grey shark of 8.0 Kgs (Winkles).
2nd - Jerra's Fick representing Engine Plant with a total of 7.8 points a grey shark of 7.8 Kgs (Scottburgh Point).
3rd - Kyle Simpson representing TSD with a total of 7.0 points, a grey shark of 7.0 Kgs (Doonside).
4th - Paddy Hall representing Engine Plant with a total of 6.1 points, a grey shark of 6.1 Kgs (Scottburgh Point)

Top 3 Individuals.
1st Rakesh Harilal representing TDM 34.2.
2nd Wayne Marlow representing Services 26.2.
3rd Dean Naidoo representing A Plant 20.0.

Largest edible fish, Thiru Munsamy-Visitor-TDM a pompano of 6.6 Kgs

Largest in-edible
1. Wayne Marlow-Emp- Services a brown stingray of 10.5 kgs.
2. Mervin Govender – Emp - A Plant, a diamond ray (butterfly ray).

Most Fish Caught by an Ind.
Wayne Marlow - Emp - Services 7 Fish and most fish caught by a team, Services 18 fish.

UHTFC
The UHTFC report by Bill Simson is that fishing has been good in both still waters and rivers. The Umzimkulu is in first class condition and several anglers have reported some of the best fishing that they have ever had. Biggest fish from a still water this week was one of 2,67kg and from the river one of 1,1kg. Weather is pleasant, but afternoon storms are frequent. Best fishing has been mid-morning usually.

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