Another Fantastic Fishing Day for KZN by Adam Kamdar in Durban 21 Nov 24
Another Fantastic Fishing Day for KZN by Adam Kamdar in Durban 21 Nov 24: Starting with a big thank you to Adam Kamdar for keeping us all in the loop from his vantage point right on the Durban beachfront. Todays report reveals another fantastic fishing day for the whole of KZN and right down into the Eastern Cape.
Small waves, sea breeze, overcast…these are the dreamy beach days we have been dreaming about since the windy season.
It is great fishing conditions right up and down. Some places are crystal clear. And you could even find a shorebreak or a bowl to surf as the tide pushes in all morning.
Thanks Adam!
And for the Durban gallery this morning at 7am…
Contributions
And then an invitation to please send in your fishing, surfing or diving pics/stories in to use for inclusion in the news. We don’t give away secrets and spots.
It is also good to share relevant information. Especially if it’s about any pollution, dangers and the like. We have the lifeblood of our economy on their way, tourists, and we best put out the necessary warnings and advisories to keep them safe.
There have been too many drownings and near-drownings already and it’s not even holidays yet. And the polluted water sitting in all of our once-proud nations dams and rivers, is headed this way with the seasonal rains.
Duty to Warn
You have a legal duty to warn people if they are walking into danger. If you don’t, you are committing a criminal act. This applies to tourism organisations and ratepayers like ones we have operating here in UGU.
Bridge is Open at Umbogintwini
“Opening of N2 southern carriageway at Prospecton.
Following final inspection, Sanral contractors in conjunction with Ethekwini roads department, started moving the first of the jersey barriers out of the roadway at 09:34 on Thursday morning.
This is eight days ahead of the anticipated opening of 29 November.
The southern carriageway will be usable mid-morning thus alleviating the need for alternative routes and additional traffic measures”
Cllr Andre Beetge
Next few days…
Are going to be fantastic too. One little welcome blow from the south on Saturday will really make the ocean into a very friendly place to be.
We are moving into neap tides and even more good weather after the weekend. That little southerly blow on Saturday is going to spark up well the newly arrived summer gamefish good and proper.
These coming days are gone be dreamy!
Visibility Report Brighton Beach by The Bear
The Bear reports in with some visibility news at Brighton on The Bluff today. 6 To 7 metres on the backline. But with an ominous green patch moving down slowly from Durban. Get in while you can is the name of this spearfishing game nowadays.
There will be a good few clean water and conditions gaps over the next week to ten days.
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 191,000 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.
Fantastic Fishing Conditions for KZN by Adam Kamdar in Durban
Fantastic Fishing Conditions for KZN by Adam Kamdar in Durban: another lovely summer day unfolding in KZN. The rains seem to be holding off!
Over to Adam in Durban…
“It’s gonna be a real scorcher” – Adam
Another blustery and hot KZN summer’s day in Durban and throughout KZN. Stay in the shade!
Gallery Durban Today
Synoptic Chart Analysis
Those Guardian Angel high pressures spread out so nicely along 35 Degrees South are doing their level best to keep the impending summer rains at bay. The next cold front is aeons away in the west. It might have plans to join forces with the one below it, and together set an assault on sunny and dry Cape Town. This will only reach us here in KZN in about a week or more..
Until then we look to be blessed with fantastic early summer weather here in KZN.
Spearfishing
The Bear of The Master Watermen website yesterday posted his weekly roundup of spearfishing catches and news updates. In this episode, we have a huge wahoo shot up north. Over to The Bear…
So yes the water has warmed up to proper summer temperatures! 24 to 25 degC off Umkomaas and Durban bouys. Summer fish are coming out Dorado, Wahoo, Couta, Snoek and Yellowfin tuna!
However, viz has been scarce to say the least! Guys dived the Shoal on the weekend and were back on the beach by 8am… only 8m viz and shakanado (shark) problems of note!
The Salties area was cleaning up yesterday but the SW last night did absolutely zero to help it out! Meh!
We have a NE wind blowing tomorrow and maybe that pushing against the inshore reverse current will bring that warm 25degc Moz water inshore.
Tide’s are heading towards neaps on the weekend and low is at 12h10 and high is at 06h10 and 18h12 tomorrow. With the NE blowing tomorrow the fish should be on the feed in the morning so go get your fish on!
There is viz though… just put petrol and cruise up to Zululand and get yourself a bus Wahoo! Well done JP on a very long Wahoo on the weekend!
Aweh!
Fishing
Fishing in the sun! Well, you most likely gonna catch since the fishing has been so good recently. Everything is biting. The water is calm and warm at 22 degrees Celsius. And we welcome the gentle sea-breeze promising to blow all day.
Kob, garrick and some out-of-season shad are the main attraction. With 10 days to go for the shad season to open, we may aswell get rigged up already. MYDO Fishing Lures make a hybrid shad trace that catches all kinds of species of gamefish. In the surf, the estuary or along the backline. A moving fillet bait dressed in a duster and swum by a MYDO Silver Bullet Baitswimmer.
All you do is fillet up, wrapped in cotton, and cast. Gently retrieve and watch your bait swim through the water. The shad love a moving bait. This MYDO offering is a hybrid between a traditional drift bait and a moving artificial lure.
Sardine bait up with the MYDO Shad Trace
The traces are designed to hook right in the scissors with a small treble, at first bite. There is no striking foolishly whilst fishing with moving bait. All you need to do is lean into the fish as it hits. One bite, one hookup.
You can apply the principle to trolling in an estuary. Just set the drag at about one kilogram and off you go. Same for backline fishing. Watch out you don’t hook a snoek or something else bigger than you were expecting. The trace will handle it however.
This fillet bait presentation is a light version of the exact lures and baits we use to target big gamefish like king mackerel and sailfish, out at sea.
MYDO StripBaitSwimmer dressed with sardine fillet and light blue mini skirt
The following are the goods we sell to catch shad with…
You can see the entire catalogue at https://thesardine.co.za/mydo or just get in touch on +27793269671 or umzimkulu@gmail.com. We like to work with you closely on your fishing requirements, please feel free to contact us with any enquiries you have or information you might need.
We have no surfing news with no surf on any horizon near you. But if you are missing the waves that much, you can head on over to Brucifire Surf Retorts at https://brucifire.co.za and watch the best of the 2024 winter surfing season in the Jeffreys Bay zone. There is also some Mozambique surfing and travelling action there too.
Big thanks to Adam of Township Hyper for the daily reports from Durban…
Save time and money by checking out Township Hyper’s Facebook page. Full of fun, knowledge and promotions!
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 191,000 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.
Warm and Overcast KZN Summer Weather 19 Nov 24: Now this is the Natal summer we know and love. Overcast days. Glassy seas. Flat surf.
And fish!
Over to Adam with today’s early report from the Durban Beachfront…
Rock n Surf
It’s been a helluva week or so. Some dodgy weather and waters. But in between, some dialled-in anglers have been on fire. Kob is the name of the game right now. The discoloured water does not bother the kob at all. They actually love it. So along with the grunter, there is plenty motivation to be having a good pencil bait bobbing around a channel or a gulley near you. You don’t have to throw far!
Margate Pier has been fishing really well. The Sandspit too.
Kobus is cooking at the moment! KZN Summer South Coast! Sandspit.
Deep-Sea
And on the backline, we even have a November couta caught. By kayaker on the North Coast – Aldeen! Nice fish man!
KZN Summer Gamefish have started including this lovely couta by Aldeen up north.
Mike Kemp out off Durban was ready and waiting to invite this pretty sailfish to the KZN summer gamefish season. Catch made off Durban, rumoured at Number One.
KZN Summer Gamefish include the sailfish that just love this time of the year too
Dorado! Plenty. Along with the sailfish, swim the dorado. And just behind the dorado are the crazy striped marlin. That swim in shoals! These fish all love the halocline and so you don’t have to empty your fuel tanks to be in on the billfish action. The black marlin season up off Bazaruto in still in full swing. These fish also hover down to the halocline and shallower waters of KZN at this time of the year.
This video is a bit old; it is from about two seasons ago. It was taken on a day when we hooked 3 marlin and this lonely sailfish. Only the sailfish eventually got boatside.
Nice work Phillip!
And one more video, this of Professor Tony Turton, talking about his beloved halocline…
Estuary
Even with the brown water flowing, the fishing in the estuaries has been excellent. I can’t divulge much more than that!
Stephen Moodley loving the KZN Summer Fishing season
Big thanks to Adam of Township Hyper for the daily reports from Durban…
Save time and money by checking out Township Hyper’s Facebook page. Full of fun, knowledge and promotions!
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 191,000 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.
What a Day to be Out There KZN Cooking Conditions by Adam Kamdar. Plus Catch Report!
What a Day to be Out There KZN Cooking Conditions by Adam Kamdar. Plus Catch Reports Plus Catch Report!!: Yep, another beautiful KZN day unfolds. Light winds. 23 Degrees water. The beginning of a good spring tide. Conditions are great for fishing. And the fish are around.
Over to Adam with today’s ocean conditions report PLUS the recent catch report…
Catch Report
Summer has started without even giving spring notice. It is a bit chilly today, but warming fast here on KZN South Coast. And well, the catches…and this catch by Kyle and mate recently, tells a very cool story!
Catch Report today includes this incredible day out by Kyle and mate this week already.
Wahoo, tuna and dorado!
Some rivers, including the Umzimkulu, have blasted out plumes of brown water. Almost orange really.
But!
Some fish love the brown. Check out the inshore catch report collection…
Big kob at Margate PierCrisjan garrick at Margate PierStephen knows when the perch bite. As the water goes brown. Umzimkulu.
The halocline, where the brown meets the blue, is where the Dorado roam. Aswell as billfish, and the toothy critters like wahoo and couta. And tuna!
This incredible phenomenon occurs right on our doorstep. The halocline normally lives upstream in the river. Where it moves in and out with the tides (tide pulse). This is what we chase in the river all day long. It is blue down under the brown since salt water is more dense than fresh.
Then it starts to rain about this time of the year, and the halocline is expelled out to sea (flood pulse). It is this movement of the halocline that triggers off so many important biological instances. And has been happening forever.
Big thanks to Adam of Township Hyper for the daily reports from Durban…
Save time and money by checking out Township Hyper’s Facebook page. Full of fun, knowledge and promotions!
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 191,000 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.
Early Report from Adam Kamdar in Durban 12 November 2024 at 6h30
Early Report from Adam Kamdar in Durban 12 November 2024 at 6h30: Well, it’s not raining! Light drizzle may be in some places. But for now, between Durbs and Sheppy, we have a lovely day unfolding. The east is gonna blow later, but let’s pop on over to Adam on the scene on the Durban Beachfront.
That was a mean burst of rain and many rivers either went brown or actually broke out into the ocean. The Umgeni River in Durban broke though and discoloured the ocean in the area. Creating great conditions for Natal Snoek who love the greeny/brown.
For now, the high-pressure systems (dry) are doing their level best to keep the low-pressure (wet) systems at bay. But that next cold front, a day or so away from squaring Cape Town, looks the business. More rain for KZN next week when that thing arrives!
Sewage Report
Luckily, this early stormwater seems quite clean. The really tepid water waiting patiently inland will make its way down to the coast with the first decent floods. Just in time for the tourists. In the meantime, we are in good shape and ocean users can be happy with the water quality in KZN for now.
This cyclical nature of the wet season and dry season is what the politicians use to exempt themselves of any blame. They also use the tides. By the time they get to the beach or lagoon to inspect, a few spring tides have gone by and most of the visible and smellable sewage is long gone. This is where the currents are also used as the sewage is spread up and down the coast, it’s difficult to pinpoint where it all came from in the first place.
So they all just do the ANC shrug and look in a different direction. Even the DA have perfected the ANC shrug. Our DA councillors are literally ineffective as raw sewage crosses Sugar Mill Rd in Port Shepstone all day every day. The DA councillor says that the municipality does not have the money to pump the sewage to the works and so it spills out over the road. Is that his job? To report back to us the ANC excuse?
What has become apparent, is that the ANC put cadres in power, who do not have the technical ability to keep a sewage system working. They are all in trouble, dysfunctional or hardly working. There is a chemical that comes in drums (neutraliser), that is supposed to get mixed in the raw sewage at the plant. To nullify its potency as poisonous. Then, this neutral water is meant to go back into the nearest river. Where it makes its way to the next town. They suck it up, treat it. And put it back. For the next town. And so on.
What happens if the town at the top, doesn’t put the drum of chemicals?
And this is why our vice-president Paul M finally has something to do. To prove that he is a good guy. Check it out!
Deputy President lays charges against Municipalities
This next video is by a local from Umkomaas who seems to know a thing or two about the sewage and how it is supposed to treated. A big thank you for this submission. It is now processed and logged and shall be used as evidence by Afriform and the The Public Protector – who have both already been using this ever-growing database of misdeeds and neglect by the ANC run UGU, to do their work with. And now even the vice-president is going to benefit from this community-driven movement against non-service delivery.
Big thanks to Township Hyper for the daily reports from Durban…
Our Umkomaas local caring dude…
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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 191,000 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.
