Fish in schools

[Mouldz]

We had a family picnic at Klienemonde yesterday,anyway I took my rod with but was not very hopefull the water was crystal clear and ice cold only fish biting were I&j frozen hake lol.
after a about half hour i landed a small pignose,my brothers comment was keep trying mommy and daddy might be around,I have always been told fish keep in schools of the same average size,so if the small ones are biting move on .
whats your thoughts on this

 

[Elf 786]

MOULDIE wrote:

We had a family picnic at Klienemonde yesterday,anyway I took my rod with but was not very hopefull the water was crystal clear and ice cold only fish biting were I&j frozen hake lol.
after a about half hour i landed a small pignose,my brothers comment was keep trying mommy and daddy might be around,I have always been told fish keep in schools of the same average size,so if the small ones are biting move on .
whats your thoughts on this

They ( white steenbras) definately operate in shoals and i've experiencd that if u get one and persist u will be rewarded with another... every now and again if one gets one fish u wonna pack up and go... i've now learnt to stick around , lol...

last year some time these steenies were caught by a friend of mine and his buddy. when we packed up my other buddy called us and told us he was also rewarded with a fish.

 

 

[Elf 786]

MOULDIE wrote:

We had a family picnic at Klienemonde yesterday,anyway I took my rod with but was not very hopefull the water was crystal clear and ice cold only fish biting were I&j frozen hake lol.
after a about half hour i landed a small pignose,my brothers comment was keep trying mommy and daddy might be around,I have always been told fish keep in schools of the same average size,so if the small ones are biting move on .
whats your thoughts on this

the fish were between 3-5kg's , i got one of about 35cm's the same day......

so the youngsters were operating with the bigger guys, lol

 

[Slymslak]

Dude the fish in the pic on the left looks like a Belman,but yes they do shoal in different sizes butt, you do tend to catch different sizes at differnt times of the tides(my 2c though)...On the other hand if a hole opens and something is available that they want to feed on ,I am sure it could also atract differnt shoals of differnt sizes to feed in one hole...
From experience I can definitly say that the smaller ones tend to vary from 25cm to 60cm in a shoal.

 

[Elf 786]

Slymslak wrote:

Dude the fish in the pic on the left looks like a Belman,but yes they do shoal in different sizes butt, you do tend to catch different sizes at differnt times of the tides(my 2c though)...On the other hand if a hole opens and something is available that they want to feed on ,I am sure it could also atract differnt shoals of differnt sizes to feed in one hole...
From experience I can definitly say that the smaller ones tend to vary from 25cm to 60cm in a shoal.

bellman at sonwabe, that will be a 1st..... def a steenbras.

 

 

[boepens]

Hey mouldie ja they do shoal in sizes often the bigger the fish the smaller the shoal exept when spawning . Sometimes shoals mix when the conditions r good . Me and a mate want to make a turn and fish ur turf soon targetting toofies and such heard the pier wall ? Is good .

 

[Mouldz]

Cool ,East pier is good for raggies,but you have to go at night to avoid the surfers and boats exiting and entering the mouth,Down the road at Fish point is also good for rags,give me a call when you come or pop in at Sunny sports at Rose hill mall I might join you to learn a trick or two.

 

[Slymslak]

The thin one must have had a eating disorder then or something,but I dont think

that belman anywhere on that piece of coast is so unlikely seeing you get lots at macs and strandfontein pavillion...so what happens inbetween?Might bee that we are casting a bit to far for them?Anyway goodluck with the steenie hunting!  

 

[Elf 786]

Slymslak wrote:

The thin one must have had a eating disorder then or something,but I dont think

that belman anywhere on that piece of coast is so unlikely seeing you get lots at macs and strandfontein pavillion...so what happens inbetween?Might bee that we are casting a bit to far for them?Anyway goodluck with the steenie hunting!  

i have been thinking the same thing  - how come from broken rd right up until baileys we do not have bellman coming out or why we do not target them???

maybe there main food source , prawns/bloodworm is more in abundance left of strandfontein pool and easier for them to access?

i have yet to see someone catch or hear of someone catching a bellman on that stretch.

how about starting a thread ???