Fishing Report 23 September 2019
Monday
SW gusting 27 first thin g then
dropping to 22. Cloudy with a max of 19 there is a short spell of rain forecast
in the morning, Wave height 3.1 period 10 Barometer 1018-1023. It looks like
the wind storm forecast for Tuesday came through last night.
High Tide 10.26 Low Tide 03.32.
Tuesday
SW gusting 12 dropping to 9 by midday.
Partly cloudy with a max of 17. Wave height 1.9-1.5 period 9 barometer
1024-1022-1024.
High Tide ---- Low Tide 06.11.
Wednesday
SSW gusting 24 first thing then settles
to gusts of 14. Partly cloudy with a max of 18, Wave height 2.6 period 8
barometer 1031-1032.
High Tide 01.06 Low Tide 07.23.
Thursday
SW gusting 7 before swing to a E
gusting 10, let’s hope this signals the end of the front we experiencing. Sunny
with a max of 20. Wave height 2.3 period 10 Barometer 1030-1025.
High Tide 01.58 Low Tide 08.08.
Lagoon
Lots of people fish the lagoon over
the weekend and a lot of species were caught using bait on the trawl with lures.
Although there were Diamonds been caught in the surf there were no reports of
them in the lagoon. Some shad were caught passed the steel bridge which answers
a frequently asked question as to how far they go up, that is about 8km from
the sea.
Surf
Shaun got himself a very nice King
Fish of 20kg on the main beach on Sunday morning well done young man it was
caught on a Shad head making that the second one caught with this bait so far
this year. So far the biggest Diamond of the season reported to the shop is
179cm there will be a prize for the biggest Diamond , please do the right thing
and measure it flat i.e. between 2 sticks and not over its body. Lots of Diamonds.
Snapper Kob, Shad and Spinner Sharks were caught throughout the day. On
Saturday morning the Parks Board together with the Honory Officers with lots of
school kids took part in the international coastal beach clean-up day 46 bags
of rubbish were collected ( There were bags inside bags), now out of the various
categories of rubbish fisherman rubbish came out top, within the fisherman
rubbish 2 gill nets were found in the Garlands area however it was the amount
of line found wrapped around sticks or objects that could entangle birds,
animals fish etc. this whilst not preventable we can still limit this by
changing our mind set for example if you bust off cast back into that spot as
there is a good chance you will tangle with you own line and retrieve it. If
your burrowing sinker is deep in the ground pull it out slowly it will eventually
dislodge, you have time to do this if you not sure about how to achieve these 2
hints join the local angle club and see how they do it. With our resources been
depleted it is up to us to try protect it so our kids can enjoy the beaches as
we did and do. A angler said to me we should protect the beaches and oceans as
it is part of our Heritage, think about that tomorrow when you having your
braai and make a plan of what difference you can make. I am happy to say not
many Chokka Sleeves and Bait boxes were found, in fact I don’t think any were,
it was mainly fishing line and the stuff entangled in it. Rant over.
Ski boat
There were a few boats out looking for
Snoek on Saturday but we assume they did not get any as we have not heard
anything to say otherwise. I believe Greg went out twice to have a look for
them but he had no luck,
Next events.
