Author Topic: KZN Offshore - Whatzup (Read 869873 times)

Timothy Scriven · « **Reply #920 on:** March 11, 2015, 08:26:35 AM »

A mate Alan (not in pic) took his novice buddies out on Monday for some snoek, off Vaginia Beach.
**side note** you know your life is sad when you are forced to start posting your mates fishing pics to feel part of the fun

CLS · « **Reply #921 on:** March 13, 2015, 11:16:57 AM »

OK so who is launching tomorrow ?? if work doesn't get in the way I will be out

maganything · « **Reply #922 on:** March 13, 2015, 12:43:37 PM »

Quote from: CLS on March 13, 2015, 11:16:57 AM

OK so who is launching tomorrow ?? if work doesn't get in the way I will be out

work is in the way for me... No fishing for me and sunday looks k*K!!!

AQUAFAN · « **Reply #923 on:** March 15, 2015, 01:25:13 PM »

Launched at 5h30 yesterday morning - trolled to Umhloti and got 5 yft in the 5 - 7kg range - also got a few good slingers at Umhloti on the 50m mark.

CLS · « **Reply #924 on:** March 16, 2015, 09:55:50 AM »

Had a great day on the water Saturday, found the snoek in one of my secret spots and had fun on light tackle, ranged between 2 and 4.8kg

dugong · « **Reply #925 on:** March 16, 2015, 09:55:50 AM »

Fished the Glenashley/LaLucia stretch for couta on Saturday, lost a bus YFT that almost spooled me and kinked the #4 wire

had one other pull where the hooks missed, also had my only mackerel chowed within seconds by this guy

Shad bait thick just inside the barge.......even stretched a few for a nice fish braai

All and all a great day on the water with fantastic water all the way up to Peace Cottage - just no couta!!

maganything · « **Reply #926 on:** March 16, 2015, 10:03:28 AM »

Well done guys!!
Glad there some fish around!

Hoping to get out this weekend!

Happy Dog · « **Reply #927 on:** March 16, 2015, 05:31:27 PM »

Blanched Saturday and blanked but nice day out with the family. Yet still came home with a fresh snoek compliment of oompa.mthanks Chris it was awesome on the Braai.

for your generosity

maganything · « **Reply #928 on:** March 19, 2015, 07:21:42 AM »

Who is launching this weekend?
We will be there on Sunday! Plan to target bottoms North of DBN...

Bwana · « **Reply #929 on:** March 19, 2015, 08:57:11 AM »

I'll be there this weekend - fishing the DSBC interclub as team Shelly Beach. Going to bring two junior anglers with for some hands-on training. Looking forward to it! Have seen the weather has been pretty crappy this week so hoping the forecast lines up for the weekend. My mate Anton is fishing the Rosebowl there at the moment and he got a 20kg couta on 6kg line yesterday!

maganything · « **Reply #930 on:** March 19, 2015, 09:02:52 AM »

Sh1T that is impressive on 6KG line...

Weather looked better yesterday for the weekend, i see this am it has changed slightly...
Still looks like sunday will be fishable!

lebaka · « **Reply #931 on:** March 20, 2015, 11:57:57 AM »

rosebowl update out of dsbc nomads realeases 2 sails this morning

Timothy Scriven · « **Reply #932 on:** March 23, 2015, 02:45:36 PM »

Good stuff

dugong · « **Reply #933 on:** March 23, 2015, 03:28:39 PM »

It looks like the sprats have arrived, I saw a good few pockets between Umdloti and Virginia today, this is a very good sign that things could pick up in the coming weeks, especially for couta and of course snoek, (as anyone who has caught snoek amongst the sprats will tell you - spoon mayhem!!

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CLS · « **Reply #934 on:** March 23, 2015, 04:07:08 PM »

Quote from: dugongboy on March 23, 2015, 03:28:39 PM

It looks like the sprats have arrived, I saw a good few pockets between Umdloti and Virginia today, this is a very good sign that things could pick up in the coming weeks, especially for couta and of course snoek, (as anyone who has caught snoek amongst the sprats will tell you - spoon mayhem!! )

maganything · « **Reply #935 on:** March 23, 2015, 04:40:47 PM »

We also saw plenty bait fish yesterday.
Lots of tuna breaking the surface aswell!
We couldn't hook and tuna if our lives depended on it! Fished for bottoms and managed one small slinger.
Had a k*K day on the water interms of catching fish, but great to be out..

Saw some lovely fish weighed at the dsbc interclub!

CLS · « **Reply #936 on:** March 24, 2015, 10:08:13 AM »

Quote from: maganything on March 23, 2015, 04:40:47 PM

We also saw plenty bait fish yesterday.
Lots of tuna breaking the surface aswell!
We couldn't hook and tuna if our lives depended on it! Fished for bottoms and managed one small slinger.
Had a k*K day on the water interms of catching fish, but great to be out..

Saw some lovely fish weighed at the dsbc interclub!

think I need an invite to show you a few tricks

maganything · « **Reply #937 on:** March 24, 2015, 10:19:00 AM »

Quote from: CLS on March 24, 2015, 10:08:13 AM

Quote from: maganything on March 23, 2015, 04:40:47 PM
We also saw plenty bait fish yesterday.
Lots of tuna breaking the surface aswell!
We couldn't hook and tuna if our lives depended on it! Fished for bottoms and managed one small slinger.
Had a k*K day on the water interms of catching fish, but great to be out..

Saw some lovely fish weighed at the dsbc interclub!
think I need an invite to show you a few tricks

its a date!!

Bwana · « **Reply #938 on:** March 24, 2015, 10:30:13 AM »

We fished the DSBC Interclub as Team Shelly Beach, I had two juniors with me as a development team. Saturday was a tough day with very sloppy NE conditions and cold green water. We had good livebait, couldn't find a yellowfin but found good water off umdloti and looked for a couta - no pulls but managed an amberjack on a live shad. Sunday was a lot better, smooth seas and a light SW throughout the day. We got a full livewell of shad and mackerel and found a nice yellowfin off Umhlanga on a live mackerel. We then ran shallow at Umdloti to look for snoek and found them in clean green water in the rips off the river mouth. We managed two very quickly and then went looking for a couta. They were eating the sard fillet baits flat out and if we had stayed we could have got a lot more. we went for couta later and couldn't find any pulls. Some very nice fish came out through the fleet with some guys running up to Zinkwazi each day and coming back with shoal sized couta and a big YFT (28,6kg). Some 30+kg tuna came out on the last day on the dolphins. Late on the Sunday a lot of wahoo and dorries came out at the ships especially the drilling rig anchored off Umdloti. All in all a great comp and I'm glad the lighties got to experience compo fishing.

dugong · « **Reply #939 on:** March 24, 2015, 10:37:16 AM »

Nice!!

I think things are going to pick up in the coming weeks, did you see any sprats?