Struisbaai updates and reports .

[Lenny]

Dagse! I wil be in Struis from 27-30March. Cant wait to fish the area again. Wil mostly target in Eds and Cob on the plaat.

Last I fished the Plaat it was Nationals so we were alowed to drive on the beach. How far may I drive when I turn of at the plaat`s entrance?
Daar een duintjie wat n bietjie tricky is hy kan ook tesag wees en jy sal in dai geVAT slugs met n beach buggy daar oor kom . Wees versigtig Aan die linkerkant van daai duin is bosse met n morse gat , jy sal jou alike daar op sy dak laat belant , die sand gee pad en dan is daar nie keer nie .
Ek weet ook nie hoe sal n man maak indien dit gebeur nie , daar is park plek voor die duin wel .

HI Armand .
you have basically 3 access points .
You take the drive , to De mond , Park there and Pay your 40 bucks, you car is VERY safe there , only thing is , gates only open at 7 and close by 4 . Its still about an hours walk from there , STAY AWAY from the area when the swell is big .


2 die PLaat Parkinglot , its the 'dodgy parking lot'  of the 3 . You will not have problems if you don't leave valuables in you cabby .  This parking lot is a distance from the 'safe ' and third parking place .  but if you want to take a long walk this is the one  , If you are to freaked out to leave your cabby there , I am willing to go drop you guys there with my cabby , and collect again ...


3 Argunauta Park , seems to be the safest option , however theres always 'feet ' moving through there and I am more sceptic about parking there than at the Plaat parking lot .


Send me a PM , with your details , should you need anything , or any rock I can over turn for you .

Dankie man! Dis wat ek wou weet. Soos ek verstaan het n man 4x4 nodig om by die 2de parking te kom?

Ek sal maar alle waardevolle goed uit my bakkie uit haal. Eks nie bang vir ver stap nie maar wil darem weagtag nie my frek loop nie!

Groetnis

[Armand Steenkamp]

Mmmm dankie Lenny.. Ek sal maar eers loer hoe dit lyk en dan besluit..
Sien baie uit. Dankie vir die raad oor die maanskyn wurms!

Groetnis

[Lenny]

No worries armand .
Safe on the road.

[Lenny]

Good news and bad news .




The weather looks good for next week , very good .


From the 22 march I would be fishing hard .


David have been making me drool with his adventures.


Sorted most of my tackle , will get bait that I am shorting tomorrow , occy / choks / crabs and rooies.

[Armand Steenkamp]

Whats the bad news ??

[Lenny]

Whats the bad news ??

Water very cold , and have been for a while , it's this on / off condisions . One day 100% next  poor.  We need a week o proper easterlies ,to improve Condisions .

Rainy this morn ,
No wind yet .

But that's struisbaai for you .

[Lenny]

Right , the water temp is up .


But there's so much anchovies in the water , that it makes fishing tough .




This morn I went down to the harbour , to recycle and speak to the manne .


Low and behold , from die las to false deur loop there's thousands of bird working , and seal and dolphins  , I have seen plenty of birds working and the past two weeks they have been working , from deur loop to spook draai , but a bit deeper that this mornings birds .
Basicly these birds are working just outside casting distance , I am pretty sure it's anchovies that's getting hammerd  and the wind behind them you  might get some pulls later on from the harbour and die las .

[Lenny]

Got fraped trice times on crabs .
 3 casts / 3 crabs / 3 pulls . Had one close  , when she saw me turned and well the rest is history..
Should have used heavier tackle . So loop Hy .

 

[Charles]

Eish Lenny tough times mate! Hang in there she's coming!

[whalerider]

Hey Lenny buddy....not to be sarcastic ...but you cant go to war with a pellet gun ....saal up bru ...you know those guys are big boys ...so the armour must match.....good luck as I know you will hunt them soon again !!.

Jy weet mos Maart maand is kraaker maand ..

stywe lyne boeta

WR

[Lenny]

Thanks guys, I was contemplating , should I share my misfortune , as I knew I was looking for trouble , I have been very lucky in the past landing a few on light stuff , this however was not your average Krakers , there must have been a shoal of them or it was the same one that was just hungry .


Very very disappointed , have been putting in some time to get a proper fish , and today was my day NOT . FFs


On the bright side its a perfect day no wind , the colour very very good , water temp up , despite the kob colour that crackers don't usually they were there . I think we're in for a good couple of weeks fishing ahead , experiences like this really breaksme , those that know me would know why . Aaarrrgggggg

[Lenny]

Hey Lenny buddy....not to be sarcastic ...but you cant go to war with a pellet gun ....saal up bru ...you know those guys are big boys ...so the armour must match.....good luck as I know you will hunt them soon again !!.

Jy weet mos Maart maand is kraaker maand ..

stywe lyne boeta

WR


No offence taken , as jy blurrier stupid will wees , dan most men's maar voel , en dis n ...... Gevoel .
Dit was meer soos n kettie as n skiet ding lol
If its not watching tv , it's rats and mice if it's not rats and mice it's undesirable species .
Never rains but it pours .

[Armand Steenkamp]

Hoop die weer hou tot die 27ste toe!! Moet n Raggy op n swart kombers kry!

Jammer om van jou badluck te hoor Lenny

[Lenny]

Hereby your weekend update .


Today is a perfect windless morning , the past  3 days , the sea was really big , so it's good news for the areas and hole that's sanded up , I bet some good hole washes open , and red bait that's been very very scarce will wash up again from today .


I believe these conditions will turn on the fishing for sure .
With Exinox ( spelling) this has provento be very conducive to fish feeding , we have over the past couple of years always have had some proper catches and some strange catches , all and all a good time to fish IMO .


With the amount of baitfish around and in the shallows is slightly concerning as the fish have plenty of fresh food available .
I would always suggest live bait for two reasons .
1 live bait is sort of pecker proof , and there's plenty of them around too ,
2. You just can't compare , live bait to dead bait , 99% of the time your get more and better quality enquiries on Livies . Kolstert

[Seventenths]

Hey Lenny, The comms still getting good tail? any reports from the offshore? not that it helps me but it nice to know what is going on...

[Lenny]

Let's try again kolsterte , mullets and streepies are top Livies .


There's very good colour all around from die praat to suider strand and assuming lay beyond there too .


Some very nice working water rolling in all around too for the galjoen crowd .


I suspect that the good conditions might not last for the weekend , and a Boland comp happening .


I am stuffed with bait , and cru and my wheels are standing without petrol .


Happy hunting

[Lenny]

Hey Lenny, The comms still getting good tail? any reports from the offshore? not that it helps me but it nice to know what is going on...

Nada tony , those tail are gone ' comms are having a hard time with very bad catches and resorted to catching mackerels about 3 bins per boat with 1 bin geelbek with the odd geelstert . Don't know if they are gone for good , or it's just the water that's not right all and all very poor out at the back . The Innekommers have also left . Don't know whatgonnahappen with the tail bonanza .

[BETTYS]

Lenny what good is wheels without Petrol 

[Seventenths]

  Braham... Lenny's wheels work just fine without Petrol.. so we found out much to our embarrassment when we left him in the harbour and drove off....

[Charles]

Braham... Lenny's wheels work just fine without Petrol.. so we found out much to our embarrassment when we left him in the harbour and drove off....

I think there is a story to tell in this? Come on spill the beans!