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Title: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: jball7204 on May 13, 2014, 08:47:08 PM: From early in February this year we have been mostly fishing estuarine environments (particularly Durban Bay) with light rods of 6’-8’, 2500 size reels, and Braid/Nanofil rated anywhere between 6 and 15lb in breaking strain. The catch rate per outing has been pretty outstanding and we have become spoiled in that if two of us do not land at least 8 fish between ourselves in a couple of hours on the water we feel a tad miff and call it a “slow” morning. A lot has also been learned of climatic conditions above, and temperature, structure and current influences beneath the surface, and what effect they have on the different species and fishing in general.

The variety of species we have caught has been pretty decent, and in an outing it has not been uncommon for us to get up to 6 different kinds on lure. There are still summer species around, but it is becoming harder and harder to get them to commit as the weeks go by, so we thought we would share some of the awesome little devices that have given us so much pleasure over the last few months.

What follows are some of our favourite lures and those that have been successful in enticing a bite, with a list of the species we have managed to catch and release on each.

(http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/MGalleryItem.php?id=2056)

Yozuri EBA Popper

· Bigeye Kingfish
· Blacktip/Yellowfin Kingfish
· Bluefin Kingfish
· Pickhandle Barracuda
· Greater Barracuda
· Torpedo Scad
· Garfish

(http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/MGalleryItem.php?id=2055)

Strike Pro Walking Stick

· Giant Trevally (GT)
· Pickhandle Barracuda
· Garfish

(http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/MGalleryItem.php?id=2050)

Sensation Popper

· Bigeye Kingfish
· Torpedo Scad

(http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/MGalleryItem.php?id=2053)

Storm Chug Bug

· Rock Salmon/River Roman/River Snapper

(http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/MGalleryItem.php?id=2054)

Strike Pro Thai Stick

· Rock Salmon/River Roman/River Snapper

(http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/MGalleryItem.php?id=2047)

Halco Roosta Popper

· Bigeye Kingfish
· Pickhandle Barracuda

(http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/MGalleryItem.php?id=2049)

Rapala X-Rap Walk

· Garrick
· GT
· Pickhandle Barracuda

(http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/MGalleryItem.php?id=2048)
Rapala Max-Rap

· Sand Gurnard/Bartailed Flathead
· Torpedo Scad
· 1 x UNIDENTIFIED UNSTOPPABLE FISH

(http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/MGalleryItem.php?id=2052)

Spanyid Maniac Spoon

· Bigeye Kingfish
· Pickhandle Barracuda
· Needlescale Queenfish
· Russell’s Snapper

(http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/MGalleryItem.php?id=2051)

McCarthy Finesse Minnow & McCarthy Jerk Shad

· Bigeye Kingfish
· Yellowfin Kingfish
· Pickhandle Barracuda
· Sand Gurnard
· Malabar Rock Cod
· Russell’s Snapper
· Sole
· Pufferfish (Black Back Blaasop)
· Cuttlefish!!!

Most of these fish were caught in large numbers, but all have been allowed to continue with their lives. The one Garfish that thought he was dead for about ten minutes may never be the same though…!

There are different methods we will begin employing over the “winter” period, but there are signs that it is also going to be exciting on the artificial front with Garrick and Kob appearing in recent weeks, and Snoek also teasing with their half-takes and some exciting on-offs. We hope to report being able to boat and release some more “winter” species soon!

Please remember to fish for the future and release everything that is healthy enough to swim away so we can get harder pulls more often in the years to come!

Catch contributors: Chris Quinton, Jball, Mrzipo and legend Grunter hunter, Ziggy.
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: jball7204 on May 13, 2014, 08:49:21 PM: Sorry dudes, the formatting on the original doc has obviously caused some issues when copied and pasted, but its all there!
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: John F on May 13, 2014, 08:51:55 PM: Great info and congrats on your fishing achievements!

:+ cred: :+ cred:
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Post by: MIKE PIKE on May 13, 2014, 09:00:23 PM: (clap) ... great stuff jball7204 , a variety of species on some interesting artificials and some great info :win: .
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: Lofty on May 13, 2014, 09:21:28 PM: :tkx: for all the great info,eventhough I don't fish KZN these lures should work well here in the Southern Cape rivers,some interesting lures you've got there... :hnthnt: I feel a bout of T.A. brewing... :blush: have some :+ cred: for the effort of posting and sharing... (clap)
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Post by: E.T. on May 13, 2014, 09:31:02 PM: Thanks for sharing. Really enjoyed reading this.
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Post by: jball7204 on May 13, 2014, 10:22:16 PM: Hey Lofty, just be careful with the "walking" lures and stickbaits. If the action is correct even the birds go for it. I got a Garrick one day on one and the very next morning a gull took the same lure from me. Was sure he dropped it on the water, but couldn't find it when we checked...

Rapala's are not cheap....
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: Ziggy on May 14, 2014, 07:37:19 AM: Quote from: jball7204 on May 13, 2014, 10:22:16 PM
Hey Lofty, just be careful with the "walking" lures and stickbaits. If the action is correct even the birds go for it. I got a Garrick one day on one and the very next morning a gull took the same lure from me. Was sure he dropped it on the water, but couldn't find it when we checked...

Rapala's are not cheap....

correct - check this
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: SAfish on May 14, 2014, 07:51:53 AM: (clap) Great report and straight to the point information. Thanks for sharing. :+ cred:
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: dugong on May 14, 2014, 08:09:44 AM: Lekka report :+ cred:
What are the most productive areas, Bayhead groves always works well and there are plenty bigeye around the wharfs - whereelse?? :-)
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: REEFMAN on May 14, 2014, 08:16:22 AM: Nice jball!! Great article...! Post some of the fish pics too! :+ cred:
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: jball7204 on May 14, 2014, 08:46:56 AM: Thanks for the help with it Reefz, I'll ask my partner in crime to do one of the fish and the environs we got them in, as he has all the pics stored properly. My previous phone went for a swim so I lost all the ones I had.

Dugongboy, the steep deep dropoffs are good for the kingies (wharfsides etc.) For some reason the bluefin like the yacht mole area too and Chris Quinton got a nice one there and some spectacular burnoffs - all from the side. The pickhandle are also in the same areas as the bigeyes but have been scarce recently and replaced by small garfish and torpedo scad. The GT's and Garrick were feeding rather aggresively over shallow muddy banks near mangroves - not over sand.
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: gavin erwin on May 14, 2014, 09:56:16 AM: Fantastic info jball I have been waiting for this kind of report for a while, cool to see all the lures that work too. My Mias fishing list just got bigger :blush: :+ cred:
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Post by: Lenny on May 14, 2014, 10:04:59 AM: great info !!!
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: WalkersKiller on May 14, 2014, 10:07:01 AM: Wow thats so awesome :uarocks :uarocks thanks for sharing!
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Post by: Mrzipo on May 14, 2014, 02:23:42 PM: Top write up Justin and yeah been action packed summer time for :grk: :+ cred:
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: Bwana on May 14, 2014, 02:53:31 PM: Great article JBall, good info in there! :+ cred:

I agree with Reefz - let's see some pics of the catches!
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: jball7204 on May 14, 2014, 06:45:22 PM: Mrzipo, absolutely.

Bwana, there will be some pics coming soon in another article...
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: jball7204 on May 14, 2014, 07:07:04 PM: Chris's March Report contained some fish pics and is on the Durban Harbour thread if you guys would like to peruse...

Re: Durban Harbour - Whatsup (http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/index.php?topic=15172.msg292347#msg292347) « Reply #207 on: April 15, 2014, 05:36:07 pm »
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: Rudas on July 30, 2014, 05:25:22 PM: Hell great post! This is what us newbies to spinning need! Thanx :appr:
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Post by: jball7204 on July 30, 2014, 05:36:56 PM: No worries!
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: Shivaan on July 31, 2014, 09:47:55 AM: Thanks for this jball! Was all this off a boat or on the side?
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: jball7204 on July 31, 2014, 05:54:30 PM: Hi Shivaan, mostly off a boat. Only the Yacht Mole produced from the side.
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: Shivaan on July 31, 2014, 06:29:25 PM: Thanks jball. Is it on the side opposite cafe fish. Across the carpark?
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: jball7204 on July 31, 2014, 11:10:56 PM: (http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/MGalleryItem.php?id=2210)
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: Shivaan on August 01, 2014, 06:01:12 AM: Thank you :-)
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: chrisquinton on August 04, 2014, 05:09:46 PM: we did catch from the side around pelican island.
but, its not very accessible, and not really safe.

the area around Wilsons can also be productive, but we just dont really fish there.
we cannot wait for summer. been a cold dry spell, and the garrick havent really featured as expected. (YET....... we hope)
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Post by: jball7204 on August 04, 2014, 06:22:19 PM: Yeah, come on summer!
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Post by: chrisquinton on August 05, 2014, 09:50:36 AM: :cry: :cry: :cry: :gt: :grk:
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: Randon on August 22, 2014, 05:40:27 AM: Nice post,you guys should pop into Freespool in Gateway,they have all
Yozuri lures on sale at R50 each!
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: jball7204 on August 22, 2014, 06:22:48 AM: Thanks man.
Already did...... w;k

And grabbed the last of the favourites!
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: gavin erwin on August 22, 2014, 08:23:35 AM: What!!!? R50 for Yozuri!!! :shk
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: Shivaan on August 22, 2014, 08:35:42 AM: Quote from: jball7204 on August 22, 2014, 06:22:48 AM

Thanks man.
Already did...... w;k

And grabbed the last of the favourites!

Thats thoughful of you to leave some for us lol! :crzy
I got some from them not long ago for +-R65....
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: gavin erwin on August 22, 2014, 08:38:01 AM: Up in Joburg they are slightly more expensive :cry:
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: fishy1969 on August 22, 2014, 08:41:27 AM: I think they more expensive in Jhb because they have to be heavier as you guys have to cast further to reach the sea! :crzy
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: Shivaan on August 22, 2014, 08:42:23 AM: Quote from: fishy1969 on August 22, 2014, 08:41:27 AM
I think they more expensive in Jhb because they have to be heavier as you guys have to cast further to reach the sea! :crzy
duh
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: gavin erwin on August 22, 2014, 08:53:22 AM: That cut deep :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: , touche (clap)
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Post by: dugong on August 22, 2014, 09:22:12 AM: Got me a few the other day!!

Always been a fan of the original Yozuris, when they came out they were much better than anything else.
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: gavin erwin on August 22, 2014, 09:44:49 AM: Do you have any success on those shrimp lures? :dunno:
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: dugong on August 22, 2014, 11:38:52 AM: Gavin I have no doubt that it will work - very nice slow action with a twitch, it should be good to bounce over sandbanks in the bay - believe it or not I caught a few shad on a similar one at the Caissons when fishing for bait a few years back.
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Post by: gavin erwin on August 22, 2014, 12:19:29 PM: It looks like it should work, maybe grunter?
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Post by: jball7204 on August 22, 2014, 05:58:50 PM: Haven't really tried the shrimp/prawn imitations, but they must work. Have a feeling gurnard will grab before grunter, unless they aren't around.

Prefer gamefish takes on the surface and we're normally kept busy by that, but have that exact same prawn lure and will be giving it a bash as soon as it warms up a little (water wise) and there is more variety to tempt with it.
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: jball7204 on August 22, 2014, 06:01:14 PM: Anyone ever use those colour change jobs? Bought a couple to try but unsure of the whole idea behind that. Cant read Japanese...!
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: deezynking on August 23, 2014, 12:11:31 AM: great post, heres some :+ cred:
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Post by: Randon on August 24, 2014, 06:16:24 AM: Guys the shrimp works very well,tried it out da last time I fished the bay,
Tried evrything I had than put on the shrimp,jus let sink near the rocks and
The Malabar Rockod never wasted time,got 5 of them and dropped a
Rock Salmon,all small fish but still a pleasure watching them come out
Their hiding places and grabing the lure.
Title: Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
Post by: gavin erwin on August 24, 2014, 09:20:14 AM: (clap) Fantastic, thanks for the feedback Randon!!! :tkx:
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Post by: Shivaan on August 24, 2014, 10:47:16 AM: Which part of the bay Randon?
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Post by: jball7204 on August 24, 2014, 12:53:10 PM: In May & June when the only gamefish that were biting in the Bay were the odd Torpedo Scad and Garfish we fished deep a lot as Sand Gurnards can be quite fun (for a limited time). Picked up plenty Malabar on the banks while pulling the lures off the banks into deeper water. They even chowed a Salty Blade! I think my mate Chris got 3 of them in quick succession with a Salty Blade. It happened after I wrote the article so it wasn't in there.

But just for info, the Salty Blade got Rock Cod and Gurnard when jerked up off the bottom. Reasonably quick retrieve too...

(http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/MGalleryItem.php?id=2235)
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Post by: gavin erwin on August 24, 2014, 01:27:47 PM: Good looking little lure! :hnthnt: This TA is a reel thing!!! :blush:
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Post by: Randon on August 24, 2014, 09:21:53 PM: Hey Shivaan,I only fish the yacht mole pier,nice stop after work until
Peak hour trafic passes.
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Post by: Shivaan on August 25, 2014, 09:03:29 AM: Great Stuff Randon. I need to give this spot a try sometime between lectures or site meetings :hehe: . Thanks for the info. Hopefully I will be able to contribute to this thread soon...