Fishing Report 28 April 2021
Weather for the Week.
Today and tomorrow weather wise are
great for fishing however this weekend rain looks to set in from Friday through
to Sunday.
Lagoon
The slipway is not a car park period
never has been and never will be, it is designed to facilitate boats entering
and exiting the water and if you ask to move your car please do so, is it necessary
to be rude about it and get law enforcement involved, me thinks not so just
move your car if asked to do so. An angler reports on his trip yesterday he had
11 pickups from River Snapper and landed 5 all on Sard, they were not interested
in live bait or artificials. Further to that the river has been alive with fish
and yesterday I took 2 boys fishing and one lad got a Russell Snapper on his
second cast he ended with a River Bream and Silago, needless to say he is
hooked. On Monday afternoon a angler reported gill netting took place and he
required assistance fortunately 2 Honorary Officers were on the water and they
arrived on the scene first followed by the rangers from Ezemvelo, the net was retrieved
with the loss of 5 fish with a Spotted Grunter and 3 Giant Mud Crabs been released,
the rangers then confiscated a bigger net from the river bank in all 2 nets
were retrieved of about 800m, a great joint effort by all involved and
determination by the angler as he was hanging onto one net while the poachers
were trying to pull it back out resulted in the capture of 2 nets.
Surf
We welcome a new addition to our shop
her name is Mtunzini Angling Club Dunford or MAC for short. While the guys were
waiting for the rest of the team and the Port Dunford junction MAC came walking
out of the bush meowing and started rubbing up against the guys, Neil realized
this must be a pet cat someone dumped and he bought it to the shop and MAC is
cuddled by all and sundry and seems quite happy. Fishing has been very up and down
lately due to the big winds we had however yesterday for a change on a long
weekend fish were caught from the beaches most notable was a 2.56kg Catface
Rockcod caught in front of the Siyayi plus some Snapper Cob it seems the small
sharks have left us. The side wash was very strong on Sunday despite that the
common venue fished at Port Dunford went ahead, Gawie caught at 41cm Cave Bass
from the surf another unusual catch beside that very few fish were caught, some
guys managed some decent size Cob fishing the banks at the river mouth.
Ski boat
Pops Duck was in the action
yesterday, Shaun and Peter got some nice Cob, Wit Oliphant also got some but
the guys really hunted like mad going to a lot of different spots to find fish.
No game fish were caught on the local boats even High Point was quiet. There
are some boats out today with some more guys planning to go out tomorrow before
the weather turns.
