Fishing Report 19 October 2021
I have been asked by Ezemvelo to
assist with collecting pictures of fish in the 3 habitats we fish in under each
section I will list what species we are looking for, each picture used will
credit you also please take the pictures where possible without a human in the
back ground i.e. on a surface or on the ground and preferably on wet sand. We
are going to build an information “Hub” and will be mounting the fish pics on
boards.
Weather for the Week.
From now on during the week the
weather is warming up and fishing will be more pleasant especially the morning
sessions.
Lagoon
With the fish coming on the bite again
some good size River Bream, River Snapper and a Kob of 8kg at the River Land
Estate, that is about 8km up river, the guys who caught it were so keen to get
it back to the river they did not risk running back to their accommodation to
get a phone and take a pic. Christiaan got a nice Malabar and the chances of
catching one are good, they like big fleshy baits. Species for the Hub we are
looking for are Estuarine Pipefish, River Snapper, River Gobies, Grunter, Stumpnose,
Lizard Fish, Rays and any other unusual fish you come across.
Surf
Gert got a nice Catface Rockcod of just
shy of 6kg and Gerhard got a Blue Ray and a Kob in the same session so Kob are
still about at the same spot Neil I think it was go a Black tail which is a
rare visitor to our shore zone. There are still Snapper been caught and some
decent size ones and Anita caught a nice size Evileye Puffer. Baby sharks are
still in the shore zone, please handle them with care and put them back. Species
we looking for are all edibles, sharks and rays, we want to build a board Just
for Diamond Ray.
Ski boat
Fishing when guys get out can be slow
however catches of snoek are been made in the shallow reefs particular the Wreck
area. Species we are particular interested in are Javelin Grunter AKA Morph
Grunter, the javelin grunter are found predominantly in our MPA and are busy
morphing into a new species how long this will take nobody knows, so to have a
Javelin Grunter board will be very interesting indeed. Further South the
grunter does not change shape or lose its stripes, this seems to occur when the
juveniles leave the Estuary.
