Fishing Report - Port Shepstone bronze bream
Anglers in the Port Shepstone area have been treated to good bronze bream fishing over the past week.
North
Kosi Bay lakes have been relatively quiet of late, with catches of gamefish slowly starting to dwindle. Apart from a few smaller kingfish and pickhandle being caught on spoon, there were very few reports across the lakes for gamefish. Grunter in the lakes have been feeding well, some up to 5kg have been caught in Lake 1 on cracker. Kosi Bay had some good fish on the surf side, some lovely kingfish and other smaller gamefish, for those who have been spinning in the mornings and afternoons. Anglers targeting larger fish such as honeycombs and sharks have found themselves struggling a bit, with only a handful of reports coming in. St Lucia has seen lots of edible fish such as stumpies and shad on bait, the latter of which seems to be the main target species at this stage and will continue to be until closed season close to the end of the year. On spinning gear, many wave garrick and kingfish have been caught on small baits and on lures. Light spinning outfits are incredibly fun to target these species on. Richards Bay has had anglers bending with brown rays, spinners and the odd sandshark. Most fish being landed on red-eye and chokka baits or slightly larger mackerel baits. Zinkwazi had a good number of anglers targeting inedibles, with little luck. The fun started when the shad came on the bite and had anglers catching fish for hours. Ballito has seen the odd grey shark and brown ray, caught on mackerel head and chokka baits. Bonefish have also been seen feeding on the sandbanks close to the shore by spear-fishermen.
Central
Umhlanga Lighthouse has seen a fair amount of fish, caught on red-eye and also on sealice. Durban has fished well over the last week, with numerous reports of decent fish being landed particularly off Blue Lagoon and off the beachfront near the Snake Park. Pompano have been landed on sealice as well. Lots of small shad were landed off the beaches and piers.
South
Toti has had incredible seas for swimming, but poor seas for fishing. Clean water and flat seas have made for poor fishing, but the odd shad and even a kob or two have been landed. Scottburgh has produced some nice blue rays and grey sharks, with the odd sandy being landed at night. Port Shepstone anglers had fun over the last week with hound sharks and blue rays in the late afternoons and into the evenings. Bronze bream have been landed during the day, with most of the popular points working. There have also been many shad around in most of the south coast areas. Transkei has seen many edibles such as rockcod, bronze bream and zebras, all caught on smaller baits. The use of Mustad Chinu size 2/0 has increased the amount of fish being landed since the growth in popularity over the last year. This hook is strong, sharp and perfect for prawn baits.
(File Photo: Gallo Images)
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Kosi Bay lakes have been relatively quiet of late, with catches of gamefish slowly starting to dwindle. Apart from a few smaller kingfish and pickhandle being caught on spoon, there were very few reports across the lakes for gamefish. Grunter in the lakes have been feeding well, some up to 5kg have been caught in Lake 1 on cracker. Kosi Bay had some good fish on the surf side, some lovely kingfish and other smaller gamefish, for those who have been spinning in the mornings and afternoons. Anglers targeting larger fish such as honeycombs and sharks have found themselves struggling a bit, with only a handful of reports coming in. St Lucia has seen lots of edible fish such as stumpies and shad on bait, the latter of which seems to be the main target species at this stage and will continue to be until closed season close to the end of the year. On spinning gear, many wave garrick and kingfish have been caught on small baits and on lures. Light spinning outfits are incredibly fun to target these species on. Richards Bay has had anglers bending with brown rays, spinners and the odd sandshark. Most fish being landed on red-eye and chokka baits or slightly larger mackerel baits. Zinkwazi had a good number of anglers targeting inedibles, with little luck. The fun started when the shad came on the bite and had anglers catching fish for hours. Ballito has seen the odd grey shark and brown ray, caught on mackerel head and chokka baits. Bonefish have also been seen feeding on the sandbanks close to the shore by spear-fishermen.
Central
Umhlanga Lighthouse has seen a fair amount of fish, caught on red-eye and also on sealice. Durban has fished well over the last week, with numerous reports of decent fish being landed particularly off Blue Lagoon and off the beachfront near the Snake Park. Pompano have been landed on sealice as well. Lots of small shad were landed off the beaches and piers.
South
Toti has had incredible seas for swimming, but poor seas for fishing. Clean water and flat seas have made for poor fishing, but the odd shad and even a kob or two have been landed. Scottburgh has produced some nice blue rays and grey sharks, with the odd sandy being landed at night. Port Shepstone anglers had fun over the last week with hound sharks and blue rays in the late afternoons and into the evenings. Bronze bream have been landed during the day, with most of the popular points working. There have also been many shad around in most of the south coast areas. Transkei has seen many edibles such as rockcod, bronze bream and zebras, all caught on smaller baits. The use of Mustad Chinu size 2/0 has increased the amount of fish being landed since the growth in popularity over the last year. This hook is strong, sharp and perfect for prawn baits.
(File Photo: Gallo Images)
Twitter - @SportswaveAndre @kingfisherdaiwa