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3 years ago | [YT] | 31

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DAM BEACHES ARE CLOSED 😳
DAM FISHING IS GREAT 👍
Albert Falls is firing with Massive Bass
The season has officially kicked off at Albert Falls with the cold front moving out the first wave of fish have hit the shallows and there are some excellent quality fish around.
We snuck in a 2hr 30min bank session yesterday and managed to get 5 Bass in total (2 Slabs)
Most fish are positioned near the closest transition to the main lake banks and are holding around grass edges.
A slow presentation is still key and weightless Zoom Flukes, Damiki Armor Shads and stick baits like YUM’s Dinger and McArthy’s 5” Stumpi are starting to operate but you need to be alert as fish are picking up the bait and just holding onto it.
The bite happens early morning and late afternoon just before sunset, prime times if you’re fishing from the bank.
Ensure you upscale your line as there are some really big fish around and as always put the big girls back safely to let them grow.

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3 years ago | [YT] | 25

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3 years ago | [YT] | 29

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Garrick Article “The Gentlemen of the ocean”
The Garrick (aka Leerie) is a popular target species for both artificial and live bait anglers and is known for their explosive topwater hits and amazing fights especially on light/medium gear.
The entire KZN and Eastern Cape coastline comes alive towards the latter of the sardine run and during the colder months, offering anglers the opportunity to target them. They can also be found in the Western cape and neighbouring countries, depending on their seasonal migration the target times will differ. They are relatively fast growing and can reach in excess of 30+ kgs, sizes will differ deepening on areas and time of the year, the legal size is 70cm and 2 per angler in possession. They are currently listed as Red on the SASSI list due to their low reproductive rate and increased illegal jigging, we urge anglers to stick to bag/size limits or practice catch and release.
Highly attuned to their environment they don’t mind big surf, low light or dirty water conditions to hunt in and rely heavily on their lateral line to zone in prey. Live Shad or Mullet and lures such as Plugs, bucktails and bigger topwater hard lures such as Halco poppers, cast into openings between banks and working them on the surface will deliver results whereas live bait works well, when they move into estuaries or even harbours (although that only happens for a short while during the season). But they also love soft plastics such as the McArthy Paddle Tails and Jerk Minnows. The brighter colours work best in low light and discoloured water conditions such as Hot Orange, Atomic Mullet and Pink. For clear water conditions, natural colours get the bite, Orca, olive pear, Electric Mullet and money.
Great times to target them is on an outgoing tide, or any areas creating a rip and for shore anglers you can even target them in the shore break. When fishing with lures be sure to maintain a constant, higher speed retrieve and when you feel the bite just keep winding as opposed to fishing with bait where you need to give the fish a second to pick up the bait and swim off before setting the hook.
Garrick can be targeted on anything from 7ft inshore spinning or casting rods to heavier rods rigged for sliding baits. Throwing lures from the shore is most often done on 10ft and 11ft spinning outfits. If sliding mono or copolymer lines are recommended as braid line is not too easy to slide with. But spinning braid is recommended due to its sensitivity and the distances that are required sometimes.
Where to fish?
They can be found in estuaries, harbours, off piers, offshore, deeper rocky ledges/points, river mouths, shoreline with working banks, openings, and channels
The tend to patrol these areas either in groups or solo in search off and to ambush their prey.
When to go
Preferably early morning and evening although can be targeted successfully throughout the day depending on tides, bait fish in area and water conditions
Lures & Gear
Depending on the areas fished your tackle (rod reel, braid and size of lures) will differ drastically.
In estuaries and harbours from the side and off a boat a 7ft/8ft rod paired with a 30/40 size reel spooled with 20 to 30lb braid will work
Rods (Okuma Recon Inshore, Tactical, Serrano, Hakai, Nomad, Sensation Power Plus Finesse)
Reels (Epixor, ITX, Ceymar, Helios)
In rocky areas, piers and surf a 9ft upwards > 12ft spinning rod with sizes 40 > 60 reel spooled with 20>40lb braid will work.
Rods (Okuma Matrix, Recon Inshore, Caspian, Pro Series, Loomis Archipelago)
Reels (Azores XP, Cedros, ITX, Metaloid)
Hard Lures-topwater lures or shallow divers are preferred
Plugs, bucktails (Blu Lures needle nose), Jerk baits (Sensation range), S-Bend spoon (Blu Lures) and poppers.
(Halco laser pro, C-Gar, Slidog, Max, Roosta Popper,
Fish Inc Hooker, Wing,
Zara Spook)
7cm to 25cm lures in general as broad spectrum
Soft Plastics Paddle tails and jerk minnows
(McArthy, Blu lures and KEITECH Baits in 4 to 6 inch)
TIPS When using lures
· Close to the river mouth and estuaries match your soft plastics to a more natural colour such as Olive mullet or Electric mullet unless the water is discoloured, in this case you would go with a brighter coloured lure.
· Away from estuaries utilise silver or flash bright coloured lure such as Orca or Shad
· Alternate your retrieve speeds to cover diff water columns, to see how they are feeding on the day.
· Change between soft plastics and hard topwater lures depending on the surface conditions and currents for the session.
· There are days they would prefer a faster action lure, straight our retrieve, some days a twitch and pause and others a slower retrieve with occasional twitching.
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3 years ago | [YT] | 30

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3 years ago | [YT] | 28

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SAILFISH- ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS
MINIMUM SIZE -0CM
DAILY LIMIT -5
PRIME TIME- All Day
TECHNIQUE- Bait / Lures
Everything that swims and eats a fish follows the Sardine migration and once the shoal hits the warmer waters of KZN sailfish seem to show up all the way from Port Edward to Sailfish Alley, between Cape Vidal and St. Lucia. Often a by catch for anglers targeting King Mackerel or Snoek, one of the simplest ways to target these beautiful fish is on the troll with either a livebait, deadbait or spread of lures such as the Halco’s. New anglers venturing out after a sailfish shouldn’t be intimidated by the stereotypical spread of lures as a livey or two trolled behind your boat or ski often has the same result. You may however also run into other predators such as Tuna, Mackerel and the odd tax man with a live bait out.

PRIME AREAS TO TARGET SAILFISH
Targeting visible bait balls can deliver a strike or two.
Maasbanker, Mackerel and small bonitos are the main go too as sailfish live baits on our coast, and they’re pretty tough so you can troll them for longer periods at a time. A great all-round ski and boat setup is the SLX range of offshore rods and reels. The bite is very subtle so fishing with as loose as possible drag enables the fish to inhale the bait before feeling any tension.

Be sure to use decent leader line when targeting these hard pulling acrobats and always fish a circle hook such as the Eagle Claw range to ensure a safe hookup in the side of the mouth and an easy release.
Check out gear recommendations at sardinecentral.co.za/medium/

3 years ago | [YT] | 15

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KOB (ARGYROSOMUS SPP.)
MINIMUM SIZE & DAILY LIMIT varies depending area fished and the type of kob caught
PRIME TIME Low Light
TECHNIQUE Bait / Lures
Scattered across our entire coastline, they are a shoaling species (includes Dusky, Silver Squaretail and Snapper Kob), so where you land one be sure to stick around as you might land more in the area, especially when targeting shallow sand banks, scattered rock banks, gullies, and the entrance to river mouths and at night it’s not uncommon to find them feeding up shallow close to shore.
PRIME AREAS TO TARGET KOB
As ambush predators Kob are very structure oriented relating to any current break, rocky banks, points, gullies, and sand banks be it in the surf, in an estuary or man-made harbour.
It takes an average Kob roughly 5-years to attain a length of a metre and reach sexual maturity, their growth rate slows significantly after that, although they can reach weights in excess of 80kgs and over 2m. Due to their slow growth rate vs numbers caught by both shore/offshore anglers/commercials, the numbers have dwindled over the years and are under severe threat.
There are several approaches that one can use to target Kob successfully:
– Live bait such as Mullet, Shad, Karrenteen are great for targeting your larger specimens.
– Prepared baits such the above fish fillets, chokka blobs/strips with added Redeye/sardine cutlets for scent.
– Lures both soft/hard plastics
Anglers that venture in search of these fish on paddle tails enjoy the ease of choice and equipment required, it’s a grab and go approach that includes an 8-12ft rod, 40-60 size spinning reel, head light, tackle bag, a couple lures and you are ready to start fishing.
WHERE TO FISH
As ambush predators Kob are very structure oriented relating to any current break, rocky banks, points, gullies, and sand banks be it in the surf, in an estuary or man-made harbour. Prime fishing times include the entire period from dusk to dawn and especially during a turning tide, when fishing from the beach as the tend to hold to the bottom in these areas hunting baitfish as they come over the bank. Offshore anglers have the added advantage of being able to target them off the edges of wrecks/reefs.
Check out gear recommendations at sardinecentral.co.za/medium/

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