The Weekends Fishing

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Reefman

Sealiner
Mansoor, have some mana for the bopping kitty! She's so kewl!

PS: Since you work for MCM-DEAT, you have been mandated by the SEALINE membership to find out the exact ruling with respects Bloodworm regulations in KZN. The websites of MCM and KZN Wildlife list bloodworm as being legal, and yet if you phone KZN wildlife or MCM, they say it's illegal?? What the heck's going on?
PPS: It's not a request, but an order.... he he he :huh::
 
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Silent Bob

Senior Member
mickey can u post another google map showing which harbour is which? and which one  would u recommend for kids? i know the one by the villa via hotel has some nice sized bait fish swimming in it.
 
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crabman

New member
Hi Mickey

Thanks for the info. Do you fish the wall when it is high tide or low tide? Is it where the drain pipes flow into the sea? 

I have seen that people throw at low tide by looks like a cafe on the beach in the strand. They say that their is a channel and they catch cob. Has anyone fished in this channel before and what was caught and when is s good time to fish here?
 
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ICTHYES

Senior Member
[color=#006600]crabman[/color] wrote:
Hi Mickey

Thanks for the info. Do you fish the wall when it is high tide or low tide? Is it where the drain pipes flow into the sea? 

I have seen that people throw at low tide by looks like a cafe on the beach in the strand. They say that their is a channel and they catch cob. Has anyone fished in this channel before and what was caught and when is s good time to fish here?
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Hi crabman under correction...sound like you taalking about 3 dif spots....

1)the cafe sound like Melkbaai

2)the drain pipes next to the jetty(i knw the is a channel running from the jetty (poorte) to blakes( i have fished there succesfully for the 6 months i been fishing land 2 nice cob and plenty shad(NB: summer)
3)the wall is at the end of the coastel road at the last speed bump
 
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Visvinger

Senior Member
[color=#006600]crabman[/color] wrote:
Hi Mickey

Thanks for the info. Do you fish the wall when it is high tide or low tide? Is it where the drain pipes flow into the sea? 

I have seen that people throw at low tide by looks like a cafe on the beach in the strand. They say that their is a channel and they catch cob. Has anyone fished in this channel before and what was caught and when is s good time to fish here?
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Hi crabman,

I have seen people fish the wall with a high tide, but Mickey mentioned fishing this spot 2 hours before and after low tide.

the cafe on the beach would be the blue building on the beach and as Dubzaddict said that would be Melkbaai. There is a channel there as you said (I have also been informed by other people about that channel) and the reason for fishing at low tide is to be able to reach that channel (other ppl can correct me here if I'm wrong) or so I've been told. Shad and Kabeljou are caught there (mainly in summer), but I'm sure some other species are also caught from that stretch of beach.

Also worth a try is between the two reefs in the picture that Mickey posted. I've caught my two Galjoen next to the reef closest to Blake's. The south easter was blowing quite a bit and we fished that area on a pushing spring tide. I caught the two galjoen using white mussel as bait within 3 casts.
 
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Guest

Guest
Sorry Gents,

Had to load containers this morning ~ work for a change.

The best time to catch Steenbras locally is during the hours of darkness and I can tell you that over the last few weeks the tide did not matter, exept at the wall. You can only fish the wall ±2 hours before and after high tide. We have been catching a lot of undersize Steenbras lately at the wall during the night in this period and at Blakes, mostly in the two hours before and after low tide. The water has been really thick with sand and once the tide starts pushing it is a mess and not even the Klipvis and 'Skaamhaaie' will take a bait of any kind. I am going fishing tomorrow again so I hope that it has cleared up a bit as usually we fish from low tide right through to about three hours after high.

Yes, Dalkill, from GB harbour you cast directly into Bikini beach. In fact you could cast from the beach as well, because the point you should fish on the harbour wall is within casting distance from the beach. Going past the bend in the harbour wall only gets you sharks.

My opinion is that Melkbaai is a waste of time in the dead of winter. It is primarily a good Kob spot at night on an incoming tide during the warmer months. For winter, an excellent spot for Barbels, cast ofter cast. Who wants that?

If you want to fish at Blakes, the area next to the pavillion will get you nothing. You must fish in front or to the left of the little sandhill. Behind the sandhill you will see there is parking on the pavement and usually vehicles there. In summer we nail the Kob and Shad bigtime at this spot from 19h00 to 23h00.

Regards.
 
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Visvinger

Senior Member
[color=#006600]Mickey[/color] wrote:
If you want to fish at Blakes, the area next to the pavillion will get you nothing. You must fish in front or to the left of the little sandhill. Behind the sandhill you will see there is parking on the pavement and usually vehicles there. In summer we nail the Kob and Shad bigtime at this spot from 19h00 to 23h00.
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I've also been told that just to the right or directly in front of the toilets on Blake's also produces the odd fish or two. A buddy and I went fishing there one night (after obtaining some small harders). I baited up an 8/0 with about 3 of these small harders. 30min later I felt something having a lekker nibble on the harders, but it just didn't pull the rodtip down, so I waited patiently for the right moment and when it came I mo3red that fish hard. Needles to say the rod "sakked" with one helluve speed, I turned the drag vas, but it still managed to run me off on some reefs. I'm still wondering what the devil it was that took the bait that night. (Maybe a big Spotty?)
 
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Guest

Guest
Most probably was a Spotty. We have great fun at Blakes with Strepies as livebait. Getting the fish stopped before it clears the reef is quite something. My brother-in-law and fishing partner, Deon, has great success with this and targets them, maar ek is te lig in die broek and I always break off. He has also caught some Bronzies there and about 3 weeks ago he was burned off properly by a monster. We always use two rods and for livebait he uses a Penn 555 with 22 kg line (Perlon 0.55mm).
 
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Visvinger

Senior Member
I've also come to the conclusion that it could only be a big spotty, but now that you mention the Bronzies that you catch there, who knows (daai ding het harder getrek as die bloutrein), thing is that I've had a straight nylon hook trace, maar miskien was ek lucky en het hom in die sker van die bek gevang met die hoek toe ek strike?

Maybe I should go there again during night as the warmer months approaches.
 
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Guest

Guest
Hey Visvinger, it could also have been a Raggie. One Sunday last summer, 5 Raggies came out in the course of that afternoon at Blakes and I was there. I got a big bastard within metres of the beach myself before it broke my line and I was using 0.8mm nylon trace for Kob.
 
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Visvinger

Senior Member
Eish, it can't be a lekker feeling to lose a monster right at the side. I know about the Raggies that frequent Blake's. One day a guy caught a small one of about 15-20kg's and being very blasé about it all and deciding not to use a gaff on the fish I went closer to drag it out of the shallow water. Not being very careful about it all I proceeded to grab it's tail, upon which the raggie swung round and almost mauled my foot in the process::eek:op::. Luckily those teeth just scraped me, but it took about 30min for it to stop bleeding. The fish was still landed without the use of a gaff and I took a quick photo and we released it again. The guy used mackerel as bait if I remember correctly.
 
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mansoor

New member
Thanks for the Mana "President ReefMan" was out of office and in bed. the flu was a killer....still recovering. Hmmm regarding the Bloodworm aspect will find out if the regulations still stand and which province it is for.

 

Ps. I love kittys.

 

 

 
 

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Guest

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Sorry Silent Bob,

I forgot that you had asked a question about which harbour would be safer for children.

Most definitively Harbour Island. It is very safe compared to G/B harbour and is well suited for children with safe fishing and a low drop-off to the water in the harbour, so you don't have to worry about your child falling in. There are normally stacks of little Shad and Strepies to keep them busy inside the harbour area. I have two 'laatlammetjie' boys aged 11 & 12, so I am very 'pickey' where I take them. You can't trust the little buggers further than you can throw them. They just do not see the same dangers that you do.

Gordonsbay harbour, on the other hand, is a decidedly dangerous place for children and adults in a rough sea, with a high vertical bone-breaking drop-off to a concrete slab for part of the way and towards the end an even higher drop-off straight into the water. The water can hit over the wall in huge sheets. I could never take my boys there. If they fell into the water it would be extremely serious. I would have to watch them all the time and there is no fun in that. 

If you are looking for a good and safe 'family fishing outing experience' you cannot easily beat Blakes or Caymans beach. They are of the very few beaches that you can fish and tan and just generally have a good time with your family whilst your rod is in the water and be safe. Most beaches you are not allowed to fish during the daylight hours as you would obviously be a danger to the beachgoers. These beaches you can fish 24/7. Blakes is also the most popular nightfishing spot in the Strand as it is covered by spotlights and closer to 100% safe you cannot fish.

Let me know if you need more info.
 
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ThefishinMagician

Sealiner
General rule of thumb for me with the Steenbras at GB Harbour is to wait for the NW to blow slightly and go throw with some prawn. As Mickey said, 30m cast into bikini beach (the sea part there of) with light tackle usually produces some action.

rgds
 
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