Good Durban Ski Boat Fising
Ski boat anglers off Durban have enjoyed good game fishing and bottom fishing during the past week
North - Maphelane has been on fire as far as reports from the locals go, with countless Marlin hook-ups over the last week. One of the boats saw four hook ups, three Marlin landed and one lost to a hook pull. In between the Marlin in the deep, two specimens of Wahoo were landed on the 50m mark at Maphelane, one of 23kgs and another at 28kgs. These two fish were landed on baits that were being trawled for Couta.
In most areas between Maphelane, Vidal and St Lucia have reached water temperatures in excess of 29 degrees which will make for even better angling over the next few weeks. Nice to see some very large Snoek being landed on the Onda spoons on the North coast, mainly at Vidal and St Lucia. Some respectable Couta were landed at Maphelane on live baits and trawled baits, and the odd big Tuna on Kingfisher Rattlers.
Durban - This area has been fishing well, with game fish and bottom fish. Some of our local charter boats managed some very good hauls of Dorado, Tuna and even Marlin. The guys going for bottoms managed some very good Daga Salmon and Rock Cod on the deeper reefs which fell victim to whole Mackerel. Red fish such as Englishman, Slinger and Soldiers have been plentiful on the northern reefs and marks.
The ships produced a number of Dorado, Wahoo and even Sailfish which have been taken on Rattler 150s and Williamson Dorado/Sailfish catchers. Along the scum-lines around Durban there has been a lot of bait activity and Dolphin sightings, which are a good indication of fish in the area. Tuna have been sighted feeding on the surface here and will readily take Rattler poppers and stick baits as they have been doing over the last week. Live bait will be a good way to target these fish on the scum-line as well.
South - Shelley Beach was on fire over the weekend and many an angler took part in the action. Amberjack were caught by most of the boats that fished live bait and big bottom baits. The Amberjack and Yellow Tail have also been taken on heavy buck tail jigs and drop shot fished deep, jigs however, being the flavour of the day. Game fish such as Wahoo, Sailfish and Tuna have been landed on Protea trawling lures such as Halco Max lures and Rattler 150s.
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