SARDINE RUN 2012

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Sharky2

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Morning
Any predictions on when the Sardine Run will happen this year?
Is it possible to start a sticky again for any Sardine Run news and tips?
What type sppons to use,different tactics when a shoal comes close enough to the shore?
I hear some people prefer to fish the area where sards have been netted the night after the netting because of all the fish feeding on the dead sards,is this true?
Is it better to fish during the sardine run or too fish a week or so after?
Thanks
 
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Sharkiey

New member
I have heard that there is activity between waterfall Bluff and Port St Johns.

As far as spoons are concerned the big Shelly Bomber is the better one I have found.

Last year I fished with dead sards and jig and drop, Jig and drop had the best hook ups by far. Fishing the evening after sards can produce good results with the odd kob, diamonds and grey sharks, but useually in an area where a lot of netting took place that day.

it is best to fish during the run.
 
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Sharky2

Senior Member
Thanks for the info sharkley.
I really hope there's more gamefish with the shoals this year.I haven't had much luck during the run.
 
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Stinker

New member
There is already game fish around...
I jumped in with a mate of mine early this morning at a spot south of Durban for a quick spear. I managed to get a Natal Snoek (Queen Mackeral) of 7kg out of a shoal of 4, and my mate got a garrick (leervis)of 9kg in a shoal of about 30.
We also saw stumpies, springer, kingies, grunter & salad fish among the usual shad, pamplets, blacktails etc.
Also heard the guys have been getting some nice garrick off the bricks the last couple of weeks, so the game fish have started to arrive already. :)

The snoek...
 

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Kenty

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:SSS..Everybody is askeing about when..if..how big..and when to ....JUST GO FISH!!!..There are ous that dont ask ??? and are KLAPPING THE FISH!!!....Use it dont use it!!!!....When the birds are diving....FISH!!!!!...:wfish:wfish:wfish:wfish:wfish
 
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Sharky2

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Very nice fish,well done.
I wish I can catch a beauty like that.
@Darth Vader,I wish I ccould just go fish.I'm from joburg soi need to plan my week's fishing holiday very carefully.
Obviously not possible to know for sure but I want to try to go down when the sards are there and hopefully some fish will be around.

So I'll appreciate any tips from the pro's.at this stage it seems like I will have a week open between middle july to middle august.
 
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Kenty

Sealiner
Sharky2 wrote:
Very nice fish,well done.
I wish I can catch a beauty like that.
@Darth Vader,I wish I ccould just go fish.I'm from joburg soi need to plan my week's fishing holiday very carefully.
Obviously not possible to know for sure but I want to try to go down when the sards are there and hopefully some fish will be around.

So I'll appreciate any tips from the pro's.at this stage it seems like I will have a week open between middle july to middle august.
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^^..^^..^^....SORRY Bud!!..I only see now!!..Sorry!!...Ja..we had a little spurt from the sards this side and maybe three days of Shad on the run and then on Sun dead as a door nail!!...Sooo..heres hoping they make a second turn!!..Good luck Bud!!....::S::S::S
 
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Sharky2

Senior Member
Darth Vader wrote:
Sharky2 wrote:
Very nice fish,well done.
I wish I can catch a beauty like that.
@Darth Vader,I wish I ccould just go fish.I'm from joburg soi need to plan my week's fishing holiday very carefully.
Obviously not possible to know for sure but I want to try to go down when the sards are there and hopefully some fish will be around.

So I'll appreciate any tips from the pro's.at this stage it seems like I will have a week open between middle july to middle august.
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^^..^^..^^....SORRY Bud!!..I only see now!!..Sorry!!...Ja..we had a little spurt from the sards this side and maybe three days of Shad on the run and then on Sun dead as a door nail!!...Sooo..heres hoping they make a second turn!!..Good luck Bud!!....::S::S::S
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Thanks mate,let's hope for a good run and lots of big fishies.
Good luck to you guys,I'm sure they'll make a turn or two again.That's the awesome thing about nature,no one can predict her.
 
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mangoboi

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Im keen to know aswell.

We got 8 of us going down on the 5th-9th July to Uvongo.

not much news on the internet and nothing conclusive on Sharks board.

Small shoals been spotted here and there in the EC.
 
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Juiceless

Senior Member
The sardine run is still very much a scientific mystery so to say how long they will be around for or even to surmise if the main shoal will make KZN is a bit of a guess. Far too many known factors like weather and water temp have to play ball as well as I presume a lot of unknown factors. As far as I am aware scientifically no one still knows why the sards do this annual migration to KZN
 
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manus

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I have never fished off my jetski during the run.

I assume it is a question of fishing around the shoal with live bait, dead bait or lures similar to the sardines?
 
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