Author Topic: Springer (Read 14360 times)

garethm · « **on:** June 08, 2012, 01:31:52 PM »

Hi All

Anybody got an idea how far south you can catch springer/skipjack?
Shot
Gareth

Rory mundy · « **Reply #1 on:** June 08, 2012, 01:35:03 PM »

eastern cape think till port elizabeth area

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #2 on:** June 08, 2012, 01:36:05 PM »

Howzit Gareth, I have caught them in Port Alfred, but the guys get them in Knysna as well. They are said to occur all the way to Mosselbaai!

strandloper · « **Reply #3 on:** June 08, 2012, 01:43:09 PM »

Garethm,

Are you talking KZN?

Know they guys get them all the way down to margate.

But the also get them in the EC.

SAfish · « **Reply #4 on:** June 08, 2012, 01:49:50 PM »

Quote from: WalkersKiller on June 08, 2012, 01:36:05 PM

Howzit Gareth, I have caught them in Port Alfred, but the guys get them in Knysna as well. They are said to occur all the way to Mosselbaai!

Only when the water is warmer than 22 degrees.

Prego · « **Reply #5 on:** June 08, 2012, 01:55:04 PM »

Quote from: SAfish on June 08, 2012, 01:49:50 PM

Quote from: WalkersKiller on June 08, 2012, 01:36:05 PM
Howzit Gareth, I have caught them in Port Alfred, but the guys get them in Knysna as well. They are said to occur all the way to Mosselbaai!
Only when the water is warmer than 22 degrees.

How often does that occur and when!

SAfish · « **Reply #6 on:** June 08, 2012, 01:56:59 PM »

Quote from: Prego on June 08, 2012, 01:55:04 PM

Quote from: SAfish on June 08, 2012, 01:49:50 PM
Quote from: WalkersKiller on June 08, 2012, 01:36:05 PM
Howzit Gareth, I have caught them in Port Alfred, but the guys get them in Knysna as well. They are said to occur all the way to Mosselbaai!
Only when the water is warmer than 22 degrees.

How often does that occur and when!

Only from late January, but the Springers have been scarce lately.

tkei · « **Reply #7 on:** June 08, 2012, 02:25:10 PM »

Generally springer have been scarce all along the eastern cape coast for the last +_6 yrs. I havnt caught 1 in 8 yrs from a few years back when I got up to 6 in a 2hr fly session.
Knysna is about their limit, but I suppose a few further south are possible in late summer or if they have been trapped in a closed estury.

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #8 on:** June 09, 2012, 09:08:35 AM »

Yeah the Springer have been extremely scarce, have been lucky enough to see a few in the estuaries but havent caught one for 3 years now...

Bushbuck2 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 11, 2012, 08:14:43 AM »

a big one was caught in the Breede river a few years back on prawn while fishing for grunter. But it is really unusual for them to be so far south

Lenny · « **Reply #10 on:** June 13, 2012, 10:58:44 AM »

I have only caught Two , and this was a while Back , both where in Birga .
Think Tommo will be able to tell us more ...

shaker · « **Reply #11 on:** June 13, 2012, 11:41:14 AM »

Gents,

Need some info. Whats happening this time of year in Witsands? Gonna have a week off in July and got vis koors. Is Witsands the spot this time of year? Do ya'll know of a better place?

Ciao,
Shaker

Bushbuck2 · « **Reply #12 on:** June 13, 2012, 12:02:15 PM »

Quote from: shaker on June 13, 2012, 11:41:14 AM

Gents,

Need some info. Whats happening this time of year in Witsands? Gonna have a week off in July and got vis koors. Is Witsands the spot this time of year? Do ya'll know of a better place?

Ciao,
Shaker

Its a bit late in the year. Winter slows things down. there are still a few reports of the odd leerie around hugging the reed beds. The grunter have been scarce but with the recent rains and hopefully by the time u go there would have been more, some dirty fresh water would have pusshed down river and the grunter moved toward the mouth. It wont be fireworks but im sure there be the odd fish

PM me before u go and i can give u an update

Lenny · « **Reply #13 on:** June 14, 2012, 09:57:40 AM »

Not a very good time to hit the Breede ! if you wait for September , thats a good time !

kapenta · « **Reply #14 on:** June 14, 2012, 03:59:47 PM »

the conditions that used to get the springer into EC esturies was a nice warm current close to the coast (after a couple or 3 of days strong westerly conditions) and then the water temp drops with a switch to the N'easter winds and the surf zone goes cold and dirty. Result - any open river mouth then gets all nearby fish. Springer, kob, leeries, grunter, etc. It helps if the rivers are running with a bit of stormwater at the time.

I moved away some years ago now, but once I realised that EC fishing is all about finding comfortable water for the fish I got a whole lot luckier. Wath the winds and what they do in the big bays - St Francis and J-Bay used to get a pocket of warm water trapped by these changing winds, but that was not the only place.

Lenny · « **Reply #15 on:** June 14, 2012, 06:17:27 PM »

Kapenta .
Nice Mulloway you got in your Avatar .

stapies · « **Reply #16 on:** June 15, 2012, 07:54:36 AM »

I live near mosselbay and we get the springer there. They are plenty in the Little Brakriver and gourits but you only get them high up... The biggest I have seen is about 6-7kg and was caught in Kleinbrak. So they go south quite far and strangely someone caught one in the winter.... My mate also managed to catch a triple tail in gourits the other day on a live mullet.

Wave Garrick · « **Reply #17 on:** August 23, 2012, 08:25:07 PM »

Really would like to catch a springer but I don't know where to go, what are the chances of anyone catching one in St. Lucia or Cape Vidal?

REEFMAN · « **Reply #18 on:** August 23, 2012, 08:30:13 PM »

Very good, it's their home ground!

Wave Garrick · « **Reply #19 on:** August 23, 2012, 08:59:07 PM »

Thanks. That's great news since I'm going down 1st September

Author Topic: Springer (Read 14360 times)

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