Fishing, fishing, fishing and more fishing!

Fishing, fishing, fishing and more fishing!

Fishing, fishing, fishing and more fishing!: yip, it’s on! From the north to south and all in between, the catches have been rolling in.

Deep Sea

The summer gamefish have splashed right in. Wahoo, sailfish and dorado have been featuring amongst some amazing catches made recently.

Garrick, kingfish, yellowtail, bonito and tuna make up the rest of the catches.

This is Adam and crew yesterday!

Rock n Surf

Plenty shad fishing practice going on! With only 7 days to go, we just got to be patient. The sorry lack of officials to enforce the shad fishing ban is making it very tempting for some. Ever since Ezimvelo got fired by the clowns at the ANC, their replacement DAFF has been putting on a pathetic show of doing their job. With no sign of change.

There just doesn’t seem to be any law and order anymore?!

Luckily you can at least find peace at some fishing spots. Where a crowd is not really a big problem. And can be a comfort in this lawless day and age.

The Sansdspit in Port Shepstone is just that…over to Alan…

Cape Town is also wallowing in summer. Good times!

Dive Report by The Bear

Dorado shot in the shorebreak! Full report in video below…

Friday Dive Report…

Synoptic Analysis

After looking to conspire and join forces, those two impending cold fronts seem to have had an argument and split back into two distinct systems. One has overtaken the other and is in the Cape today already!

This has eased the overall pressure differences and we have marvellous weather here in KZN. For the last 4 days, it has been incredibly mild. Plus today and right on into tomorrow – which is the pearl day of the week for sure.

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.

2024 Sardine Map

2023 Sardine Map

2022 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 deep down
fishbazaruto.com – your dreams are out there