Durban harbour fishing report
With the water having cleaned up somewhat since last week, Durban harbour anglers have found themselves catching a lot more fish on both bait and lure.
The swell towards the harbour mouth had increased in size heavily during the big seas, which made it difficult for anglers spinning for kingfish and pickhandle barracuda in this area.
Grunter have been coming out consistently throughout the day and evening on cracker shrimp off the sandbank and also slightly deeper on the drop-offs. Double hook traces fished in the deep with cracker on the one hook and sardine on the other hook is a good option if the fish are feeding slow. This trace will not only help with your catch rate, but will increase your species count too, as many fish may prefer sardine to cracker.
The harbour mouth has had some particularly good feedback from the charter boats, with Deon’s Fishing Charters doing exceptionally well, producing fish on every launch. Deon is known to cater for anglers of any age and is an excellent host, making the day's fishing an absolute charm. Catches include stumpnose, snapper salmon, rock salmon, rockcod and redfish.
I am planning to do some dorado fishing this Friday off Umhlanga and I hope to have some photos to share with you.
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