Salt Rock (KZN North Coast)
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Hi Mojo
Shad and Garrick are on the menu these last few weeks with occasional Kingy's and Cob coming out.
For Shad steel trace and sardine is sufficient, once you have your shad use this as live bait on a non return trace and catch a Garrick.
Shads are bitting mostly in the early morning day break and at dusk.
Hope this helps
PS. dont forget the bag limit per day on shad is 4.
Shad and Garrick are on the menu these last few weeks with occasional Kingy's and Cob coming out.
For Shad steel trace and sardine is sufficient, once you have your shad use this as live bait on a non return trace and catch a Garrick.
Shads are bitting mostly in the early morning day break and at dusk.
Hope this helps
PS. dont forget the bag limit per day on shad is 4.
Hey there
I do not live in KZN but do quite a bit of fishing in that Salt Rock/Balito area. As said earlier, Shad and Garrick will be on the menu...first light and in the evening for Shad and then get that live Shad out there ASAP...if a Garrick does not pick it up...something else will!!! This time of the year, the brusher will also start eating nicely and a good spot to target them is just right of the Balito tidal pool...i witnessed a guys 4/0 mustad get straightened in July fishing for brusher with prawn. If the brusher are not there it is also a good spot for Garrick, Shad and Stumpies...some very nice Stumbies have come out there. Salt Rock itself i normally only target In eds...mainly from the Tidal Pool infront of the Salt Rock Holtel as its quite a deep point and can take a big sea quite well. I fished there with a guy one morning in July and he got a beautiful Bonefish! He slid it out live and got a Lovely Grey Shark of about 35kgs. There is normally quite a big sandbank that you need to cast onto or over and requires quite a big throw...but if you can get over the bank...hold tight, theres always something there!!! I have fished loads of spots from Balito tidal pool to Sheffield...theres always some spot that is producing fish, just chat to the locals. Rob Jameson at Chase tackle shop in Balito is a good guy to chat to about whats going on in the area. Feel free to PM me for any other advice that i have gained over the years of fishing the area. Hope iv helped a bit...good luck and rememeber to let us know how it went!!!
I do not live in KZN but do quite a bit of fishing in that Salt Rock/Balito area. As said earlier, Shad and Garrick will be on the menu...first light and in the evening for Shad and then get that live Shad out there ASAP...if a Garrick does not pick it up...something else will!!! This time of the year, the brusher will also start eating nicely and a good spot to target them is just right of the Balito tidal pool...i witnessed a guys 4/0 mustad get straightened in July fishing for brusher with prawn. If the brusher are not there it is also a good spot for Garrick, Shad and Stumpies...some very nice Stumbies have come out there. Salt Rock itself i normally only target In eds...mainly from the Tidal Pool infront of the Salt Rock Holtel as its quite a deep point and can take a big sea quite well. I fished there with a guy one morning in July and he got a beautiful Bonefish! He slid it out live and got a Lovely Grey Shark of about 35kgs. There is normally quite a big sandbank that you need to cast onto or over and requires quite a big throw...but if you can get over the bank...hold tight, theres always something there!!! I have fished loads of spots from Balito tidal pool to Sheffield...theres always some spot that is producing fish, just chat to the locals. Rob Jameson at Chase tackle shop in Balito is a good guy to chat to about whats going on in the area. Feel free to PM me for any other advice that i have gained over the years of fishing the area. Hope iv helped a bit...good luck and rememeber to let us know how it went!!!
Hi Mojo-Jojo
i see you cant catch anything in Cape Town and now you going to try you luck in KZN
make sure you take some steel traces with you - the shad will destroy the nylon trace you normally fish with..
:fishn
hope you have a wonderful trip and catch lots of fish ( small ones )
i see you cant catch anything in Cape Town and now you going to try you luck in KZN
make sure you take some steel traces with you - the shad will destroy the nylon trace you normally fish with..
:fishn
hope you have a wonderful trip and catch lots of fish ( small ones )
