Kob in abundance ....

Dillon

Dillon

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Hi guys i have seen NICE KOB come out at various spots and heard of good catches on hi and low!!!
What do you guys think? Is it good fish stock or just plain global warming?
Is this a normal thing because i have never experienced this "winter event".
 
Dillon

Dillon

Sealiner
aquadementia wrote:
last time kob stocks were checked they were at 3% of unfished levels, so no the stocks arent good...
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Hey Aqua, long time no chat hey? lol...ok so the fish stock is bad. What do you think,why are the kob so ACTIVE?
 
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BigT

Senior Member
Hi Dillon

"Winter kob" or should I rather say kob in winter,as they are the same fish we catch in spring, summer and autumn, is not an unusual event. They around all year. With enough SE, which is rare in Cape Town during the winter months, they do make an appearance.

What is however a concern is the lack of steenbras. But thats just how it goes. We've had an exceptional kob season but looking back over the years, not unusual. So enoy it while it lasts. The kob that do come in to feed are usually big. And thats been proven by the fish that have been caught recently.

my 2c
 
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Maasbanker

Sealiner
BigT wrote:
Hi Dillon

"Winter kob" or should I rather say kob in winter,as they are the same fish we catch in spring, summer and autumn, is not an unusual event. They around all year. With enough SE, which is rare in Cape Town during the winter months, they do make an appearance.

What is however a concern is the lack of steenbras. But thats just how it goes. We've had an exceptional kob season but looking back over the years, not unusual. So enoy it while it lasts. The kob that do come in to feed are usually big. And thats been proven by the fish that have been caught recently.

my 2c
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Hi Dillon ! If we look at the Kob that's caught in Namibia, the Skeleton Coast is fed by the nutrient rich cold Benguela current which actually originates a few kilometers off Cape Point. This water is "cold" but rich in nutrients. Previous years we have had excellent catches of Cob during winter because we were targeting them, so when the wind conditions are right (normally SE) then it's not unusual to land decent size cob. In my opinion, the cob reside in False Bay because the ocean temperatures are still very moderate, the fish however seek shelter either in deeper water or closer to where the food is and I've noticed that their feeding pattern changes and prefers smaller, more streamline bait, hence the good catches on bloodworm and thin strips of pencilbait... I have a diary of all my catches since 1998, where I recorded tides, weather conditions and water temperature, our most prolific catches were when the water was "cold", the warmer water is depleted of oxygen and fish just don't want to be there... just my zim $ ! LOL !
 
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Elf 786

Sealiner
BigT wrote:
Hi Dillon

"Winter kob" or should I rather say kob in winter,as they are the same fish we catch in spring, summer and autumn, is not an unusual event. They around all year. With enough SE, which is rare in Cape Town during the winter months, they do make an appearance.

What is however a concern is the lack of steenbras. But thats just how it goes. We've had an exceptional kob season but looking back over the years, not unusual. So enoy it while it lasts. The kob that do come in to feed are usually big. And thats been proven by the fish that have been caught recently.

my 2c
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i only got about 4 steenbras in the past few months , all undersize... Ohter than the 14kg Steenbra that was also in the the people's post newpaper i never heard or saw even the treknetters get anything bigger than 5kg......

 
 
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Elf 786

Sealiner
Maasbanker wrote:
BigT wrote:
Hi Dillon

"Winter kob" or should I rather say kob in winter,as they are the same fish we catch in spring, summer and autumn, is not an unusual event. They around all year. With enough SE, which is rare in Cape Town during the winter months, they do make an appearance.

What is however a concern is the lack of steenbras. But thats just how it goes. We've had an exceptional kob season but looking back over the years, not unusual. So enoy it while it lasts. The kob that do come in to feed are usually big. And thats been proven by the fish that have been caught recently.

my 2c
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Hi Dillon ! If we look at the Kob that's caught in Namibia, the Skeleton Coast is fed by the nutrient rich cold Benguela current which actually originates a few kilometers off Cape Point. This water is "cold" but rich in nutrients. Previous years we have had excellent catches of Cob during winter because we were targeting them, so when the wind conditions are right (normally SE) then it's not unusual to land decent size cob. In my opinion, the cob reside in False Bay because the ocean temperatures are still very moderate, the fish however seek shelter either in deeper water or closer to where the food is and I've noticed that their feeding pattern changes and prefers smaller, more streamline bait, hence the good catches on bloodworm and thin strips of pencilbait... I have a diary of all my catches since 1998, where I recorded tides, weather conditions and water temperature, our most prolific catches were when the water was "cold", the warmer water is depleted of oxygen and fish just don't want to be there... just my zim $ ! LOL !
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well put meneer!!!!!
 
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TOE 007

Sealiner
yes guys the Kob has made an apperance once again at Strandfontein !!

Some of the OLD locals have always told us when the varkore flowers then the kob are around , and theres plenty of varkore .

i also watched a porgram the other night and they say 2010 is and el nino year , could explain the abundance of Kobs now ....

anyway i kknow of a couple of steenies coming out at Macs , but wen we went down there last week , there was 3 suspect skollies skeefing us out .
 
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Maasbanker

Sealiner
TOE 007 wrote:
yes guys the Kob has made an apperance once again at Strandfontein !!

Some of the OLD locals have always told us when the varkore flowers then the kob are around , and theres plenty of varkore .

i also watched a porgram the other night and they say 2010 is and el nino year , could explain the abundance of Kobs now ....

anyway i kknow of a couple of steenies coming out at Macs , but wen we went down there last week , there was 3 suspect skollies skeefing us out .
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That's the first sign or should I say nature giving us permission to start hunting cob ! :wfish 
 
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