And The Shad Have Gone Mad again in KZN 2 December 2024

And The Shad Have Gone Mad again in KZN 2 December 2024

And The Shad Have Gone Mad again in KZN 2 December 2024: Sugar pocket size! These are big shad coming out at a few spots in KZN at the moment. Luckily they waited until now to start biting. Now that the shad season is officially open, that is.

Shad Kit

If you are looking to kit out for the shad in KZN this season, Township Hyper in Durban have all the goods. And at prices that make any visit worthwhile. You can take a peek at some items on their Facebook Page. But most real deals are in-store and on a strictly limited first-come-first-served basis.

Heading south…

Garrick in Margate

Margate Pier is still hosting visiting garrick. Although they are most certainly on their way south by now, you gonna get those tail-enders. Mainly though, the water is still quite clean.

Kob

Kob don’t mind the brown water at all. These guys, along with the shad, will be staple target species through December.

Umhlanga in the Morning

Umhlanga this very morning…

Synoptic Analysis

Well, we look fine for now but that little gathering of low-pressure systems hovering over the south-Atlantic should pique everyone’s interest. There is also a concentration of lows over the land and to the east. This is the kind of stuff you need to keep your eye on. This is a very interesting set of variables on their way.

Surfing

Waves for the weekend hopefully, no guarantees. Maybe tomorrow?

Diving

Very quiet under the water. A bit foggy for the spearos.

And finally…cool launch at Umhlanga yesterday…

Sardines and Sighting Maps

It has been a fantastic sardine run this memorable 2024. And all the action has been logged right here on The Sardine News. This year’s map has been viewed 195,000 times and just keeps growing.

Which led us to decide to keep the map live. And keep adding unique marine animal sightings and events. That occurs non-stop all year round. This year we started to log more whale and dolphin sightings. And we even had a shipwreck! And a freaking tornado! And recently a capsized KZNSB boat! We have been updating the map with recent catches too…

These events will from now on be included in the Sardine News Sightings Map for 2024. And on the 1 January 2025, we shall start all over again.

Here are the links to existing and past Sardine Sighting Maps. Great for a windy day like today to research. With instructions to install The Sardine News right on your phone or desktop.

2024 Sardine Map

2023 Sardine Map

2022 Sardine Map

2021 Sardine Map

Channels

Brucifire Surf Retorts – highly entertaining  surf reporting

Master Watermen – news from way down deep

The Sardine News – neva miss a single  sardine

FishBazaruto – 1000 pounds plus

MYDO Tackle Talk – highly technical  sport fishing

Surf Launching Southern Africa – getting out there safely

Water Woes – complain about your municipality here

Websites

umzimkulu.co.za – self-catering right on the Umzimkulu River
umzimkuluadrenalin.co.za –  will get you right out and onto the edge
thesardine.co.za – never miss a single sardine
masterwatermen.co.za – news from under water
fishbazaruto.com – dreams
brucifire.co.za – surf retorts