Fishing Report 11
January 2019
Weather for the weekend.
Friday
At the moment there is a very gentle breeze blowing from the South, the
forecast says by now it should be gusting 6 swing to a SE midday gusting 15
before swinging to a S gusting 30 by the evening. Sunny with a max of 30. Wave height
1.6-1.2 period 7 barometer 1005-997.
High Tide 06.34 Low 00.19
Saturday
SW gusting 30 first thing but during the morning it swings to an E
gusting 12. Partly cloudy with a max of 28. Wave height 1.3-2-3 period 9-6 barometer
997-1006.
High Tide 07.10 Low 00.50
Sunday
NE gusting 9 swing to an E gusting 10 by mid-morning the wind then
swings again during the afternoon to a SE gusting 10. Sunny with a max of 30.
Wave height 2.1-1.6 period 15 Barometer 1005-1002-1008.
High Tide 07.53 Low 01.27
Lagoon.
Interesting to see the size of the Kob Ken got yesterday in the mouth
area, one was 54cm and the other 60cm and a nice Bartail of 64cm. Some nice
Slender Moray Eels have been caught recently in excess of 1 m, after an absence
of these species for some time now we had thought they had been wiped out of
the estuary as they are residence of the system. Hopefully they have come back
to breed, as ugly as they are one must respect them as they are equally
important in establishing the estuarine system. The Honeycomb Rays are still
feeding on the sand bank to the North of the slipway, please do not turn them
over when removing the hooks as this can cause damage to their internal organs.
Surf.
Fishing has been slow as we still have cold water in the surf zone
however there are pockets of warmer water so look out for them. A very Nice
Giant Guitar fish was caught at Port Dunford at the Shangri-La beach of 66kg
making it one of the biggest of the season so far. The odd diamond is coming out
together with some small Snapper and small sharks, there are still pockets of
weed hanging about with a bit of a South North side wash, long wire Grapnels
with the wires bent will do the trick, if you not sure what I mean pop into the
shop and we will help you. Mtunzini Angling Club our fishing common venue this
weekend we wish them the best, go for it guys and ladies.
Ski boat.
The men struggled like mad this week, the water was “a nice green” . On
Wednesday the conditions were good and a lot of boats went out to try take
advantage of the conditions, Jannie managed a small Tuna while the others had
to contend with a few bottoms some guys managed to catch 5 fish in total and
they were the lucky ones. So for the Sea 1 Anglers 0. This weekend the weather
does not look that great.
