Brusher seem to have entrenched themselves along the South Coast with the Isipingo and Doonside areas producing numerous good size fish.
So far the winning shad for the month of August is a fish of 4kg’s caught by Mesigan Chetty while fishing in the Transkei.
Ski boaters are still having a wonderful winter season as daga and
geelbek salmon are still feeding freely on both North and South Coasts.

Angling
Brusher seem to have entrenched themselves along the South Coast with the Isipingo and Doonside areas producing numerous good size fish. However it is shad and garrick that are featuring prominently on the entire KZN coastline. Some really good size shad, up to the 3 kg mark have been reported from areas such as The Blue lagoon and Toti areas. The Durban area itself has for the past few weeks fished very well with anglers getting their quotas of shad very quickly.

Amongst the shad anglers here have also caught some grunter, small kob and now the odd pompano. On a more positive note, anglers chancing their arm at early summer flatfish have been pleasantly surprised as some small sandsharks, up to the 15 kg mark have been landed in the South Coast areas during the course of last week. Hopefully we have a better run of sandies this year as the last season produced only a handful of these hard fighting fish.

The Transkei is now probably in the prime season for edible fish as garrick and kob are feeding are feeding well in known areas such as Port St Johns. Some exceptional garrick, some in excess of 20 kg have been reported from the Lighthouse area and a few very big kob have recently been landed in the Poenskop area. A little further down, the Coffee Bay and Mpolompo areas have started producing some Cape yellowtail. Sharks, mainly hammerheads have also made their presence felt along this coastline.

The Kingfisher is hosting a shad competition for the biggest shad caught for the month of August then again in September. The heaviest shad for each month will receive a 14’ Kingfisher Poseidon Gold Class 5pc Graphite Rod, valued at R1, 675.00, the second heaviest shad will receive a Daiwa SL 50SHK Reel, valued at R998.00 and third heaviest shad will receive a Daiwa Opus Plus 6000 Reel valued at R498.00. Please note that all shad (fresh) must be weighed at The Kingfisher, 53 Hunter Street, Durban during trading hours (8-5pm weekdays and 8-1pm Saturdays) and please remember there is a bag limit of four and the minimum size is 30cm.

So far the winning shad for the month of August is a fish of 4kg’s caught by Mesigan Chetty while fishing in the Transkei. There has been no fished weighed in for the second or third prizes, so guys make sure you bring your fish in to be weighed at The Kingfisher, you could be missing out on a very nice prize.

Ski boaters are still having a wonderful winter season as daga and
geelbek salmon are still feeding freely on both North and South Coasts.
Big sharks are making for difficult angling as many fish are being
‘taxed’. This is happening mainly on the South Coast and it seems
hordes of sharks are accompanying the shoals of salmon. General
bottom fishing is also producing some very good results of mainly reds
and rock cod. A few boats that have ventured out to the deeper
grounds off Durban have reported that there are a few dorado around
already.