Fishing Report 3
November 2017
Weather for the weekend.
Friday
Stunning start to the day, no wind clear skies however the NE is coming
and when it swings to a easterly around midday the wind speed picks up gusting
at 20kts before dropping down as the evening sets in. Max temp 29. Barometer
1016 dropping to 1014. Wave height 1.4 period 8
Saturday
Very similar day to Friday however the is a slight change to the
Barometer staying relatively stable at 1015 and the wave period changes to 9.
Sunday
Day starts with a gentle NE before turns to an E around midday gusting
15. Max temp 29. Barometer 1017 dropping to 1012 by midday. Wave height 1.3m P
8.
Lagoon.
Full moon tonight and good moon over the weekend must result in more
fish activity and heighten your chance of catching. Vary your bates as good
catches of Grunter and Malabar Rockcod have been made during the week. Try
spinning for Pickhandle Barracuda and Oxeye Tarpon, both species have been
caught this week in Richards Bay Harbor so they must be here as well.
Surf.
With the NE blowing all week, this has resulted in good conditions for
Surf fishing, 2 holiday makers fishing by themselves in the wind caught about
50 Snapper Cob, they did not know what type of Cob they were and through all of
them back( The correct thing to do if you cannot ID a fish). The snappers are
still there in numbers as are baby Hammer Head Sharks, they can be a pest but
if you are catching them you are fishing in an area where fish are feeding
please be patient with them and release them properly. Diamonds are a species
to target and the best bait for them at the moment is Mackerel, you may not use
Shad as live bait till the end of the month. Slide one into the trough behind
the shore break and hold on, you will get stretched by a big Flattie or Shark.
Ski Boat.
NE has changed the water colour and settled the sea, the next few days
before the front comes through on Monday will enable some serious fishing, we
are going to do a mouth inspection at first light tomorrow morning and I will
post some pics of the what it looks like, there are rumors it is busy closing
and very shallow. It is time folks for the game fish.
