Wishing all of our readers a great 2012 with plenty pick-ups, screaming reels, and awesome fishing.

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Wishing all of our readers a great 2012 with plenty pick-ups, screaming reels, and awesome fishing.

with the Easterly winds that we have been having, anglers targeting flatfish have started getting some very good results on both North and South Coasts. Sand sharks and skates are giving anglers some great fun as these fish can range from a few kgs right up to the 80 kg mark, especially the diamond rays. Big deep water points on the South Coast such as Green Point, Scottburgh and the Park Rynie area have recently yielded some very big sand sharks. On the North Coast the Tinley and Tongaat Long Beach area have also produced some very good results with these fish. Still on the North Coast, the Tugella area has recently fished very well on both edible and inedible fish. Those anglers targeting big fish have had good results with big diamond skates, Zambezi sharks and the odd big grey shark recently. The edible fish range has been just as good with anglers here catching some nice size lobotes, Grunter, and smaller kob. The same can be said for the St Lucia and Mapelane areas where anglers have also had some good results.

Terry reports that in the Port Edward area, as it would be, perfect weather conditions down there doesn’t always bring perfect fishing and fishermen have been trying hard to be able to take home stories of the 'big one' but only a few fish have been taken. Kob have been undersize and shad have only come on the bite now and again with no set pattern of a normal run. A large amount of baitfish has been spotted from the shore and this could be one reason for the lack of activity with rock and surf angling. There has also been no news from the estuaries which is surprising as at this time of the year there are so many more lines in the water.