Author Topic: Kenton on Sea Tips (Read 23829 times)

Goose · « **on:** December 01, 2014, 10:46:37 AM »

Good day Guys

Going down to Kenton on sea for the December Holidays. Have never fished there before, any tips for the area?

Kent · « **Reply #1 on:** December 01, 2014, 11:51:41 AM »

...Fish on the Kariega side of the river and walk to EL about a kilo...very good structure there.....kob...silvers...poensie...blues ....chokka...pillie ...sand prawn ....

John F · « **Reply #2 on:** December 01, 2014, 12:29:47 PM »

Quote from: Goose on December 01, 2014, 10:46:37 AM

Good day Guys

Going down to Kenton on sea for the December Holidays. Have never fished there before, any tips for the area?

Please do a search on UA. Plenty of info already shared.

Goose · « **Reply #3 on:** December 02, 2014, 08:02:09 AM »

thanx for the help Kent, will try out the spots down the river.

Kent · « **Reply #4 on:** December 02, 2014, 09:34:59 AM »

...Btw...if you staying at Kenton...just watch that river mouth...its not wide BUT can get trick and a bit deepish at times when you cross it to get to the other side....

Goose · « **Reply #5 on:** December 02, 2014, 12:24:37 PM »

Will try my Luck!

What baits works best in that Mouth and in the surf?

Kent · « **Reply #6 on:** December 02, 2014, 01:54:01 PM »

..Im not a bait kinda okie...BUT...pillie...chokka and pump some prawn...Im sure that Kariega will have some sand prawn in it.....

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #7 on:** December 02, 2014, 03:01:38 PM »

Hi Goose have a look at these threads:

http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/index.php?topic=4916.msg61399#msg61399

http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/index.php?topic=7712.msg113284#msg113284

http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/index.php?topic=7711.0

http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/index.php?topic=10990.msg168380#msg168380

http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/index.php?topic=9801.0

Let me know if you need any further help

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #8 on:** December 02, 2014, 03:06:22 PM »

December time, if you fish the Kariega mouth you will struggle to get any edibles. Too many Raggie pups, Blue Rays, Diamond Rays and Sandies around, havent caught an edibvle in the mouth between Nov and Jan except the odd small Kob and Sea Barbel, Sandsharks are thick.

Bushmans mouth is better, lots of Garrick around and lots of broken reef with Blacktail, Stumpies, and always a chance of Grunter and Kob. Less Raggies in the Bushmans mouth area normally, also quite a few Sandsharks.

The beach is also very busy, best time to fish both mouths in December are between 3am and 7am. Incoming tide is best, especially over a spring tide.

If you want to walk (Which is what I normally do in December), walk from Bushmans beach parking lot to kwaaihoek/diaz cross. Lots of good scratching water there, and a few nice holes that hold Steenies and Kob.

Also Kasouga is worth a fish, especially if you want to throw in the surf. Right and left of Kasouga for 3kms is great water, all fishable and all sorts of species.

What are you looking at targeting/catching?

Goose · « **Reply #9 on:** December 04, 2014, 08:56:29 AM »

thanks for the links and tips Walkerskiller.

Im hoping for a few grunters, blacktail and maybe some Zebras, a Cob on line also wont hurt.

it might be a dumb question- can I buy sand prawns from the tackle shops or must I pump for them rather?

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #10 on:** December 04, 2014, 12:15:25 PM »

No worries.

Grunter, your best bet is the Bushmans river on the mud banks...

You can buy sand prawn from the locals, but that is illegal so I wouldnt encourage it. You can pump mud prawn between the 2 bridges at the bushmans and kariega and you can pump sand prawn at the bushmans river mouth.

You can buy pink prawn from Buco (They have the fresher bait), but the sards at spar are cheaper.

Goose · « **Reply #11 on:** December 04, 2014, 12:29:12 PM »

100%.

Thanks a lot for all the help. We give report on the fishing afterwords.

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #12 on:** December 04, 2014, 12:32:20 PM »

Awesome

BigLes · « **Reply #13 on:** December 08, 2014, 05:53:27 PM »

Hi there

I hope I can add some assistance. Bushmans was my backyard for many years. Havent been for the last 4years though but im sure you can still have some luck in my old spots.

I presume your going without a boat so will only mention shore areas.

At the bushmans bridge, the grassy bushmans side, you will find a lot of Garrick, and the odd springer. Slow worked lures are best, had some good fishing on yozuris back in the day, but the newer lures should work great! They do not like fast retrieves, many times following but no attacks. You may also get the odd shad and Kob here too. (Not sure when is shad season but when its out of season they feed at the bridge ferociously, just have your fun and put them back)

On the Kenton side of bushmans going from the bridge up river you will find a rocky stretch, its a bit of a walk but from before the bend to past that bend, there have been many big cob, even mussel cracker taken out there. Night time is best with live mullet or big fishy baits.

The floating restaurant (If its still there) is an awesome light tackle spot at night, use a float and drift sardine or prawns about 30cm under it, along that stretch, lots of fun with smaller cobs. Small lures also produce here, slow jerky movements.

For grunter, I would focus on drift baits, mud or sad prawn, all alond the bushmans side of the river, cast it out and walk with it. Just use an medium size swivel to weigh it down.

From bushmans side, walk onto the "island" onto the sand stretch, cast drift baits and walk them along that whole bank, I have had good luck with steenbras on that section. Biggest of 6kg, but have seen bigger come out there. Cob and grunter also taken along that bank.

The river mouth area where the sand bags are, was usually busy with smaller fish, never tried lures though, and got stuck a lot.

Just outside of the rivermouth into the sea there is good fishing, Kob and Steenies, lots of sharks, what we used to do was once you catch a shark, cast 5meters right of that, if you hook a shark again then cast 5m from that spot, the fish are never too far from the spotted gulley sharks there.

I tried plugs and dropshot a few times in the surf but had no luck, you do however see the garricks occasionally and the shad also shoot around the shallows, so the possibility is there.

Hope that helps.

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #14 on:** December 08, 2014, 06:09:18 PM »

Awesome info

The sandbar (Last 2 times I have been there) is under new ownership (Again) and the oke running it hates fishermen and disallows any anglers into the restaurant now...

BigLes · « **Reply #15 on:** December 08, 2014, 09:41:37 PM »

We used to park our boat on the opposite bank to the sandbar and cast to the middle of the channel and let it drift into the light.

Lol can't stop us that way

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #16 on:** December 09, 2014, 06:46:56 AM »

Hehe, yeah I have resorted to taking my ski into that channel

Goose · « **Reply #17 on:** December 09, 2014, 08:05:59 AM »

Hi Bigles

Thanx a lot for the help, was not sure on what Techniques to use in the river as well as the surf. I think I will certainly land a few for sure.

What types of Bait did you use in the Surf? would Sand Prawns also work or would some chokka be better?

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #18 on:** December 09, 2014, 09:38:20 AM »

Goose, chokka backing with 2 or 3 sand prawns in the surf is a

You can throw chokka and mud prawn close to the bushmans mouth, you will get some nice

and Cape Stumpnose of 35cm + ...

BigLes · « **Reply #19 on:** December 09, 2014, 10:07:23 AM »

For the river, my all time favourite was a live mullet!

Off the surf, I would suggest live mullet for cob and sand/mud prawns for everything else!

Honestly get yourself some fresh healthy sand prawn slide 4 on your hook and up ur trace then tie another 3 prawns around each of the prawns on the rig! It's big and doesn't resemble a prawn but it's a Steenbras KILLER!!! And I have seen cracker, cob, big spotted Grunter also fall for this!