Surf fishing during the sardine run This is a rundown through a list the game fish species we are lucky enough to encounter – during the annual sardine run. Here in KZN, South Africa. Shad It starts with the shad. These guys smash into those poor little sardines like piranhas. And a shad smaller than … Read more
Sardine Update 21 June 2022 Sardine Update 21 June 2022: another beautiful KZN south coast winter day! And the sardines just keep coming! Net after net. Day after day. And it’s only just begun. Presumably, the foul ocean conditions that were holding them back, have given way, and the sardines jumped at the chance to … Read more
Sardines caught off Port Edward! Sardines caught off Port Edward!: officially confirmed catching of 10 sardines! Report in from Sardine Spy in Port Edward: “Fished yesterday Sean, got 10 sards in amongst the redeyes. With some lovey bottom fish too” So there they are – the first 10 sardines in KZN this sardine run 2022! … Read more
NO Sardine Report 13 June 2022 – but the water temperature is dropping finally Introduction: Why is the water temperature finally dropping? Many factors are at play here. Upwellings from east winds. Countercurrents. More…which we do not understand fully at all. And the fact that this happened literally overnight is all the more amazing. A … Read more
SKZN Fishing Report 22 May 2022 SKZN Fishing Report 22 May 2022: the sea finally returned back to a normal state down here in Southern KwaZulu Natal. Only after weeks and weeks of that ugly poison soup brown water being hemmed in close to the shore – did the current return last week. With vengeance. The … Read more
