[b]please post any information on blacktail/kolste
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Chuck Norris
Senior Member
makes good livebait for Leeries
mr estuary
New member
Makes for an excellent, tasty meal. Great sport on light tackle too. And the initial bite and subsequent pull is unlike any other you can imagine.
KillerWhale
Senior Member
KillerWhale
Senior Member
my advice...flippy is the ideal candidate for internet angler of the year. he seems to know how to use google very well.:addn
aquadementia
Sealiner
At night they come up to midwater and can be caught on drift baits from boats. Good fun on light tackle. If you stand on a beach anywhere in South Africa, theres probably a blacktail or six nearby
sparky2009
Senior Member
Common Name: Blacktail...
Other Names: Dassie...
Scientific Name: Diplodus capensis...
Length: 35 - 40 CM...
Weight: Average weight... 1.5 - 2 kg...
Habitat: Blacktails can be found in rock pools and close inshore. They are normally caught off the rocks as they will be swimming around sheltered areas...
Distribution: Found throughout South Africa...
Bait: Blacktails are not fussy when it comes to bait. They will take a large range of baits such sardine (pilchards, red eye), worms, squid, mussels, crabs etc...
Fishing Strategy: Blacktails do not require any special fishing strategy. Light tackle with a small size hook will work best. A large hook will cause the angler to lose the fish.
Eating Quality: Good, but only with larger specimens.
Other Names: Dassie...
Scientific Name: Diplodus capensis...
Length: 35 - 40 CM...
Weight: Average weight... 1.5 - 2 kg...
Habitat: Blacktails can be found in rock pools and close inshore. They are normally caught off the rocks as they will be swimming around sheltered areas...
Distribution: Found throughout South Africa...
Bait: Blacktails are not fussy when it comes to bait. They will take a large range of baits such sardine (pilchards, red eye), worms, squid, mussels, crabs etc...
Fishing Strategy: Blacktails do not require any special fishing strategy. Light tackle with a small size hook will work best. A large hook will cause the angler to lose the fish.
Eating Quality: Good, but only with larger specimens.
sakkie7116
Senior Member
sparky2009 wrote:
Thanks to reefman
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nice vis
vang hom diep en vlak,en met vlak meen ek soms baie vlak
rooi aas beste maar het my grootste op pilchard gevang
as hulle byt die dag byt hulle ordentlik
water te skoon is beter jy flurocarbon gebruik
het dit al getoets,ek en partner van en hy met gewone hoek lyn strop en ek met fluro dan trek ek hulle onder hom uit,donker kolstert meer in dieper water en ligte een meer in vlakker sand/klip gebiede,as jy in die nag by oesterbank vang kry jy monsters
vang hom diep en vlak,en met vlak meen ek soms baie vlak
rooi aas beste maar het my grootste op pilchard gevang
as hulle byt die dag byt hulle ordentlik
water te skoon is beter jy flurocarbon gebruik
het dit al getoets,ek en partner van en hy met gewone hoek lyn strop en ek met fluro dan trek ek hulle onder hom uit,donker kolstert meer in dieper water en ligte een meer in vlakker sand/klip gebiede,as jy in die nag by oesterbank vang kry jy monsters
Fights on light tackle if you get a big one. Big ones like a nice fillet of fresh pilchard, or some chokka, or even some pink prown or sand prawn/cracker shrimp.
Supposedly tasty, but I don't eat fish much so I can't attest to this personally.
Sharks love to eat them, certain sharks view them as black tailed candy drops...So if you want to catch a shark, use one as bait.
Their dorsal fins can poke you, especially when you gut them...that's not lekker at all.
Big ones can have teeth in their mouth, so watch out when you try get the hook out, cos they can sometimes bite you, that's also not lekker at all.
Supposedly tasty, but I don't eat fish much so I can't attest to this personally.
Sharks love to eat them, certain sharks view them as black tailed candy drops...So if you want to catch a shark, use one as bait.
Their dorsal fins can poke you, especially when you gut them...that's not lekker at all.
Big ones can have teeth in their mouth, so watch out when you try get the hook out, cos they can sometimes bite you, that's also not lekker at all.
JJ Pienaar
Sealiner
they a menas when you targeting other fish... when you put out a nice bait for a kob or any big size fish and you feel that bump bump... make's me mall... they dont get very big in KZN but now and then you get that beast of a one... A cuta of 30kg+ was caught off scottbrugh point not to long ago on a live black tail...