Fishing Report 3August 2020
Weather for the Week.
Looking ahead into the week we will be
having some rain on Tuesday evening through to Wednesday morning, it will be
windy during the week but not unfishable.
Lagoon
There was an incident yesterday when
people picnicking at the slipway parked there vehicles on the slipway and would
not move them so the guys could launch their vessels, parking on a slipway is
not the best place to park at the best of times because of people like me that
reverse wore than an eel swimming backwards. Please don’t park there, if you
get asked to move please do so and not wait for the park management to instruct
you to do so. Anyway back to fishing, with the clean water going right up past
the Empangeni road bridge there are a lot of good spots to fish and with Spring
tides just passed there are a lot of deep holes some as much of 4m, drive
slowly and find them or pop in the shop and I will draw a map for you. Shad are
still in the lagoon and making size. With accommodation opening up I assume it
will not be long and the camp sites will open up.
Surf
Garrick were caught on both Saturday
and Sunday at Port Dunford and the south bank at the river mouth, they are all fairly
decent size fish around 10kg amongst them are some big Shad 2-5kg, they are also
taking live bait. On the main beach most of the catches were Spinners and
Lessor Sand Sharks however a Catface Rockcod and nice size Spotted Grunter were
caught. The area from the banks to Emboyeni were clear of community unrest and
the anglers made a return there but not much fish were caught, on Saturday the banks were quiet, Sunday
things were a little better with some Shad caught. Oon Friday night it was reported
there were no anglers at any of the spots however Saturday saw the return of
anglers and some poor fellas were fined for driving on the beach, next time
they get caught they will be more poorer beside losing the vehicle they will
need to by shoes for the long walk home.
This is another tip I picked up about
what type of clothes to wear especially when fishing at spots where you wade. A
few years back a group of us were fishing on Zinkwazi beach when a guy who was
not part of our group got washed out to sea and if it was not for the life
guard he probably would of drowned, he was wearing a type of jeans with lots of
pockets on and it was the weight of these jeans that led him into difficulty
while trying to swim and he admitted this when the life guard got him back to
shore. I know it sounds crazy but choose thin light shirts, shorts or longs
made of quick drying material as this material is light when wet and does not
restrict your movement, you do not need to spend a fortune of branded shorts
and shirts and some shops stock plain or unbranded clothing. Another item you
should pay attention to is your hat don’t skimp on one try buying one with UV
protection.
Ski boat
Sarel led the charge over the weekend with a
nice catch of Tuna and Couta, Nick W and Action also took advantage of the
weather and made some good catches of Couta and Tuna, several bats also operating
out of Richards Bay caught Snoek. Closer to home I am not sure if anyone got
game fish but Rock Robbers did report seeing what they thought was Snoek
jumping behind the back line towards Glenton Reef. The few boats that went out
managed a few Kob however young Mark caught 1 Slinger for his entire trip, a
frustrating day on the sea for him. The mouth is still very shallow and the
channel is narrow so be careful when going out and coming back in.
