Fishing Report 24 June 2019
Monday
W gusting 5 before swinging to a SE
gusting 7. Sunny with a max of 21. Wave height 2.2-1.8 period 10 barometer
1016-1014.
High Tide 07.41 Low Tide 01.40.
Tuesday
W gusting 7 swinging during the morning
to a SW gusting 6 partly cloudy with a max of 20. Wave height 1.6 period 10
barometer 1017-1020.
High Tide 08.38 Low Tide 02.38.
Wednesday
NW gusting 9 swinging early to a NE
gusting 19 by the evening. Sunny with a max of 24. Wave height 1.8-2.1 period
11-9 barometer 1023-1021.
High Tide 09.58 Low Tide 03.59.
Thursday
NE gusting 7 rising to 25 by the evening.
Sunny with a max of 25. Wave height 2.1 period 9 barometer 1020-1016.
High Tide11.29 Low tide 06.26.
Lagoon
Another sighting of a fair size
crocodile was made over the weekend, we are fishing in a game reserve and they
have a right to be there, keep a eye out for them and stay away from them, most
of the time they disappear before you see them however I think in the winter
they want to sun themselves and appear to be not so shy. Most of the catches
over the weekend were river Bream we a few small Grunter and Stumpies, the
lagoon seems to be hording its fish or they on a go slow. Last night while we
were asleep our Parks Board officers went patrolling on the lagoon, they lifted
10 gill nets with a total length of 845m regrettably 263 fish perished with the
main species being Mullet all the dead fish are accounted for and handed in to
the croc farm. It is important that we the public assist the parks board both
by reporting sighting of Gill Nets but also if you can donate fuel or cash in
order for more patrols to be carried out, this is a war that conservation must
win but not let it be their battle alone every bit helps as they say.
Surf
Friday and Saturday were the main 2
fishing days with Sunday been a bit of a blow out yet the guys that braved the
wind managed some Spinner Sharks, Pompano and small Kob. On Saturday morning on
the main back Sakkie bagged a 3.4kg Shad, the morning session saw nice size
Snapper Kob and some Pompano’s but very few Spinners however that changed in
the afternoon with more spinners been caught. Mtunzini Rock and Surf club had
their first outing of the new league season, the format was postal so they
fished home waters with some of the team north of the old ramp and the rest
fished Port Dunford hrs. Chosen was 4pm to midnight. Species caught were Milkies,
Pinners, Lessor Sand Shark, Fish Tale barbell , Kob 52cm and 94cm and Shad of
57 and 49cm. Fishing was slow and not the start they were looking for.
Ski boat
There are reports of Snoek being
caught and some boat caught big numbers particularly in the Richards Bay area. In
our bay some nice catches of Kob, Slinger and Rockcod were made, which makes us
think next weekend we will see a lot of Richards Bay boats down here fishing
their bottom comp.
Next events.
Next events.
We are running a Spinner competition on the 13
July fishing from 6am to 6 pm, you can fish for the whole 12 hours or for as
long as you would like. Spinners feed around the banks and will take any fishy
bait i.e. Sard, Mackerel and Bonnies etc. Entry fee is R15.00 per angler which
goes towards the meat hamper to be handed out on Sunday morning at 10am.
The Honorary Officers for the Siyayi Park are having a Golf Day on
the 13th of July 2019 to do
some fund raising to support the good work they do. At the shop we are
collecting donations to hand in at the golf day, the money will be used to buy
fuel for extra anti-poaching patrols your support will be gratefully received.
