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Winter spearfishing KZN is hot as hell

Winter spearfishing hot as hell in KZN

Winter spearfishing is hot as hell

Jason Heyne on the boil after his sailfish shot last week on Aliwal Shoal, reports in with more intel from what goes on under the water. Evidently it’s wahoo, big couta, sailfish and garrick – true winter gamefish here, that are causing all the commotion.

Well the diving conditions this week have been well below average unless you could get on a boat and I dive deeper spots like Aliwal shoal. Plenty wahoo around with the odd king mackerel and sailfish coming out. Saturday the swell drops to 1.8m with a North West offshore wind blowing in the morning switching to a moderate south West during the morning. Sunday the south West picks up speed with the swell running at over 2m. So there may be a small gap Saturday morning for a dive.  As always dive safe and straight spears. 

Thank you Jason and keep up the good work!

Winter spearfishing hot as hell in KZN

If you want to do some spearfishing this winter, get in touch on umzimkulu@gmail.com and let’s put something together – Mozambique or South Africa – we got it covered.

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Jason Heyne get’s his sailfish on Aliwal

Jason Heyne's sailfish shot on Aliwal

Jason Heyne get’s his sailfish on Aliwal

Just in from Jason Heyne down the south coast of KZN, happily reporting his sailfish.

Epic conditions on the shoal today – lost two cracker wahoo – these fish continue to elude me. At the moment the score is Wahoo 6, and me 0. One came in close of deep Scotties and I got a broadside shot in garrick style. Aimed middle and the fish spooked on the trigger so the shot went high and the ‘hoo just shook it off and showed me a zap.

Dave Adworth got well worked over by a 200kg plus black marlin that bust him up proper. Took his gun and everything. Meanwhile his dive partner Chad shot three wahoo from 15kgs to 27kgs.

At 06h30 there were eight boats around us, by 08h00 there were twenty!

But the wahoo still hung around in amongst all the traffic.

Then the fishermen left as they couldnt make any bait, Mark de la Hay and all the other pros scratching their heads.

Then right in the middle of all this I plonked my saily. It went on a grand tail walking show in and around the boats with anglers watching on.

Thanks Jason! Keep up the good work!

That's quite a hefty looking sailfish by Jason Heyne off Aliwal on Wednesday
That’s quite a hefty looking sailfish by Jason Heyne off Aliwal on Wednesday

 

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Spearo Report KZN South Africa

Spearo Report KZN South Africa

Our Spearo Report KZN South Africa as compiled by Jason Heyne…

The diving conditions this week have been average to above average. There are cobia, cuda and snoek around in numbers. Saturday and Sunday a light to moderate northeast blows picking up speed in the late afternoon with a swell of 1.5m running both days. So both Saturday and Sunday are looking good for a dive as long as you get on it early. There was viz reported Durban bluff areas and South coast. Well done Garret Staats on getting the fish of the week…a 24kg cobia!! As always dive safe and straight spears.

Spearo Report KZN South AfricaSpearo Report KZN South AfricaSpearo Report KZN South Africa
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Report weekly KZN Spearfishing

Report weekly KZN Spearfishing

Report weekly KZN Spearfishing

Thank you Jason Heyne…

The diving conditions this week were good up until Thursday when the northeast absolutely caned it. There are plenty queen mackerel around and king mackerel are putting in an appearance. Saturday a light offshore blows in the morning switching to a light northeast later in The day with the swell running at 2m throughout the day. Sunday a fresh southwest blows from early on and the swell builds to 2.5m. Viz was reported north today. So it looks like Saturday is a go but some swell is to be expected. Our annual crayfish compo is on for the 23 of March and as usual it will be a cracker event. I’ve put the details in the pics below. As always dive safe and straight spears

Report weekly KZN Spearfishing
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Report from under the water by Jason Heyne

Jason Heyne shot the Rockie

The diving conditions this week have been average to above average if you braved the swell. King and queen mackerel have definitely arrived in numbers. Saturday early morning a light to moderate northeast blows with the swell running at 1.4m . Sunday a moderate south westerly blows from early picking up mid morning with a 1.5m swell running. So it looks like Saturday morning early is the best bet for a dive. Viz was reported north and south today. Our club champs has started and well done to Markus and Marco opening there accounts early with great fish. As always dive safe and straight spears

Jason Heyne shot the Rockie
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