GEELBECK

Jason Tonkin

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I have been fishing off my kayak trying to catch geelbeck but have never caught one before any advice would be appreciated thanks.
 
hi, the thing about geelbek in my experience which might make them little hard to target off kayaks (i dont have any kayak experience so i wont know) is that geelbek love big swell and 9 out of 10 that is when you make your best catches! They very seldom feed flat on the bottom and prefer your bait to be between 1 and 3 fathoms up from the seabed. As they go on the bite they like to rise with the bait and feed a mere 5 fathoms below your boat/kayakl. Ideal water depth would be between 20 to 40 metres. These guidelines i must add are for the jeffreysbay to huisklip area, but i am sure it will be the same for your area as well. They like rocky reefs and absolutely love chokka. A whole medium size squid with a 8/0 to 10/0 will do the job for those lekker juggernaut geelbek! Hope this helps!
 
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