Author Topic: Knysna Estuary - information, news, events and reports (Read 215828 times)

RobinF · « **Reply #160 on:** January 10, 2014, 01:49:13 PM »

Quote from: briansflyfishing on January 10, 2014, 01:43:43 PM

Quote from: Kona on January 10, 2014, 01:28:01 PM
WOW with the cold water did not think this was possible. Was not saying it was a lie just now days with photoshop you never know if its a hoax or not thats why I posed the question.
I was in Knysna this past holiday and if I landed a I think I would have thought I was going crazy

Me too, photoshop was the first thing that came to mind and a lot of people here in Knysna has a hard time believing it. But it is good news for me that this is possible. Also a few Bonito was caught of Featherbed in the lagoon as well.

The water off Featherbed is deep and the currents can be very strong in that area, I'm not surprised that they caught Bonito.

dugong · « **Reply #161 on:** January 10, 2014, 02:12:21 PM »

What bonito?? Kawakawa often enter estuary systems, I have caught them in Durban bay and Inhambane Bay far up, I have also caught a number of couta in Inhambane bay and have seen a sailfish that was netted there in the mouth. My wife also caught a dollie at backline while fishing for snoek, but that oke must have been lost and confused - very fine catch though

Any other pics to show the true size?? IMO its not 18kgs.

SAfish · « **Reply #162 on:** January 10, 2014, 05:15:42 PM »

And here I go to Struisbaai to catch some decent fish and as soon as I turn my back the action starts!

Guys, this is true, a very good and trustworthy friend of mine told me about this catch.

REEFMAN · « **Reply #163 on:** January 10, 2014, 05:29:15 PM »

Any news of the approaching Red Tide?

SANPARKS put out a warning of a Red Tide approaching the Eastern Cape/Knysna area and were warning people not to eat any shellfish or inertebrates for the next few weeks?

http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/sanparks-warns-of-red-tide-danger-1.1629456

SAfish · « **Reply #164 on:** January 12, 2014, 03:24:30 PM »

Thanks for the heads up, Reefman. We only arrived back home last night and I will try and get more information. At the moment the lagoon and entire coastal waters are brown from all the rain we had last week. Maybe the flood waters flushed the red tide out?

Gregf · « **Reply #165 on:** January 12, 2014, 04:49:47 PM »

Quote from: SAfish on January 12, 2014, 03:24:30 PM

Thanks for the heads up, Reefman. We only arrived back home last night and I will try and get more information. At the moment the lagoon and entire coastal waters are brown from all the rain we had last week. Maybe the flood waters flushed the red tide out?

It could feed it, flood water often carries a lot of nutrients especially a flash flood

let us hope not, such a stunning area

SAfish · « **Reply #166 on:** January 15, 2014, 01:55:12 PM »

Update on the red tide: "Subsequent to last week's warning of red tide in Knysna, additional water samples collected from three areas in the Knysna estuary over the weekend indicated that the bloom has degraded significantly. . . . "

http://www.knysnaplettherald.com/news.aspx?id=68634&h=Update:-Red-tide-in-Knysna

Gregf · « **Reply #167 on:** January 15, 2014, 02:11:50 PM »

Good news indeed

SAfish · « **Reply #168 on:** January 15, 2014, 02:21:06 PM »

Quote from: Gregf on January 15, 2014, 02:11:50 PM

Good news indeed

Yes, but I will still wait a bit before eating anything that comes out of the lagoon. In the meantime I will practice catching them.

Sidd · « **Reply #169 on:** January 15, 2014, 02:24:22 PM »

Hermann - you should have stayed home..

SAfish · « **Reply #170 on:** January 15, 2014, 02:29:38 PM »

Quote from: Sidd on January 15, 2014, 02:24:22 PM

Hermann - you should have stayed home..

Tell me about it! The weather looks good for a spinning session this weekend so I will have to get a session or two in before Sunday. I am off to Mozambique for a week. Unfortunately the trip is work related but lets call it a scouting mission for future fishing trips.

briansflyfishing · « **Reply #171 on:** January 21, 2014, 08:20:11 AM »

Water seems to be back to normal. And from the report I got fishing was not that great for the leeries. I hope they will come back on the bite as I tried on a few occasions without even seeing a fish never mind a chase or a strike.

Kona · « **Reply #172 on:** January 21, 2014, 09:50:47 AM »

Knysna red tide warning2014-01-20 16:45

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Cape Town - Further warning of a so-called red tide in the Knysna estuary on the Cape south coast was issued by SA National Parks on Monday.
"Authorities - including SANParks, Knysna Municipality and the Knysna Basin Project - are cautioning against the collection of shellfish from the Knysna estuary until further notice," it said in a statement.
A red tide is the common name for an algal bloom involving large concentrations of red or brown coloured micro-organisms. These can become concentrated in filter feeders such as mussels and oysters, making them poisonous to humans.
Other types of shellfish, including abalone, are also affected.
SANParks said possible evidence of a red tide was seen from the Knysna Heads on Sunday afternoon.
The warning follows a similar one issued for the area two weeks ago.

Kona · « **Reply #173 on:** January 21, 2014, 09:53:05 AM »

Sorry about the rest of the ### post should read as follows

[font=]Cape Town - Further warning of a so-called red tide in the Knysna estuary on the Cape south coast was issued by SA National Parks on Monday. [/font]
[font=]"Authorities - including SANParks, Knysna Municipality and the Knysna Basin Project - are cautioning against the collection of shellfish from the Knysna estuary until further notice," it said in a statement.[/font]
[font=]A red tide is the common name for an algal bloom involving large concentrations of red or brown coloured micro-organisms. These can become concentrated in filter feeders such as mussels and oysters, making them poisonous to humans.[/font]
[font=]Other types of shellfish, including abalone, are also affected.[/font]
[font=]SANParks said possible evidence of a red tide was seen from the Knysna Heads on Sunday afternoon.[/font]
[font=]The warning follows a similar one issued for the area two weeks ago.[/font]

RobinF · « **Reply #174 on:** January 21, 2014, 10:03:48 AM »

Kona

SAfish · « **Reply #175 on:** July 25, 2014, 12:21:14 PM »

I received some interesting news from the boat club.
A Garrick was caught in June and it was tagged 7 months earlier. During that time the fish gained 12cm in length and 2.61kg.

The max water temperature in the summer was 28 degrees but it came down now to only 8 degrees.

SAfish · « **Reply #176 on:** August 16, 2014, 04:00:48 PM »

It is a beautiful day here and I decided to go for a spinning session to see if the Leeries are hungry. The water was a bit on the cold side but otherwise perfect. Just look at this spot and it is less than 5 minutes walk from my house.

Although I saw a nice sized fish swim I did not catch anything but it was still great to go out and enjoy the moment. We truly Blessed to call this awesome place home.

Charles · « **Reply #177 on:** August 16, 2014, 04:25:04 PM »

Homesick!

RobinF · « **Reply #178 on:** August 16, 2014, 05:02:51 PM »

Nice Hermann!

John F · « **Reply #179 on:** August 16, 2014, 05:24:23 PM »

Eish splendid Hermann!

We've had rain and dark sky all day!