Fishing Report 29
October 2018
Monday
NE gusting up to 25 kts all day. Sunny with a max of 29.
Wave height 1.3-2.3 period 6 barometer 1015 – 1006.
High Tide 06.11 Low Tide ----
Tuesday
NE gusting 29 then stars dropping to 19 by the late
afternoon then a SW buster comes through at around 5pm gusting 38. Sunning at
first max temp 37. Wave height 2.5 period 8 barometer 1001 –dropping to 995
just before the buster then rises to 1005.
High Tide 06.57 Low Tide 00.41
Wednesday
SW 18 dropping during the morning to 10kts rain forecast I the
afternoon with a max of 17. Wave height 2.6 -2.2 period 9 with a reasonably
settled barometer at 1012
High Tide 08.01 Low Tide 01.33
Thursday
SE at 13 climbing slowly to 16kts. Rain forecast all day
with a max of 19. Wave height 2.4 dropping to 1.3 period 12 barometer
1011-1009.
High Tide 09.58 Low Tide 02.57
Lagoon
River bream galore and a lot of the making size however it
was not then that stole the show but Diamonds, young Zak nearly lost his rod as
one took off with his bait, he had to run into the water to retrieve his rod
and I Quote “Where does this thing think it is going? Durban” after a fight
lasting well over a hr he lost it, another angler lost another near the mouth,
for some reason at the start of the summer the big Diamonds come into the
lagoon and hang around for some time. Young Ryan was extremely lucky to land a
size River Bream as it had nearly straightened his hook looking at the picture
it is a very dark specimen and had big teeth, could this be a very old one?. It
is still swing about so look out for it. River Snapper catches are increasing mainly
at the mouth and the area of the Steel Bridge going inland along the rocks. The
most successful baits used were live Mullet and Glassies, our informants tell
us that artificials were not very successful but hey that is how the Lagoon
rolls.
Surf
There was a 3 day gap in the weather and the Anglers took
advantage of it. Some Raggies and Diamonds came out at the banks and a lot of
Edibles were caught on the main beach. There were some bust ups on cable to
make things more exciting, I believe there were some nice Kob caught in the
Dunford area together with small Sharks.
It is safe to summer fishing has arrived when the Snapper Kob and baby Hammer
head Sharks are here it is a dead giveaway. Unfortunately amongst all the
activity in the surf the Shad are often first to the bait only 32 days to go
before you may keep these or use them for bait. Over at Amatikulu an Angler
opened his flat fish account for the summer with a 40kg Diamond and a 43kg
Honeycomb Ray.
Ski boat
Saturday morning saw a lot of boats launching as conditions
we good with a SW forecast later in a day meaning an early morning launch and
heading south was the best tactic to take advantage of the wind when it came
up. Good catches of Bottoms was made the main Species were Squaretail Kob
however while Janie was tied up alongside Wit Oliphant he caught 3 big Javelin
Grunter, biggest was 5,6kg, the crew on Wit Oliphant could only watch in disbelieve
as all they were catching were Kob however later in the day they did manage to
boat a very nice size Soldier one of which has not been seen for a long time.
Nanook headed out further and managed a few Dorado. The water temperature has climb
to nearly 24deg so it is not long before we see the boats catching Pelagius.
Just when we thought the whales had gone some were sighted in the bay however
Fire Fly who was fishing at Sodwana Bay last week reports there are still
stacks of them coming down so we must still be careful and on the lookout for
them.
