night fishing

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kegan

New member
Not caught anything and been at Groot Brak for a week now. Girl friend caguht a Black tail. Her first sea fish. She is however, a seasoned tiger fish catcher....according to her. :) I have never caught from the beach and this is the season for me to do it. Want to go tonight with her and my dad. I NEED to go home with a good story!!!! Next year I am off to Zim so no sea fishing for the next 2 years so I got to make this count!!!!!!!!!!!!  Any advice would appreciated. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!

:wfish:fbash Help. I am beating myself up about ths!!!!!

Thansk in advance!!!!!
 
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Inky Squid

Active member
Night fishing is almost always rewarding, but, you have to stay all night, or at least till 2 hours after high tide, which in this case, is 5 o'clock tomorrow morning. I don't know what the sea looks like currently, but if it is nice and flat (3 waves breaking or less at any given time) you should definitely get some kob. Just look for a nice gully parallel to the beach with a sandbank behind it (ideal if bank is 100m or less from shore). Cast your bait as close as possible to the drop-off in front of the bank (where it starts to ramp up towards the back sandbank). Don't cast in the middle of the gully in the blue water, you will mostly catch barbel and sharks. Fresh chokka or a octupus leg with aniseed oil (buy at pharmacy) with a little foamstrip inside to help it float will definitely get you a kobbie or two.
 
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Joker

Senior Member
Its always rewarding to fish at night. That said, it also depends on the target species. Some fish actively hunt at night. Then there is the time. We in Cape Town fish 2 hours before and 2 hours after high. And as mentioned above, choosing the best spot, which I must add, I'm useless at it. :)
 
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subaruseun

Sealiner
clear waters... cob will feed at night.

they ARE predominant night feeders.

langebaan stumps generally do NOT feed at night.
elsewhere they will bite in the dark

geelbek love night cover and elf.

about 80% of my cob catches are just on before sunset and into the night.

tide depends on the structure availability, generally reefy spots are low tide zones as it exposes food/ bait fish.

deep gullies where fish can be chased up against can be high a tide spot, depends on depth etc.

deep water surf spots generally push tide to high spots.

any tooth experts for further info on toothing at night?

hope this helps.
 
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kegan

New member
:wfishHI, thanks for the info and Merry Christmas and happy new yearn to all. I finaly caught something of the beach last night. Sea barble, but it's something. Next time a cob or something like that. Anybody know any good pickled fish recipe's?

Have a great day.::S
 
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