I have booked a two week holiday at the resort for the end of Feb,I would appreciate any info regarding spots,bait and fish species that I can target during this period.I am a edible and non edible fisherman,so I will target anything that will take the bait.i am currently working in the Ivory coast so I desperately need catch a fish or six when I get to S.A.Not that much fun to have a gun in you face every time the locals decide to strike,lol.
I have booked a two week holiday at the resort for
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JJ Pienaar
Sealiner
bud this time of the year there are a lot of spoted eagle ray's in that area. . . Choka and prawn baits or even ocky leg. . . And go fish the gully its rite there
JJ Pienaar
Sealiner
ps. . For the spoted eagle ray's u want to float your bait for lots of movment and to lift it a bit higher in the water collum
JJ Pienaar
Sealiner
Park Renie, these are so many spots u can fish while u in that area umkamaas, the gully, insamai, scottburgh point, umdoni point and all these places produce big fish eds and non eds.. . . . .
Sharky2 wrote:
Hi Sharky2, that is my Dec holiday spot, been going there the last 6 years. Always stay in the chalets, where will you be staying?
I am a lazy bugger on my family holidays, so I only fish the stretch in front of the resort, so I will explain what it looked like now in Dec.
If you stand on the beach in front of the chalets:
2. Beach in front of chalets
There is a big sandbank that runs from right to left that starts 10m from the beach on the right and runs left parralel to the beach at about 250m in front of the chalets. There is a nice deep gully between the beach and the bank and at high that gully fills up to about 2-3 m. nice for cob at night and all kind of sharks come into that gully at night. the rays also patrol that bank. You can catch anything here at high tide. I have caught Spotted Eagle Ray, Cob, Blackfin, Raggie, Prodigal son, Guitar, Greys and spinners here, and hooked into some fish that cannot be landed on normal rod and reel!
3. Rocks to the Right
First rock is called "Submarine" with a small bay and then "Pinky rocks". In this bay is the shad and garrick, with rockcod, rays, blacktail, karenteen. The shad are normally there early morning and late afternoon. On a low tide try and get onto the furthest rock (pinky) and through a drift whole sardine bait out into the deep end of the bay for shad.
4. Scatterred reef
Past Pinky rocks you will get scatterred reef going around the bend on the right leading to Kelso station. Brilliant reef for edibles and nice kingies! Altough lots of small rocks and bricks in the water a nice shad swimbait will get the kingies chasing.
Every day just before sunset I put two shads on slides or through baits out and spike the rods about 10m from the grass infront of the chalets and light the fire. I sit there on the stoep braai, have my drinks and spend time with the family. when I feel like it I go reel them in, but if the weather is good and a shad on the slide you should be reeling in a nice fish not just the sinker!!
Enjoy and relax!
Hi Sharky2, that is my Dec holiday spot, been going there the last 6 years. Always stay in the chalets, where will you be staying?
I am a lazy bugger on my family holidays, so I only fish the stretch in front of the resort, so I will explain what it looked like now in Dec.
If you stand on the beach in front of the chalets:
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2. Beach in front of chalets
There is a big sandbank that runs from right to left that starts 10m from the beach on the right and runs left parralel to the beach at about 250m in front of the chalets. There is a nice deep gully between the beach and the bank and at high that gully fills up to about 2-3 m. nice for cob at night and all kind of sharks come into that gully at night. the rays also patrol that bank. You can catch anything here at high tide. I have caught Spotted Eagle Ray, Cob, Blackfin, Raggie, Prodigal son, Guitar, Greys and spinners here, and hooked into some fish that cannot be landed on normal rod and reel!
3. Rocks to the Right
First rock is called "Submarine" with a small bay and then "Pinky rocks". In this bay is the shad and garrick, with rockcod, rays, blacktail, karenteen. The shad are normally there early morning and late afternoon. On a low tide try and get onto the furthest rock (pinky) and through a drift whole sardine bait out into the deep end of the bay for shad.
4. Scatterred reef
Past Pinky rocks you will get scatterred reef going around the bend on the right leading to Kelso station. Brilliant reef for edibles and nice kingies! Altough lots of small rocks and bricks in the water a nice shad swimbait will get the kingies chasing.
Every day just before sunset I put two shads on slides or through baits out and spike the rods about 10m from the grass infront of the chalets and light the fire. I sit there on the stoep braai, have my drinks and spend time with the family. when I feel like it I go reel them in, but if the weather is good and a shad on the slide you should be reeling in a nice fish not just the sinker!!
Enjoy and relax!
@sharky2, my pleasure. Shad is by far the best bait there for non-eds. Either whole shad for sharks or shad head for flatfish and chokka baits as a second, whole chokka slide or just the head for flatties. Try to put a line out at night and spike the rod as close to the chalets as you can on the beach, good fishing at night and you get to spend time with the family.
200ts wrote:
@200ts, it is a great fishing spot. Not the most productive though. The advantage being that if you stay in the chalets, you can put a big bait out on slide or cast bait out at dusk and spike the rod on the beach near the chalets and go on to braai and spend time with the family and leave the rod there for 4-6 hours until you go to bed. And you fish and relax with the wife at the same time. I spend my most hours fishing at night (best time for non-eds), while spending all of that time with my wife, so she loves my fishing, because when the rod goes it means action!
Best of both worlds, 6 hours fishing for big nunu's and spending the same time with the wife, having a braai and some wine on the stoep and not taking her out of her holiday luxury!
@200ts, it is a great fishing spot. Not the most productive though. The advantage being that if you stay in the chalets, you can put a big bait out on slide or cast bait out at dusk and spike the rod on the beach near the chalets and go on to braai and spend time with the family and leave the rod there for 4-6 hours until you go to bed. And you fish and relax with the wife at the same time. I spend my most hours fishing at night (best time for non-eds), while spending all of that time with my wife, so she loves my fishing, because when the rod goes it means action!
Best of both worlds, 6 hours fishing for big nunu's and spending the same time with the wife, having a braai and some wine on the stoep and not taking her out of her holiday luxury!
Angler X that prodigal son is an absolute BEAUTY!!!!! Great catch!!
I have fond memories of Happy Wanderers. When I was still living in Durban we often used to go there and pull all nighters on the beach in front of the caravan park. Spotlights from the caravan park used to help a lot.
That channel you mentioned is very productive. I caught Cob and also been stripped there. During the sardine run its also a great spot and nets are often hauled there. I'm planning a trip in July....HOPEFULLY!!!
Sharkey, Angler X has been very informative, just follow his advice. You can also try using ghost crabs at night in that channel. Tight lines bud.
I have fond memories of Happy Wanderers. When I was still living in Durban we often used to go there and pull all nighters on the beach in front of the caravan park. Spotlights from the caravan park used to help a lot.
That channel you mentioned is very productive. I caught Cob and also been stripped there. During the sardine run its also a great spot and nets are often hauled there. I'm planning a trip in July....HOPEFULLY!!!
Sharkey, Angler X has been very informative, just follow his advice. You can also try using ghost crabs at night in that channel. Tight lines bud.
Sorry for the late reply guys but sealine is blocked here at work,so i can only access sealine after working hours which is after 6 o'clock and there's a 2 hour time difference so it's already 8 o'clock in S.A.
Angler x,manna for you.I couldn't have asked for better advice and info.What did you catch the prodigal son on,live shad?Will there still be some kob around in Feb?
I chose happy wanderers for that exact reason,to fish while I spend some time with my wife and 2yr old daughter.i haven't seen them for 3 months so I need to spend some time with them too,so I'll be able to fish while I braai and play with my daugter,bonus if you ask me.
Here's some pics of the chalets
Angler x,manna for you.I couldn't have asked for better advice and info.What did you catch the prodigal son on,live shad?Will there still be some kob around in Feb?
I chose happy wanderers for that exact reason,to fish while I spend some time with my wife and 2yr old daughter.i haven't seen them for 3 months so I need to spend some time with them too,so I'll be able to fish while I braai and play with my daugter,bonus if you ask me.
Here's some pics of the chalets
