Durban piers producing grunter
We have heard of good grunter and pompano fishing off Durban piers this past week.
Central
Umhlanga has been struggling a bit, but started picking up towards the end of the week, with shad, grey sharks and stumpnose being landed. Unfortunately most of the shad were undersized. Durban piers have been producing fish such as grunter and pompano, even on sardine baits. Blue Lagoon saw many grunter coming out on most days last week, with some anglers getting as many as five fish. Remember the size limits of 40cm. Bluff anglers have been talking of the action with larger flatfish and also big kingfish taking live baits.
South
Umkomaas has been seeing small kob action becoming more and more frequent, which is a very good indication of the change of season. Soon we will be seeing bigger kob and garrick moving up the coast. Brown rays seem to have moved on from this area with very little sign of them over the last week. Ladder Rock has been starting to get some hound sharks in, taking mainly big bloody baits, but be sure to use steel trace in this area. The Hole In The Wall and surrounding areas produced both blackfin and hammerhead sharks, and for the anglers who fish for the pot, some nice shad making good size as well as other edibles such as bronze bream.
(File Photo: Gallo Images)
Twitter - @SportswaveAndre @kingfisherdaiwa
Umhlanga has been struggling a bit, but started picking up towards the end of the week, with shad, grey sharks and stumpnose being landed. Unfortunately most of the shad were undersized. Durban piers have been producing fish such as grunter and pompano, even on sardine baits. Blue Lagoon saw many grunter coming out on most days last week, with some anglers getting as many as five fish. Remember the size limits of 40cm. Bluff anglers have been talking of the action with larger flatfish and also big kingfish taking live baits.
South
Umkomaas has been seeing small kob action becoming more and more frequent, which is a very good indication of the change of season. Soon we will be seeing bigger kob and garrick moving up the coast. Brown rays seem to have moved on from this area with very little sign of them over the last week. Ladder Rock has been starting to get some hound sharks in, taking mainly big bloody baits, but be sure to use steel trace in this area. The Hole In The Wall and surrounding areas produced both blackfin and hammerhead sharks, and for the anglers who fish for the pot, some nice shad making good size as well as other edibles such as bronze bream.
(File Photo: Gallo Images)
Twitter - @SportswaveAndre @kingfisherdaiwa