Geelbek action off Westbrook

North - The far north has produced good fish on the fishable days of the past week. Reports of green jobfish have been seen from the entire Zululand region and provide plenty of fun on light tackle. Reports indicate that these fish have been caught on live bait on the marks, but Rattlers and Kingfisher Bucktail jigs have also produced a good bite. These fish are very good eating and will be caught far more regularly in the summer months, so keep an eye out for them. There have been a handful of small tuna in the Richards Bay area, which have been caught on surface lures at first light and on live baits later on in the morning.  There have been a few sailfish in the deep off Richards Bay as well, which took Konas on the 150m mark.

Central - Tuna have been caught quite frequently between Amatikulu abd Sea Belle. Live bait has been the key to getting the bigger fish in these areas, with Rattlers getting quite a few of the smaller fish too. Some of these fish have weighed up to 25kg, so be sure to get that heavy tackle out. Westbrook deep has been fishing well for bottoms and particularly geelbek. Most catches have been reported between 50-90m of water and sardine/chokka baits have worked way better than most other baits. These bigger baits should be fished on a Mustad Kendal round 9/0 hook. Blue Lagoon also produced a far better catch of Natal snoek over the last week and it seems that they are here for the summer. Strike Pro Magic Minnows once again produced the goods, with strip baits and Sprat spoons coming in at a close second. Jetski anglers had good success with the tuna off the bait marks and around Number One during the week in the calmer seas. The stretch between the Cutting and Green Point produced good numbers of snoek when anglers found it possible to launch. These fish have been feeding very consistently and have made good size between 3-5kg.Strip baits and spoons have produced the goods. Although on a good day anglers may hook into dozens of these fish, remember that there is a limit of 10 per angler and we should only be taking home what we can eat.

South - On the stretch from Hibberdene down to Port Edward there have been good reports of yellowtail which have been caught on the bottom on heavy outfits. Be sure to use nothing less than 100lb Triple Fish braid and super strong hooks such as the Mustad Hoodlum range. Kendal Round 8/0 or 9/0 will do for the small to medium sized fish.

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