When you get a call to invite you on a trip to Kosi Bay, all other things in life seem relative. We were booked from the 9[sup]th[/sup] to the 15[sup]th[/sup] of Feb and our aim was to land the elusive GT.
1:30 AM and the 4X4 was already purring on the highway. With a brief stop in Piet Retief we soon got to Kosi Bay town. We reached the cabin at 9AM and settled in to a light meal. With the high tide only at 15:30 we decided to wet a line off the reef. Some nice rockcod and some other rock fish came out. A few were kept for the evening braai.
3 of the guys decided to tackle the North beach for the night shift. At around 2 AM they landed a lovely sand shark of around 1.8m in length. Accidents happen so quick and while removing the hook from the shark my mate gets the second hook lodged in his wrist ( check out the pics below)
The 1km walk back to camp seemed forever and then the drive back into to Kosi Bay town to find the hospital.
Fortunately no major damage was caused and after some hilarious moments at the hospital the guys were back at camp by 8 AM. They spent the entire day sleeping. We had another stint off the reef for more fun with the rock fish.
Sunday evening was a quiet night without much activity on the surf. On Monday we decided to take a drive out to Black Rock. A truly beautiful place. The water was absolutely clear. From the top we could see some huge fish swimming by. Trying all kind of bait couldn’t temp any of these fish to bite.
We realised that without live bait our chances would be slim. So Tuesday morning we caught a few livies and on the first cast a GT of around 3.5 KGs was landed. Another GT was of about the same size was lost at the lip of the mouth.
The evening session was looking very promising and didn’t disappoint ... Yet another GT of 4.6 KGs was landed as well as a Rock salmon of around 5 kgs.
Wednesday evening saw the mother GT coming in to say hello.... See pic. The fish was released to come visit again.
Thursday only produced a few blacktails which went straight on to the braai.
Friday the wind decided to blow a gale which prompted us to pack up a bit earlier and head home. It’s amazing how time flies when you’re having fun.
As for the mouth.... 3 weeks ago it was well over 200m wide. By the time we got there it was about 100m wide and had moved from where it was a year ago.
The channel at high tide was around 4 m deep. This allowed the GT’s so come in to feed. I expected a lot more fish to come through though.
Being spring tide it made wading to the south beach easier even though there were some deep channels to negotiate.
1:30 AM and the 4X4 was already purring on the highway. With a brief stop in Piet Retief we soon got to Kosi Bay town. We reached the cabin at 9AM and settled in to a light meal. With the high tide only at 15:30 we decided to wet a line off the reef. Some nice rockcod and some other rock fish came out. A few were kept for the evening braai.
3 of the guys decided to tackle the North beach for the night shift. At around 2 AM they landed a lovely sand shark of around 1.8m in length. Accidents happen so quick and while removing the hook from the shark my mate gets the second hook lodged in his wrist ( check out the pics below)
The 1km walk back to camp seemed forever and then the drive back into to Kosi Bay town to find the hospital.
Fortunately no major damage was caused and after some hilarious moments at the hospital the guys were back at camp by 8 AM. They spent the entire day sleeping. We had another stint off the reef for more fun with the rock fish.
Sunday evening was a quiet night without much activity on the surf. On Monday we decided to take a drive out to Black Rock. A truly beautiful place. The water was absolutely clear. From the top we could see some huge fish swimming by. Trying all kind of bait couldn’t temp any of these fish to bite.
We realised that without live bait our chances would be slim. So Tuesday morning we caught a few livies and on the first cast a GT of around 3.5 KGs was landed. Another GT was of about the same size was lost at the lip of the mouth.
The evening session was looking very promising and didn’t disappoint ... Yet another GT of 4.6 KGs was landed as well as a Rock salmon of around 5 kgs.
Wednesday evening saw the mother GT coming in to say hello.... See pic. The fish was released to come visit again.
Thursday only produced a few blacktails which went straight on to the braai.
Friday the wind decided to blow a gale which prompted us to pack up a bit earlier and head home. It’s amazing how time flies when you’re having fun.
As for the mouth.... 3 weeks ago it was well over 200m wide. By the time we got there it was about 100m wide and had moved from where it was a year ago.
The channel at high tide was around 4 m deep. This allowed the GT’s so come in to feed. I expected a lot more fish to come through though.
Being spring tide it made wading to the south beach easier even though there were some deep channels to negotiate.
