Fishing Report 31
December 2018
Monday
NE gusting 13 then at the onset of the rain late this morning,
it swings to an E gusting 5 at first then picks up to 16 by the evening. Max
temp 30. Wave height 1.3 period 11. Barometer 1013-1012.
High Tide 11.38 Low Tide ----.
Tuesday
NE16 picking up to 23 by the afternoon. Cloudy with a max of
33. Wave height 1.6 period 11 Barometer 1010-1014.
High Tide 11.12 Low Tide 04.14
Wednesday
SW gusting 31 then drops slightly during the day when it is
gusting 22, Rain forecast with a max of 24. Wave height 1.6-2.6 period 10-5
barometer 1009-1017.
High Tide ---- Low Tide 005.49
Thursday
SE gusting 14 and swings midmorning to an E gusting 6. Rain
all day with a max of 20. Wave height 2.6-2.3 period 9 barometer 1018-1014.
High Tide 00.51 Low Tide 06.53
Lagoon
By the amount of bait sold we must have the fattest juvenile
fish in the country in the estuary hahaha however in this feeding frenzy some
nice fish have been caught including some very good size River Bream. The mouth
area is fishing well especially on the incoming tide as Diamonds, Snapper Kob
and Shad are making their way into the lagoon, we think it is because the mouth
is nice and deep. The rocky area after the steel bridge and the corner just before
you see the N2 is also winning Spots. Some anglers fishing near the steel
bridge watched a Brown Sting Ray chasing and catching Prawns along the edge of
the river, that must have been great to watch, they were so amazed at what was
going on they forgot to film it.
Surf
Yesterday morning while fishing just to the North of Doggies
the shop called about something and Johan said to me he hears we are onto the Diamonds,
we had a good laugh as none had been landed yet, another case of broken
telephone, we are also trying to confirm a Zambie of 2.4m been caught about 1km
North of Doggies, there was a guy fighting a fish from a dune and he landed a
very big Diamond he was trying not to get his braid cut on the shore break
speaking of which it seems that braid parts under heavy tension and maybe you
should consider very heavy leaders. Fishing was slow yes yesterday, due to we
think in the main due to lack of surf and wave action however fish were landed
mainly small milkies so small you could hear the popping noise when we pulled
them off their bottle while their mothers were feeding them. Some very good
size Snapper Kop were caught and our group we had 3 bust offs with Diamonds,
this was very frustrating as the guys had driven all the way up from Port Shepstone
for a weekend fishing. Their decision was a correct one however as the weekend
moved on the weather as forecast did not. Last night some Diamonds came out at Port
Dunford and the cars that were left in the car park came to no harm, it seems
as though the incident a few weeks ago was a one off. Lucky dip produced a
monster Shad of about 6kg.
Ski boat
Snoek and more Snoek at long last the boats are getting
them, I understand mainly on the Shallow Reefs around the Wreck, Home Reef and
Glenton Reef. Bottom fish are plenty and some very nice size ones are being
caught on the deeper reefs. There are reports of a Dorado been caught at Home Reef.
Some nice Tuna of 7-9kg were caught near Pats but on the way there, millions of
birds so they went to have a look. The weather is not looking great for boating
for the rest of the week.
