Fishing Report 20
Feb 2017
Weather forecast
for this week.
Tuesday
Rain forecast
all day with a South wind blowing up to 20knts gives us a bumpy sea and a side
wash on the beach. Not a good day.
Wednesday
No let-up in
the rain although there is a good barometer reading the sea is too unsettled to
fish, the swell is 2.5m plus and S gusting 32 not fun. Side wash in the surf
still present, we got 7oz Grapnels for sale…….
Thursday
Here we start
to get a break, the swell starts dropping and we have a good barometer sitting
around 1013, temperatures start rising and the wind drops during the day from gusting
16kts to 7 in the evening. Side wash starts dissipating.
Good fishing
from Friday for the next few days.
Lagoon.
Some fun was
had at the lagoon on Friday and Saturday with quite a few anglers getting
spooled, a Nice honey of 5kg was landed on very light tackle after a hectic
fight, well done that man.
Surf
For some reason
the surf was dead quiet, even my escapade came to naught on Saturday afternoon,
whilst Doggies was packed nothing worthwhile mentioning was landed. Plenty of
peckers were about chomping merrily away and all the Grey Headed Gulls were
well fed.
Ski Boat.
Friday was the
day to be out for Bottoms with some very nice Rock Cod boated but regetably no
game fish, they seem to be far a few and we can only attribute this to the lack
of bait fish including small Bonnies, which results in no bird activity. On
Saturday morning the NSRI came through the village sirens blazing towing their
rubber duck. This is why they were there, a guy flipped a Jet Ski in the mouth
and a bystander fearing the worst summons them (good thinking) however in the interim
his friend managed to assist and got him and both craft safely on the beach.
Salute to the NSRI Richards Bay team for reacting and the speed in which they
arrived after the call out.
