swells up this sunday according to windguru do u t

[aneshb]

swells up this sunday according to windguru do u think its fishable:

 

[benniejordaan]

Massive swell but fairly long period. Kind of like Cape water. Not too much wind. Should be okay.

Only problem is it is still far away and a lot can (probably will) change.

Here is a trick you can employ. Over and above the wind speed. Take the wave period and divide it by the swell height. If it's greater than 3, should be good.

In this case 12 second / 3.4m = 3.5

 

[aneshb]

thank you so much now thats something i didnt know.Will check the weather on Friday and Saturday before i go

 

[CLS]

I am hoping to go but need to wait till Sat then make the call.

 

[aneshb]

so far so good but looks like a cold front pushing dont know how sea going to get affected

 

[dugongboy]

Looking better - predicted swell not too big, I may give the YFT another go on Sunday???

 

[aneshb]

good will see you on the water hopefully.Any sign of couta

 

[benniejordaan]

aneshb wrote:

good will see you on the water hopefully.Any sign of couta

Doubtful!

Tuna / Snoek / Garrick would be my game plan.

 

[aneshb]

live bait or lures,north or south

 

[dugongboy]

Ja, possible but not likely, with fishing anything is possible though - a very big wahoo was boated last week and a few sailies have been sighted and hooked a few weeks back!

 

[aneshb]

Did anyone fish today weather wasn't too bad

 

[aneshb]

fished on sunday tuna jumping entrance of harbour and was teasing all of us there.Sadly no one could hook into them.Ended up catching a few bottoms only.saw some guys come in with salmon though

 

[benniejordaan]

aneshb wrote:

fished on sunday tuna jumping entrance of harbour and was teasing all of us there.Sadly no one could hook into them.Ended up catching a few bottoms only.saw some guys come in with salmon though

You find them there often feeding on tiny sprats. They will eat nothing else..

 

[aneshb]

they were huge.never saw tuna jump so high

 

[Spekkies]

Apologies to hijack the threat. I am a "Vaalie" and I am curious to hear from you gents that know the area how far one needs to travel from the harbout or skiboat club to catch decent bottoms? Thanks for the assistance.

 

[benniejordaan]

Spekkies wrote:

Apologies to hijack the threat. I am a "Vaalie" and I am curious to hear from you gents that know the area how far one needs to travel from the harbout or skiboat club to catch decent bottoms? Thanks for the assistance.

Go to the Transkei to be honest.

 

[Spekkies]

.......with the price of fuel at the moment...I think from DBN you are going to cough a bit money to get to the Transkei.......

Just such a slep to tow a boat all the way to the coast. was hoping to hear that DBN could be reasonable fishing as Richards bay / Shelley is even a further 150km+

The bottoms in the Vaaldam just don't put up the same fight...no matter how light you go with your tackle....he...he...he..

 

[aneshb]

get some waypoints for the fishing grounds and try.im still new but give durban a try.Like i always say just being on the water is good enough