Adventure Fishing Safaris - Updates and Reports

[FFF]

Good luck and tight lines. I am looking forward to your report. Want to make a trip up there sometime.

[Capt. Hook]

    Winter Tiger Fishing trip to Jozini

I always love going to Jozini, it’s one of my favourite places  in the world, even when I am busy I will always make a way to get there when I  am needed.
I left Durban at midnight on Thursday and drove up, met  my client at Shayamoya lodge for breakfast and then we went fishing the whole  day. On Friday we fished the whole day and then at around 18h30 I made my way  back to Durban for a deep sea trip on Saturday morning. Hectic, but worth it.

The dam is full again, but the weed beds and grasses are  different to what they have been in the past, the water was not warm and was  very clean. Even in winter this place gets hot with both days over 30 deg.C. on  Thursday we had a stiff NE wind blowing and on Friday and gentle SW wind  blowing.

I struggled for a while to find the pattern, to find  where the fish were and how they were feeding, and even once we figured out the  pattern the fishing was hard with not many fish around. We got some fish on the  surface but for the most part the fish were feeding off the structure and it  was deep and slow fishing, and so for most of the trip we fished drop shot (Jig  heads) and very seldom did any surface fishing.

On Thursday we managed 6 fish between the 2 of us, mostly  around 1.5Kg and we also dropped a few around trees and other structure.

Friday the water was glassed and flat in the morning and  we really struggled with only 1 fish by lunchtime, we then stopped fishing for  a while and ate our lunch. The wind had picked up a little by then and the  water had a nice ripple and we were refreshed and ready to make another 1000 casts.
It was not long when the one reel started screaming and  we had a decent Tiger on the line who put a serious bend into the rod and he  really fought hard with plenty acrobatics and aerial displays in the typical  Tiger fish fashion. After about a 15 minute fight we managed to get a whopping  5.5Kg Tiger into the net and my client was ecstatic. I was relieved as this has  been one of the slowest trips I have ever had. After that fish we managed to  get another 4 Tigers, bringing our tally to 6 for the day.

[G!enn]

Great stuff Mike!

Niceeeee Bigggg Tigerrrrr Thereeee... 

[Capt. Hook]

4 Day Camping & Spinning for Tiger Fishing Trip - 30th August to 2nd September at Jozini
 
4 Persons - R4500.00 per person
 
Price includes boat, fuel, tackle, lures, guide, campsite, entrance fees, tented accomodation, meals and refreshments
 
Alcohol and transport to and from Jozini excluded.
 
www.adventurefishing.co.za

 

[zach]

Nice size .Mike were they all caught on sof plastics ? I fish Jozini one a year but battle to get them on lure,only sardine seems to work.

[Capt. Hook]

Nice size .Mike were they all caught on sof plastics ? I fish Jozini one a year but battle to get them on lure,only sardine seems to work.

I only fish lures, mostly soft plastics. Usually out fish the bait guys

[zach]

Nice size .Mike were they all caught on sof plastics ? I fish Jozini one a year but battle to get them on lure,only sardine seems to work.

I only fish lures, mostly soft plastics. Usually out fish the bait guys

           
Thanks,I will try and persevere with lures next time I go.

[Capt. Hook]

Am off to Jozini for Tiger Fishing next week. Spinning with lures and fly fishing
will post report and pics on my return.

[CLS]

Going the following week so look forward to the report.

[Capt. Hook]

    Jozini Tiger Fishing Trip – August 2013

Drove up on Monday to  Jozini for a Tiger fishing trip, the water is still very cold but crystal clear  and the dam is almost 100% full.
Early mornings were very  cold but the days were hot, on Monday the wind was howling first NE and the SW,  Tuesday was a spectacular day, Wednesday morning was stunning but the afternoon  was terrible with a massive SW wind blowing causing very large waves.

Fishing was very hard and  over the 2 days I think we only got about 10 fish in total, a few fair size  ones and one or two dinks. Then on Wednesday afternoon when the huge SW began  and the waves were rolling we had 2 good fish in a row, a 5.5Kg and a 6Kg.
I had to work really hard  to get fish and we travelled a lot around the dam and covered a good amount of  water.

I am pleased with that 6Kg  Tiger as this fish sets a new record for my charters.

The birds are all starting  to breed and although most the vegetation is still brown one can clearly see  the beginning signs of Spring. I noticed two Ostriches which I have never seen  around the dam before and these birds are really large specimens.

Got back on Thursday to  get ready for a Tuna trip on Friday morning.

[Capt. Hook]

.

[Capt. Hook]

.

[Capt. Hook]

.

[Capt. Hook]

.

[Capt. Hook]

Forgot to mention that the big tigers were caught using 6.8 M spinning rods. 2000 size reels and 10lb line 

[zach]

Well done Mike.

[Debbie]

Nice one Mike

[CLS]

Well done Mike, looking forward to this weekend, I am not taking my boat but a boat will be there with the other guys, I will try from the side, it's more of a recce for me as I have never been before and am looking forward to the break. Any tips on lures to take ???, want to go to Basil Manning and get a few

[Capt. Hook]

Well done Mike, looking forward to this weekend, I am not taking my boat but a boat will be there with the other guys, I will try from the side, it's more of a recce for me as I have never been before and am looking forward to the break. Any tips on lures to take ???, want to go to Basil Manning and get a few

Give me a call, will help you onto the right stuff

[dodger]

Well done Mike 6kgs is a whoppa, were you using surface lures or dropshotting with jig heads?