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melkbos fishing this week
- Thread starter burney
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oomfaan wrote:
awesome stuff !!!!
was inside the bubble kelp in front of the NSRI. White mussel and pike. 1/0 hook on drift line.
awesome stuff !!!!
Hi
I have lived in Melkbos for 18 years, and personally I think that it's not the place that it used to be. The fishing basically came to a pause in december of 2011. Since then it has only been the odd cobs and such.
I went out on the 8th last week and dropped anker in the hole in infront of the spur for 5 hours and only caught 5 skaamhaaie en 3 klipvisse, also I got sonsteek lol.
Today (16th) while I was traping for whitemussel (only got 4 in 2 hours :/ ) my father went to the slip and a guy just came out with is rubberduck, he was in the water from 5am till 1pm, he tried the vlei, the thin bubblekelp right infront of the nsri building (that's known to produce hotnotsvis) and the hole infront of the slip.... AND he didn't even catch a klipvis. No bight at all.bw_l_)
So I checked the weather report for ganzekraal and it says it will be blowing NW from 5am till 11am on monday morning and then change to SW till 17pm.
If the sea looks ok here , I will be taking my old rubbiduck with 2.5hp and go towards ganzekraal and drop anker in the bay infront of the lapa with dropshot, pilchard and whitemussel.
I saw two 1,5 kg whitestumpnose come out at die eiland/kabeljoubank on the 9th.
Anyways hopefully the weather will be fine.
Cheers
I have lived in Melkbos for 18 years, and personally I think that it's not the place that it used to be. The fishing basically came to a pause in december of 2011. Since then it has only been the odd cobs and such.
I went out on the 8th last week and dropped anker in the hole in infront of the spur for 5 hours and only caught 5 skaamhaaie en 3 klipvisse, also I got sonsteek lol.
Today (16th) while I was traping for whitemussel (only got 4 in 2 hours :/ ) my father went to the slip and a guy just came out with is rubberduck, he was in the water from 5am till 1pm, he tried the vlei, the thin bubblekelp right infront of the nsri building (that's known to produce hotnotsvis) and the hole infront of the slip.... AND he didn't even catch a klipvis. No bight at all.bw_l_)
So I checked the weather report for ganzekraal and it says it will be blowing NW from 5am till 11am on monday morning and then change to SW till 17pm.
If the sea looks ok here , I will be taking my old rubbiduck with 2.5hp and go towards ganzekraal and drop anker in the bay infront of the lapa with dropshot, pilchard and whitemussel.
I saw two 1,5 kg whitestumpnose come out at die eiland/kabeljoubank on the 9th.
Anyways hopefully the weather will be fine.
Cheers
Gordon (G6) and I fished the Slip from 5 am till just after 8 am yesterday (Sunday) morning. there were already two chaps fishing right at the Slip when we got there. Dunno what they been drinking or smoking but especially the one chap had a seriously far-out impression in his eyes when you spoke to them. They apparently arrived at about 3 am but didn't catch anything. Another five anglers (not together and not at the same time) arrived after light. So all in all we were about 8 or 9 anglers on the beach.
Gordon caught a fairly large striped Shyshark (about a meter long) and a 49 cm Kob. I caught a 69 cm St Joseph (Elephant fish). I initially thought it was a nice sized Kob, especially when I saw the silver skin flash in the waves. Was a bit disappointed when I saw it wasn't. We also got a lot of nibbles that cleaned our hooks. All in all we had a fun morning while it lasted. Then the NSRI arrived in all their glory and with some commotion. Launched both their smaller rubber-duck and the larger rescue boat. In the process they dragged all over our lines and broke off Gordon's braid. Then they started teaching some rookies to drive and reverse with a trailer on the beach. By then I felt like dishing out a couple of educational "klappe"!
Anyway, all fishing activities stopped with the arrival of our heroes in yellow and red with their boats, trailers and bakkies mucking about in the water and on the beach. And when the cowboys with their jet-skis arrived soon after 8 am we decided that it was our cue to pack up and go home.
Initially when we arrived, the water was nice and warm and had a very nice green-brown colour. The wind dropped totally after a while and by the time we packed up the water temp had dropped substantially. Was almost as if a cold stream had suddenly moved in closer to the beach.
But again, I must confess that for Melkbos, the fishing was above the norm. All the fish we caught and missed simply took the bait and took off. No mucking around with tentative nibbles. It was great fun.
Gordon caught a fairly large striped Shyshark (about a meter long) and a 49 cm Kob. I caught a 69 cm St Joseph (Elephant fish). I initially thought it was a nice sized Kob, especially when I saw the silver skin flash in the waves. Was a bit disappointed when I saw it wasn't. We also got a lot of nibbles that cleaned our hooks. All in all we had a fun morning while it lasted. Then the NSRI arrived in all their glory and with some commotion. Launched both their smaller rubber-duck and the larger rescue boat. In the process they dragged all over our lines and broke off Gordon's braid. Then they started teaching some rookies to drive and reverse with a trailer on the beach. By then I felt like dishing out a couple of educational "klappe"!
Anyway, all fishing activities stopped with the arrival of our heroes in yellow and red with their boats, trailers and bakkies mucking about in the water and on the beach. And when the cowboys with their jet-skis arrived soon after 8 am we decided that it was our cue to pack up and go home.
Initially when we arrived, the water was nice and warm and had a very nice green-brown colour. The wind dropped totally after a while and by the time we packed up the water temp had dropped substantially. Was almost as if a cold stream had suddenly moved in closer to the beach.
But again, I must confess that for Melkbos, the fishing was above the norm. All the fish we caught and missed simply took the bait and took off. No mucking around with tentative nibbles. It was great fun.
Ripper_ZA wrote:
It was taken with a camera with a very wide angle lens , probably a gopro, which distorts distances a lot. Looks quite far out but in reality was probably very close in.
Thanks. I have seen that video once before and could not find it again.I found this decent video with very nice music. It looks like Melkbos with the blouberg koppie in the background, but I don't know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqsqIwOS1Jw
It was taken with a camera with a very wide angle lens , probably a gopro, which distorts distances a lot. Looks quite far out but in reality was probably very close in.