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 … Read more
Where are the sardines 2015? The word in the carpark, up and down the KZN coastlines is that we should not give up hope, for a second coming, of sardines this year. In fact, today brought with it an entirely new ocean, with lovely polished swells coming out of the south, a stiff offshore breeze, … Read more
Estuary kob fishing and other news… Chris Lepan and crew on Happy Daze have mastered this estuary kob fishing on artificials. You can see them every chance they get spinning and slow trolling all sorts behind the boat up and down the channels of the Umzimkulu River. Meanwhile down at the mouth, which has … Read more
2015 Sardine run makes for spectacular fishing As the sardines go into hiding they leave behind shoals of eager predator fish and carparks full of eager fisherfolk chasing them. Shad still dominate the scene at most places but in some spots, like Port Alfred, they are annoyingly absent. They also have been breaking the norm … Read more
No sardines to report Well the elusive little sardines have pulled a characteristic vanishing act. In fact the red eyes are back in the picture causing mild sensation at Park Rynie. Netters bagged a whole shoal on Wednesday. Shad are also decidedly quiet this morning. Yesterday it was one every five minutes. But the average … Read more
