Bait and Tackle in Jeffreys Bay: It’s not just about surfing in this town!
Bait and Tackle in Jeffreys Bay run by Tinus,Ā is easily found up at Fountains Mall. Tinus carries an all round range of tackle for rock and surf anglers who target the kob and big steenbras that Jeffreys Bay is favoured for. The estuaries in the area are great fun and Cape St. Frances is known for yellowtail and big sharks.
Jos Jantjies with a tasty kob caught down at Kabeljauw’s, down the point, in Jeffreys Bay (c) artsurfer.nl
Pop into Bait and Tackle and catch up on the fishing news and conditions for the area.
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No sardines to report: shark nets and lines back in…
It’s an ominous omen when this happens. The Natal Sharks Board have started putting their gear back in at all you favourite Blue Flag and other beaches. Blind for the sharks and other marine life the nets interfere with. Dolphins. Whales. Turtles…etc.
Humpbacks can still be spotted frolicking out deeper but the dolphins and birds have been absent. Maybe the sardines are way out deep, as they have been known to hide out there. And the humpbacks are eating them? š
In the meantime, it’s just shad, shad and more shad, everywhere you go.
An interesting chat to Darrell Hattingh this morning revealed that many, many garrick, were patrolling the points this past two weeks. Darrell has shot his fair share, and his catch report over this time included an 8kg Queen Mackerel / Natal Snoek. He saw quite a few more. Another was shot at Chakas (Morne I think).
A Snoek was caught off The Block on Sunday, and with a Yellowfin Tuna also caught from the side right there, has meant The Block has been yielding the most quality fish it has in years. Salmon / Kob are even being takenĀ in the daytime, and the artificial gang across on the Sandspit also got a garrick on paddletail, in amongst their salmon.
Mike Stubbs went north of Scottburgh on the weekend to find all sorts on the bite, including one really beautiful parrotfish which was duly released, healthy and wiser.
SKZN Natal Fishing Report: Shad making a splash at Splash Rock in Port Edward
The shad have been splashingĀ at Splash Rock in Port Edward, and everywhere the shad are during the day, the kob are during the night. At The Block in Port Shepstone, 6 kob came out Friday morning making for a crowded beach the following two nights.
We had Mark Shone and guests Max and Luke who enjoyed an uncannily warm evening with us at the Umzimkulu River mouth last evening. The boat moored under the bridge gives access to the wild beach and shorebreak, and the calm yet tidal waters of the estuary.
Mike Stubbs was on patrol lurking along the channels oceanside, ever alert to the changing tides and conditions. There was a nice hole to the north of the mouth, but the huge shorey was wreaking havoc and churning loads of seaweed and debris up and around the place. Mike is out to beat his 32.7kg kob caught on a lure last week. Read all about that here.
Young Luke eventually got us a pinkie and we stuck it live only to be away straight away! The fish took line fast and steady, and yet, i was too impatient. I struck 10 seconds too early and the lucky kob got away unscathed.
SKZN Natal Fishing Report: Blair Witch fishing with Max and the first fish of the evening, a lucky little undersized perch that went swimming away happily and lesson learnt.
Mark fished the drift sardine fillet around the boat and soon had us back in the game with a beautiful little kob that gave a good account of itself on the bass tackle. This drift bait rig that swirls around and often causing tangles and chaos, certainky gets the most action in the mouth area, and Mark soon put paid to anyone elses hopes of being top weight, by bagging a real keeper – a perch that went over 2 kgs for sure – and that was a fight!
Mark Shone starring in Blair Witch Fishing evening at The Umzimkulu River Mouth last night. SKZN Natal Fishing Report
As usual with that rig, it was gut hooked so unless Mark snapped the line, the fish was coming home with us.
We are going again tonight, and have a few spots available on the boat. Call Sean on 079 326 9671 – it looks to be another great fun evening down on the river.
Robbie van Wijk, deep down in Transkei, is right in the thick of things, reporting in with this sardine report, from Mapuzi.
“Sardines aren’t striped bru! They are definitely spotted! Down here on the point at Mapuzi, birds are swooping and diving, dolphins are chowing down in the little bay. One chap beautifully fought a 7kg yellowtail in off the rocks while plenty medium sized kob and big shad getting pulled out. The sardines off Mapuzi, are definitely spotted!”
Thanks Robbie!
Gannets taking some time out. This was shot yesterday of Mnyemeni, by Jay Steenkamp. Jay is full time the man on the scene wherever the sardines are…more news to follow…
Fishing with a live strepie a few minutes ago, local J-Bay angler Josh Jantjes got supper in the bag when he pulled this tasty kob out of the sea just down from the point.
The water has warmed up with the cold front that has moved in over the southern Cape and the fishing looks good! Nice fish George!
