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Sardines netted at uShaka, Cold front hits KZN

24 July 2024 Cold Front hits KZN

Cold front hits KZN Today, Sardines netted at uShaka

Cold front hits KZN Today: a really handsome-looking cold front has beaten down the beastly-easterly and is swooping down on KZN today. The first gusts come in at a magnificent WSW angle and the dropping tide all morning is sure to produce some epic surfing conditions.

Sardines netted at uShaka!

Over to Adam in Durban…

The swell is gonna be building the entire morning so early would be a great time to be flying a kite. Check this recent video of Graeme Coetzee deploying this traditional anti-drone method of fishing to the wonderful result of a Prodigal Son weighing in at a muscular 8kgs. These fish fight. Aka Cobia. And they are delicious!

You need a west wind and a long point to fly a kit for gamefish effectively

Kite-fishing is a lot of work! But the harmonious way it deploys the offshore wind to get your bait out just makes the whole scene so natural. Unlike those noisy drones. That also leave line running in the water where no one can see it. So dangerous to spearos, propellor washers, marine life and even bathers and surfers. The kite is highly visible as is the float marker. Very considerate. Fun to watch and assist.

Bazaruto Winter Gamefish

We are slowly moving through the winter gamefish flurry up in Bazaruto and surrounds. It has been really goos as can be seen in the following video update.

The big momma season is just around the corner. The wind blasting onshore through the islands today is what brings more big fish in each year. So we just got to sit these big blows out. Get some maintenance and rigging done. Patience.

In the meantime, we are warming up to be reporting from the fleet this year and every year, in the following format…

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Sardines and Shad

Cold fronts weirdly enough warm the water. Even more than it is now sitting at 22 or 23 in most places. Neither shad nor sardines favour these bathwater conditions. What happens after the cold front is magical weather again. And then in a few more days another even more handsome cold front comes charging in from the south all over again. So I dunno what could possibly cause an upwelling of cold water to occur in the near future. Prospects are not good for sardines and shad right now.

But for most all other fish we like to catch, it’s gonna be really good over the next few days. And especially. Nights.