As I was launching, I saw quite a few ski boats and paddlers out. When I got out, I saw a lot of baitfish and other fish around them on my Side Imager.
So I dropped a small spoon in the ‘mix’ and got several hits immediately, shad and wolf herring, not what I was after.
I moved in shallower to the backline and after only a few minutes the braid was peeling off my Shimano Calais 200dc bass rig. When I looked around me I was surrounded by a huge shoal of snoek. They looked around the 3kg mark on average so I knew this one was going home for a braai. It didn’t take me long to find them again and cast my spoon into the shoal leaders, immediately the water erupted and my braid was screaming through my 7’ Daiwa Sol’s eyes. These fish really wanted my little GT Jack 25 gram baby jig, silver with a red head. On several occasions the little spoon would get knocked out the water with a snoek right behind it, it was great fun. I had dozens of hook ups and even more chases, but only managed to land six, three were released and the other three went home, one for the family, one for my mate and one for the neighbor.
Then I went out to see what ‘the containers’ (bait spot) looked like on my side imager.
I don’t understand why bait is so expensive when you see the size of these shoals, they are massive. On my way in I saw birds diving and a huge commotion about half way back. I cast my spoon in this boiling water and got a number of mackerel for bait. I threw my underwater camera into the water (with a float attached) and left it recording on movie mode while I was spooning.
It was a great morning to be on the water.