Fishing Report 29
December 2017
Weather for the weekend.
Friday
W first thing gusting up to 11kts and although the wind swings to an E
buy the afternoon the wind speed remains consistent. Max temp 27. Barometer
behaving for a change starting at 1012 rising to 1013 and then dropping quickly
to 1009 at the onset of the E, good fishing day. Rain forecast in the evening.
Wave height 1.5m P17.
Saturday
NE gusting 25 for most of the day even wind the wind swings to E late
afternoon, rain is forecast in the evening. Max temp 31. Barometer 1008
dropping to 1001. Wave height 1.6 rising to 2, period 14 dropping to 7.
Sunday
NE 14 for most of the morning then the wind drops to 10kts at the onset
of the SE and remains the same for the remainder of the day, again rain
forecast for the evening. Max temp 29. Barometer not playing ball at all, starting
at 1002 rising to 1004 then drops of to 1000. Makes for a tough days fishing.
Wave height 1.6, period 8.
Lagoon.
I was on the lagoon this morning and there was a hive of activity from
the N2 to the mouth. We sat and watched 2 Anglers fishing with lures getting
stuck into the River Snapper, they caught 3 in the few minutes we were watching
them. Pickhandle’s are active so remember to use wire. River Bream, Spotted
Grunter and Cob are been caught regularly, the Diamonds seem to have moved off
back into the sea. A Dusky Sleeper was caught in the Siyayi river earlier in
the week, this caused great excitement as nobody knew what it was, as far as I
know it is a first for this area.
Surf.
A lot of small sharks are been caught and seem to be getting to the bait
first, be patient because if you catching little sharks you are fishing in the
right area. Old Ramp and Doggies seem to be producing more than the main beach
for some reason, Port Dunford is also producing fish, and I believe it is
because it is easy to get into the channel which runs out of the river mouth.
Ski Boat.
Yesterday an angler had the winch on the rod broken by a large shark
while bring up a fair size fish, not a common occurrence however the boats
working the Richards Bay area and to the North had good catches of Dorado,
Snoek and a variety of Bottoms, Tuna are also been boated but no Couta yet. The
river mouth is very shallow at low time so for early morning launching head
straight to the beach.
