Hi all I had a bit of fishing fun with my lighty and Joe, off the harbour wall. I saw someone going out with a ski - a kaskazi. Sealiner perhaps?
I thought I'd share what I learned in Hout Bay so far. Most of the time the plan (for me anyway) is to head out 1st to some spot where I know I have chance of boating something and along the way look for other options.
Best bet in Hout Bay is to head to the right upon leaving the harbour. There is a very shallow reef about 80m from the shore right opposite Fish on the Rocks. It breaks during low tide so watch out for surprize waves out of nowhere.
Further along the coast you will pass the, erm... sewage outfall pumpstation. nasty, but around here your best fishing starts for hottentot, hottentot and some very nice hottentot. With a SE blowing, a good method is to paddle upwind and drift fish the area. Drift from a mile out upwind from the pumpstation, back towards the side. Along the way you will quickly find the hotspots as you pass over numerous reefs.
Really the water quality here is very good - the outfall is near the mouth of the bay and effluent is dispersed and removed by the currents quite effectively. I think.
Take note of the boundary for the Karbonkelberg marine reserve which is a no take zone. Previously I ventured in there unawares of the no take status and I can confirm very good numbers of extremely large hottentot. But the area described provides just as much fun just with smaller fish. A handline here worked best to detect those sneaky bites.
OK, thats it for the hotties or Cape bream to be more correct.
And then the snoek arrive! You can hook into them as close as the area surrounding Dungeons. Yep, they are there, and very close to the side.
Then (and this is very hush-hush) there is cob in the bay. But maybe you should pm me for more details Bwahaha! No, seriously.
Lots of baitfish (mostly mullet) keep near the rivermouth. I have not seen anything worth targetting but if the baitfish are plenty there must be something hunting them.
Anyway, that's it basically. For now.
That upwind paddle this afternoon from across the bay looked like too much hard work but I'm sure it was worth it. I don't know about the fishing below Chapman's Peak but I plan to explore those waters and report back.
I thought I'd share what I learned in Hout Bay so far. Most of the time the plan (for me anyway) is to head out 1st to some spot where I know I have chance of boating something and along the way look for other options.
Best bet in Hout Bay is to head to the right upon leaving the harbour. There is a very shallow reef about 80m from the shore right opposite Fish on the Rocks. It breaks during low tide so watch out for surprize waves out of nowhere.
Further along the coast you will pass the, erm... sewage outfall pumpstation. nasty, but around here your best fishing starts for hottentot, hottentot and some very nice hottentot. With a SE blowing, a good method is to paddle upwind and drift fish the area. Drift from a mile out upwind from the pumpstation, back towards the side. Along the way you will quickly find the hotspots as you pass over numerous reefs.
Really the water quality here is very good - the outfall is near the mouth of the bay and effluent is dispersed and removed by the currents quite effectively. I think.
Take note of the boundary for the Karbonkelberg marine reserve which is a no take zone. Previously I ventured in there unawares of the no take status and I can confirm very good numbers of extremely large hottentot. But the area described provides just as much fun just with smaller fish. A handline here worked best to detect those sneaky bites.
OK, thats it for the hotties or Cape bream to be more correct.
And then the snoek arrive! You can hook into them as close as the area surrounding Dungeons. Yep, they are there, and very close to the side.
Then (and this is very hush-hush) there is cob in the bay. But maybe you should pm me for more details Bwahaha! No, seriously.
Lots of baitfish (mostly mullet) keep near the rivermouth. I have not seen anything worth targetting but if the baitfish are plenty there must be something hunting them.
Anyway, that's it basically. For now.
That upwind paddle this afternoon from across the bay looked like too much hard work but I'm sure it was worth it. I don't know about the fishing below Chapman's Peak but I plan to explore those waters and report back.