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CannonRocks303

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Has anyone tried dropshotting around Kenton-on-Sea, Bushmans, Port Alfred, Boknestrand or Cannon Rocks? If so please tell me whereabouts so that I can try, also catches in those areas on dropshot. I am experienced in rock and surf and I kinda know where to start dropshotting, but if anyone has had luck at any of the above spots please tell me:p where and what was caught so that I can try my luck. Please tell me ASAP like today!! as I am leaving tommorow:D. Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanx;););)
 

camstaude

Senior Member
I fished rock and surf in Kenton and there are plenty of gullies around middle beach, kariega river mouth and bushman’s river mouth. There are two rivers, bushman’s and kariega which have lots of leervis, kob, and grunter.

there are two many places to suggest now but a place I think would work really well and I know fly fisherman have had success with the above mentioned species is in the evening at the floating restaurant. This is basically a jetty with a restaurant situated in a deep channel. At night time they shine a light into the water which attracts bait fish and in turn attracts the game fish. I would think that any of the drop shot for game fish as well as the worms and shrimps would work well here.


The floating restaurant is on the bushman’s river and is accessible by a car. Just ask any one when you there as everyone knows the place and it’s very easy to find.

Also if you take a drive to the bushman’s river mouth and park in the car park, then walk to the mouth and walk from right to left towards middle beach you will come across many gullies with deep wholes where, kob, blacktail and bronze bream are often caught as well as rockod. Also along the rocks at Shelly beach there are some good holes. Shelly beach is between bushman’s river mouth and Shelly beach.

There are also some good places in cannon rocks and port alfred but you will see them when you get there.

good luck and tight lines....i'm sure you should catch in these areas!
 

camstaude

Senior Member
My PB has been a 4.5 kg spotted grunter in the kariega river caught on pilchard strip bait!

I walked about 2km up the Kariega river from the bridge away from the mouth.

i'm not sure if drop shot would yield the same results but might be worth a try. also if the drop shot is not working you can pump prawns in both rivers and there are plenty of mullet to catch for some live bait
 

CannonRocks303

New member
Thanx, I fish that coastline every July and December, so I know exactly where you are talking about. Also if you ever fish at Boknes the lagoon behind the beach is a perfect place to pump prawn. Are you going down that way this December?
 

mashaba

New member
[color=#006600]camstaude[/color] wrote:
I fished rock and surf in Kenton and there are plenty of gullies around middle beach, kariega river mouth and bushman’s river mouth.

hey

we going to kenton in april, where would you suggest we try for big shark and kob?  have you caught big fish there before? is april a good time to go surf fishing in kenton? 
 

CannonRocks303

New member
My best has been a 5kg Kob. I do know that an oke caught a 100kg kob early in 2007 at Kenton. Alot of kob come out of that area in and around Kenton. I dont fishfor sharks but my cousin went down to our holiday home at Cannon Rocks nearby, he fishes for sharks and he caught a few 50kg sharks in November. April is a good time for there, feb is best though.
 

CannonRocks303

New member
100kg is just what I heard, we heard it from my dads friend in East London who said that an oke had gone down there and caught nothing in the surf, but then tried his luck in the bushmans river and caught a 100kg in the deep channel under the bridge. I also thought it was strange, the biggest Kob I have ever heard of before that was 75kg caught in the Cannon Rocks/ Kenton Area. Thats just what I heard(the 100kg kob), the oke told m dads best friend that in EL. Whether its true or not I dont know:?:?:? 
 

mashaba

New member
thanks cannonrocks

the 100kg kob sounds a bit far fetched :shock: but maybe its true:?

what baits and methods have you had success with fishing for kob in the past?

dropshotting wasnt very productive last time i visited kenton as we only caught a few flathead:(

 
 

CannonRocks303

New member
The best but for Kob is definately a pilchard and squid combination. I normally fish 2hrs before a high tide and into high tide. The best is at dusk and spring tide. I normally use a running sinker and a 5/O hook.:D:D. Have u fished at Port Alfred?
 

duane

Senior Member
They probably meant 100 pound and not 100 kilograms.

Don't think cob can get that big, to be honest with you I have never heard of one over 75Kg's being caught.

Just my 2 cents.

GONE FISHING...............................
 

CannonRocks303

New member
No have never gone fishing in PA, would like to though:D. The two break waters at the mouth of the Kowie look like excellent fishing spots. I think I'll try there in July. 
 

mashaba

New member
have you got an idea on how wind and the tides affect the fishing quality in kenton?

heard so many diffrent theories on this matter and i am quite confused at present:?
 
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