Vidal Ledges

[Volcom]

Hey guys, had a lil fun today. Walked down to Vidal South Ledges and put a lil Black  and a nice stumpie on the deck.

 

[Volcom]

Heres the Stumpie

 

[Raggie]

Very nice fishes Volcom, those South Ledges always produce good fish. On what did you get the stumpie?

Raggie

 

[Nivi4Zn]

Great catches Volcom.  What bait did you get the Shark on?

Nivi

 

[Mel G]

Those are some nice catches, So what bait did u use for both? I'm planning a trip to Vidal, in a few weeks time...Hope to catch a good few of those....Tried out the North ledges, on a previous trip, so we gona give the South a try on this one...

 

[Volcom]

Thanks guys. Black was taken on a bonnito belly slide and the stumpie on the ever faithful, sealice and RED prawn. Yup tings are hotting up at Vidal, both deep sea and R & S. Some good cuda and dorries and sum fine southern pompano. Will be there next w/end for one of them 5kg Southerns:dude:

 

[Mel G]

Howzit, Volcom, all the best for the next weekend, i'll be in Vidal over the 23, 24, 25th Feb weekend, a group of us will be fishing, what about you meeting up with us there, 2 share some of your Vidal expertise, this will be the first time i'm gona try out the South ledges..it'll be good to meet up...so let me know...

 

[Volcom]

Hey there Mel, Yep if there arnt any commitments, ill def link up. Sms ure number to me on 082 294 9041. Il be sure to give u a call.  Hmm, will the Upper KZN boys show the Durbanites how to H.L.P?   (HIT LOCK N PULL!!)

 

[Volcom]

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[Volcom]

Elo!!! Just returned from the land of GOLD. Ey started getn real home sick!!! So wats up? Any catches from your trip up to Vidal, Mel G?

We had hard fishing on the Sat. A full wall of sand was kicking on Full tide right to Low tide. So we had to fish the lil gutters for a fish. Caught predominently Wave Garricks. I got a personal best of 47cm.   and a lil Black Tip kingie too.

Saw a Southern Pompano caught by a guy further South. Good catch!!! But ey notin else so i decided to catch a cray or two for a braai.

 

[Volcom]

Cant upload the Pompano for some wierd reason. But heres the kingie.

 

[Raggie]

Hi Volcom

The did you slide the kingie?

Fish

 

[Volcom]

Nay Raggie. Look there are always chances but on that particular day, the gutter was so narrow! Prob 35m and then there was a wall of sand. Cud have raised a pull but rather released the lil guy.

 

[Mel G]

Howzit, my trip to Vidal is only this coming weekend, hopefully the conditions get better, i'm sure that the monster winds and the spring tides would have broken those banks up a bit, so that when i get there...conditions are perfect!!! Lets hope and pray...So did u catch these fish over this weekend(17/18th Feb)??? And what  bait did the Pompano get caught on? I see the bait used for the kingie was chokka... So i'm hoping that this weekend fishing conditions are favorable and i have enough pictures to upload, to make u guys a bit jealous. How far South is the walk that u take (approx distance/time). Thanks alot, will call u when i'm at Vidal...

Tight lines

 

[Raggie]

Mel
From the bay you are aprox 2 km from the ledges.
Good luck
Raggie<:-

 

[Mel G]

Thanks Raggie, much appreciated...Do u know of any bays that are past the South Ledges, cos i will also be fishing at night and the ledges can be a bit harrowing in the dark...

 

 

[Raggie]

The stretch in front of the N4 beacan(betwean the bay and the south ledges) produce good fish at night, we once landed 3 raggies over 150kg in a time frame of 30 min, all on shad heads. Usually there are catches of cob and grunter on chokka combinations.

 

[Volcom]

Hey there MelG.

Yea, tawt i missed you dat w/end!  Yup so far no plans so might be there dis w/end. Will let u know. Pompano was on straight sealice. Lil kingie was on chokka pink prawn combo. Yup Raggie be right. Sum gud raggies at the N4 beacon and blacks. Ledges throw sum gud kob and Raggies too. Just have a long gaff, strong sturdy boots and a decent lamp not a lil LED. Nu be gud. Try the front ledge at the bay at night too. Got sum big stumpies there.

Yep, hope that sand bar broken up a bit more. Its crap fishing gutters all day....

 

Big ups man, get them cams snapping n upload sum fish!!!:dude:

 

[Jason]

Howzit Volcom,

The walk from the bay to the ledges are extremely far. I tried walking on sat but I eventually gave up      Is there any other way to get to it

Thanks

Jason

 

[Volcom]

Lol, aww sowi Bro Jason,

Nay Ledges aint dat far. Depends on how u pack too. I normally make pre-made traces, from scratch traces to my clips. Throw in one or four 5* nylon grapnels, 2 wire 8* sinkers, sum 80 and 1mm leader, cutters....and we gud to go! No hefty Orca bags and pension pipes etc.... Just a lil 12L Safari wid above contents, bait, H2O and ure rod. Walk from bay is bout 15-20min during low tide and of course a lil slower on high.

Back when i was a lil un, we used to use the trail down from the lighthouse but now NCS has deemed it private prop and whuped up a chain way down the access road. Its a hectic decent and climb but cuts the time by acres!! Sadly its a no go now.