Dream Kayak Catch, Dorado on the Rocks and Full Conditions Update
Dream Kayak Catch, Dorado on the Rocks and Full Conditions Updates: What another day! What a week. Everyone is smiling, even and especially the divers. As they pull some magic out of the bag yesterday and today. Amazing catches and underwater experiences. We gonna have to wait for The Bear to deliver his action-packed Master Watermen Friday Report tomorrow at around 4pm.
Enjoy today’s AM Roundup…
Dream Kayak Catch
Martin deJager made the BOMB of a catch off his kayak on the KZN South Coast day before yesterday. Aside from the first couta of the season caught on the KZN south coast, Martin also bagged a bus GT. Looks over the 20kg mark to me from this angle.
But that’s not all…!
Check at all the dorado lying on the floor! Plus an angry looking skipjack tuna (call it what you like). What a dream catch for anyone.
Dorado on the Rocks
Should read dorado off the rocks this morning at the Margate Pier. Tom caught one on a live shad earlier. And then a little later on a top bung bait, Koos got one too! A monster of a fight, koos lasted a full 90 minutes before someone went down and grabbed the fish for him.
Synoptic Analysis
Looks good for the next few days. A cold front with a slightly more serious face is aiming for Cape Town. To be there in about three or four days and then us later next week.
But for right now, and for this weekend, if you can get out there, go for it!
And we never even said shad once!
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 195,000 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.
2024 Sardine Map
2023 Sardine Map
2021 Sardine Map
Channels
Brucifire Surf Retorts – highly entertaining surf reporting
Master Watermen – news from way down deep
The Sardine News – neva miss a single sardine
FishBazaruto – 1000 pounds plus
MYDO Tackle Talk – highly technical sport fishing
Surf Launching Southern Africa – getting out there safely
Water Woes – complain about your municipality here
Websites
umzimkulu.co.za – self-catering right on the Umzimkulu River
umzimkuluadrenalin.co.za – will get you right out and onto the edge
thesardine.co.za – never miss a single sardine
masterwatermen.co.za – news from under water
fishbazaruto.com – dreams
brucifire.co.za – surf retorts
