KZN South Coast Dorado bite on! The “dollies” are officially in the hood…although very little is known about these widespread pelagics, they do seem to prevail season to season just fine. Being open ocean spawners, the dorado (and the sailfish) are purported to be the most hardy of all our pelagic fish species and that … Read more
Wild Dorado off Port Shepstone The south westerley buster blasted through during our ride out of the Umzimkulu River mouth – into the chocolate brown plume that spits out of the river, this time of year. It’s on the seam between this brown water, and the clear deep blue of the Mozambique current, that the … Read more
MustByt Charters join thesardine.co.za Mike Schneider and his team at MustByt Charters in Shelley Beach have many years fishing and skippering experience between them. Targeting gamefish like tuna, dorado, king mackeral, billfish and amberjack, they also fish on the bottom for the odd black steenbras, salmon and redfish. Their fleet of boats are professionally rigged … Read more
Late April can sometimes be a treat in Southern Mozambique when pockets of warm water cruise randomly about in the Mozambique channel…bringing back in the Dorado, Sailfish and Striped Marlin. Diversity Scuba has 26 degrees noted on their conditions board. And this nice dorado was in the market yesterday…
Up in Southern Mozambique, and right down the coast into Southern Natal, the seasonal “Dorado” are coming out regularly. Local boats in Tofo are getting 4’s and 5’s interspersed with the usual small couta and the odd sailfish. Yesterday Jose Rungu hooked a big marlin that towed him and his rowboat around the bay for … Read more
