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zmahomedy

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Just started fishing for cuda off durban harbour with no luck.

Using cuda dusters with sardines, trolling with 1 motor
up to blue lagoon and back. 4 lines out 2 center ones around 30 meters out and the 2 ends closer to the wake

any ideas on setup, speed , location around durban would be helpfull

thanks
 
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J_Bay

Sealiner
There are plenty guys on here who know the deal with those fish. I'm sure you'll get a response once they're online!
 
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benniejordaan

Sealiner
Hi,
You would be better off working specific reefs known to hold couta. Problem is they are not really "wild" straight off Durban. Some guys will load bait and not even start fishing till they get to Zinwazi.

My advice would be to work the couta ground. If you PM me your email address, I'll give you some marks. When the water is clean, don't even use a duster, rather use a small green bead and go as light as possible on your wire. Live baits are going to produce more fish and putting extra effort in is worth it but don't discount a dead sardine even amongst the livies. Fish the lower 3rd of the water column. Try get a bait right at the bottom, one about 3m up and one a bit higher.  
 
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Eric Cotton

Senior Member
benniejordaan wrote:
Hi,
You would be better off working specific reefs known to hold couta. Problem is they are not really "wild" straight off Durban. Some guys will load bait and not even start fishing till they get to Zinwazi.

My advice would be to work the couta ground. If you PM me your email address, I'll give you some marks. When the water is clean, don't even use a duster, rather use a small green bead and go as light as possible on your wire. Live baits are going to produce more fish and putting extra effort in is worth it but don't discount a dead sardine even amongst the livies. Fish the lower 3rd of the water column. Try get a bait right at the bottom, one about 3m up and one a bit higher.  
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Good advice Has been given here, as Bennie said try and stay away from dusters and use green glow beads. The main bait would be is live bait....Also keep a veraity of sinkers for the down riggers, from 2 ounce to 8 ounce and play with all these sinkers until you find where the couta are. Trawl around a reef structer where the couta are normall found not in the bush... Soon you will get a few of these
 

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dugongboy

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Shaun17

New member
Howzit Bennie,

Apologies for hijacking this post, but i'm also new to fishing for Couta and am even looking at entering this years Durban Skiboat Competition, more for the fun but obviously dont want to blank.

I have a load of coordinates, and hopefully if you could just give me the name of some Couta grounds i'll be able to find out where these bad boys are hiding!!!

Thanks

Shaun
 
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dugongboy

Sealiner
hehhehhehhe.......On the day of the comp go to one of the baitspots (Containers or Barge) get live bait amongst the 400 boats and then follow 300 of them to Umdloti.....good luck!!
 
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Shaun17

New member
Hahahahaha.... is it that bad??? :fbash Either way, good weather (hopefully), some mates and a bait in the water..... it's all good
 
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Bwana

New member
Some very good advice given already. My personal favourite to have in any spread in amongst livies / deadbait while powerdrifting or slow trolling is a good quality dead mackerel with a lollipop baitswimmer and pearl duster fished right near the bottom with a 6-10oz sinker as a downrigger. This has caught me some nice couta, often will get a rev on it before a livie. Worth a shot for sure.
 
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