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A good day Lure fishing in Durban Harbour
« on: September 22, 2010, 10:48:47 PM »
We got going at around 14h00 for a 3hr session targeting Game Fish in Durban Harbour, there was a stiff NE wind blowing, which eventually died away completely by the end of our session leaving the bay looking like a sheet of glass. At Centre Bank the water surface temperature was 22.5 deg. C, and in the Silt Canal it was 24 deg. C

We went to one of my most productive spots in the bay looking for some King Fish, but we found nothing there and so I decided to go to another place as our time was very limited and this proved to be a good choice.

At the second spot it was not very long before we landed a lovely Green Spot King Fish on a Z-Man Paddle Tail Lure who gave us a good fight.
Shortly after that we hooked up and after a hard fight landed a nice size Sea Pike (Pick Handle Barracuda) on the Topwater Z-Claw which has now been fitted with stronger hooks (3X) after we lost a good Springer the other day due to opening hooks.
By now the wind had died completely and we hooked a nice little Yellow Tail King Fish on a Z-Man Paddle Tail, we hooked up one more decent size Yellow Tail King Fish after this but lost him at the boat. I also hooked a Cormorant which took the Z-Claw.

After the session was over I left my guests at the mooring and went back out into the bay as there was a total absence of Springer and I wanted to search around for them, unfortunately I did not find any signs of Springer but did find a some Walla-Walla (Ribbon Fish) and caught a whole bunch on the Z-Claw to take home to use as bait for targeting Game Fish off-shore.

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Re: A good day Lure fishing in Durban Harbour
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2010, 10:49:30 PM »
Close ups.

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Re: A good day Lure fishing in Durban Harbour
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2010, 02:02:38 AM »
Nice report Mike = seems like the paddle tail did the job just fine
in the area you fished.

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Re: A good day Lure fishing in Durban Harbour
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2010, 06:34:46 AM »
Very nice fish Mike...and a good decision to move from your fav spot. It's always hard to move from a spot you believe in, but sometimes it's worth moving quickly and then revisiting later.

Good stuff on the dropshot

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Re: A good day Lure fishing in Durban Harbour
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2010, 09:12:36 AM »
Very nice fish Mike...and a good decision to move from your fav spot. It's always hard to move from a spot you believe in, but sometimes it's worth moving quickly and then revisiting later.

Good stuff on the dropshot

I never stay longer than 30 minutes if there is noithing then move, if time is tight then 10-15 minutes and move

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Re: A good day Lure fishing in Durban Harbour
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2010, 01:06:34 PM »
I never stay longer than 30 minutes if there is noithing then move, if time is tight then 10-15 minutes and move

yes I agree.

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Re: A good day Lure fishing in Durban Harbour
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2010, 01:33:41 PM »
Great fish there FA, awesome pics too  :sml:

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Re: A good day Lure fishing in Durban Harbour
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2010, 04:11:48 PM »
Some nice fish there looks like you guys had a lot of fun!!! :happ:

 

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