KZN Offshore - Whatzup

[Happy Dog]

Not coastal but heading up Sani, and into Lesotho for 3 days. Hopefully get to throw a fly into one of the rivers.

[kevf]

Not coastal but heading up Sani, and into Lesotho for 3 days. Hopefully get to throw a fly into one of the rivers.

HD don't forget the ob's, we are at the bottom of the hill and have been minus 4 most mornings the last week, id hate to know what they sitting on up there
enjoy

[Mal Hannes]

will be launching tomorrow, will be on my boat Shayamanzi, going to try for tuna and hopefully the sharks give us a break. good luck and tight lines to all the guys launching 

Will be there, see you in the morning

fun morning 3 bonnies 1 was nice size 4.5kg.

[REEFMAN]

will be launching tomorrow, will be on my boat Shayamanzi, going to try for tuna and hopefully the sharks give us a break. good luck and tight lines to all the guys launching 

Will be there, see you in the morning

fun morning 3 bonnies 1 was nice size 4.5kg.

Submit the Bonnie in the UA Saltwater records... the Record is still vacant.

[Shaun17]

will be launching tomorrow, will be on my boat Shayamanzi, going to try for tuna and hopefully the sharks give us a break. good luck and tight lines to all the guys launching 

Will be there, see you in the morning

fun morning 3 bonnies 1 was nice size 4.5kg.

Submit the Bonnie in the UA Saltwater records... the Record is still vacant.

Missed that... Some decent bonnies have been caught by some of our members in the past year or so

How was the fishing yesterday chaps?

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Some really nice tunny caught yesterday, unfortunately I was not amongst them. Well done to those who found the fish.

[AQUAFAN]

We finally got snoek onto the boat yesterday - got 2 around 3kg each. Also got.a.few small bonnies and a queenfish.
Trolled feathers to Umhloti hoping for a tuna but nothing - swam a few live shad for couta as well in the 30m mark but no takers.
Went down for bottoms and got some nice slinger and rockcod - sea turned nasty and we headed back!

[Shaun17]

Congrats Aqua, sounds like an awesome day on the water!! 

[Umpa Lumpa]

Nice Aqua, eeish i need to fish again soon been a month now.

[dugong]

Fished Friday and ended up with one snoek and was bitten off by one, fish came on only after 9........none boated early on the spring high.

[alfu]

Fished on Sunday and got some big macs for bait. Tried for tuna and got 3 nice runs only to get the live baits back without any signs of tooth matks and still alive? Can someone advize if this is common to tuna? Very strange. Managed to get hooked in something big. Followed it for some time only to be cut off near the hook. Think it was a big cuta as it had a very good run. Need also some info for durban. Till when can we try for cuta and tuna? Not sure when they leave our waters. Thanks

[Lofty]

Isn't it nearly Leerie(Garrick)time there in Durbs...?Couldn't that be the reason your livies "took runs"but returned without toothmarks and alive...?

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Fished on Sunday and got some big macs for bait. Tried for tuna and got 3 nice runs only to get the live baits back without any signs of tooth matks and still alive? Can someone advize if this is common to tuna? Very strange. Managed to get hooked in something big. Followed it for some time only to be cut off near the hook. Think it was a big cuta as it had a very good run. Need also some info for durban. Till when can we try for cuta and tuna? Not sure when they leave our waters. Thanks

Hi Alfu, when you fish for the Tuna allow for a very light drag so the fish can run and swallow the bait, sometimes what I have found is that soon as the tunny feels some resistance it will drop the bait. The croc couta well who knows if you don't try you will never know. The Tunny should be around for awhile still.

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Isn't it nearly Leerie(Garrick)time there in Durbs...?Couldn't that be the reason your livies "took runs"but returned without toothmarks and alive...?

Hi Lofty, our garrick (Leerie) season starts around now and we get them right on the back line, we on the boats normally only start getting fish around the end of September  - what we call the return shoals.

[Sea Dweller]

Fish on Sunday and had the same problem, had nice big macs on circle hooks, let the tuna run for a long time and then tightened up, had the fish on for a few seconds only to have the macs spat out. Happened 3 times, very frustrating. I thought it may have been the circles twisting up, but I have since heard that a good few boats had the same problem!

Fished on Sunday and got some big macs for bait. Tried for tuna and got 3 nice runs only to get the live baits back without any signs of tooth matks and still alive? Can someone advize if this is common to tuna? Very strange. Managed to get hooked in something big. Followed it for some time only to be cut off near the hook. Think it was a big cuta as it had a very good run. Need also some info for durban. Till when can we try for cuta and tuna? Not sure when they leave our waters. Thanks

[alfu]

Thanks for the replies. Will definitively go for Garrick this year as I have never caught one. Will see if I can get those tunas!!!

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Fish on Sunday and had the same problem, had nice big macs on circle hooks, let the tuna run for a long time and then tightened up, had the fish on for a few seconds only to have the macs spat out. Happened 3 times, very frustrating. I thought it may have been the circles twisting up, but I have since heard that a good few boats had the same problem!

Fished on Sunday and got some big macs for bait. Tried for tuna and got 3 nice runs only to get the live baits back without any signs of tooth matks and still alive? Can someone advize if this is common to tuna? Very strange. Managed to get hooked in something big. Followed it for some time only to be cut off near the hook. Think it was a big cuta as it had a very good run. Need also some info for durban. Till when can we try for cuta and tuna? Not sure when they leave our waters. Thanks

The fish you were loosing could have been Queenfish 

[Sea Dweller]

Hi guys


I have a stack(about 150) of fishing mags to give away, The complete fly fisherman, Fly fishing, Ski Boat, ESA and some others, I'm leaving SA for a while and can't take them with me. If anyone wants them please let me know and I will either drop them at the club for you or you can come collect them, they date back to about 2002.


Cheers,
Mike.

[dugong]

  thats one of the reasons that I suscribe to all the mags on my iPad

[MichaelK]

Drop them off at Durban ski boat club. I'm sure the guys would enjoy reading them down stairs at the couches or upstairs around the bar