Author Topic: KZN Offshore - Whatzup (Read 869863 times)

Umpa Lumpa · « **Reply #1020 on:** May 03, 2015, 10:05:04 AM »

Lekker Vid Shaun.

We had a trip out yesterday, game plan was mainly bottoms, did not get tons but the ones we did get were quality, nice fresh fish for the pan and mates. Water was warm 24.5 even at 65m the sinker comes up warm. Whilst out had a bus of a yellowtail swim past under the boat, eeish and we weren't prepared, FFF managed to get a popper in the zone it followed it a short bit then turned and gone, live learn hey.

Chigger · « **Reply #1021 on:** May 03, 2015, 10:16:30 AM »

Quote from: Umpa Lumpa on May 03, 2015, 10:05:04 AM

Lekker Vid Shaun.

We had a trip out yesterday, game plan was mainly bottoms, did not get tons but the ones we did get were quality, nice fresh fish for the pan and mates. Water was warm 24.5 even at 65m the sinker comes up warm. Whilst out had a bus of a yellowtail swim past under the boat, eeish and we weren't prepared, FFF managed to get a popper in the zone it followed it a short bit then turned and gone, live learn hey.

We'll done guys

isivuba · « **Reply #1022 on:** May 03, 2015, 10:24:36 AM »

Quote from: Shaun17 on May 03, 2015, 09:48:59 AM

Quote from: isivuba on May 03, 2015, 09:45:59 AM
Awesome Viedeo Shaun one of the best days of my life so far........should try make more of them.

Sure you can handle more of 5:02???

Now that I stopped smoking you can bring it on bud.....That little tuna really gave me a good rev.

Denzil lekker fish boet and bet you Ant made you catch most of them like usual hey?.....

iNdlovu · « **Reply #1023 on:** May 03, 2015, 11:38:22 AM »

Great video Shaun, you guys can do it again by joining us at Sodwana in October.
Nice D and Ant

Hammer · « **Reply #1024 on:** May 03, 2015, 12:08:12 PM »

Nice bottoms there Denzel and Ant.

Shaun, as Tony said "See you in October to make another cool movie".

iNdlovu · « **Reply #1025 on:** May 03, 2015, 12:26:21 PM »

And Trip F and Big D need to join us there as well. C'mon boys, you know you want to.

Shaun17 · « **Reply #1026 on:** May 03, 2015, 01:16:56 PM »

Lekker fish there Denzil, FFF and Kieran

Umpa Lumpa · « **Reply #1027 on:** May 03, 2015, 02:51:56 PM »

Typical DSBC Costa comp over and some nice fish coming out and water is perfect.

CLS · « **Reply #1028 on:** May 03, 2015, 07:51:12 PM »

Launched Saturday and did my usual snoek hunt, managed to get a few them moved to the bait spots, put out live baits and within minutes went away only to be eaten after 10 min, went back to the spot put another live bait same thing after about 15min eaten again so I packed up and went home. Good to meet up with Fritz, Chris E, Ant and big D. As well as Dugongboy who I hope you came right today. Was a great day out, till next week end cheers.

dugong · « **Reply #1029 on:** May 04, 2015, 08:14:20 AM »

Watched the fight so only launched at 7:30, water was too clean so guys battled for snoek and lots blanked, found a slightly dirtier rip up past the airport and ended up getting one of around 2kg and dropped another about the same size, in these conditions the fluro trace(no steel above the skirt) is a must!!

Spent another 3hrs trying for couta - great conditions, right spot, great baits......nada!!

that's plenty hours put in areas that normally produce this time of year and not even a pull

That said I suppose that only 22 caught by 350+ boats in the comp tells a story!!
Saw a bus

under the boat a few times, ignoring the live shad......waiting for something bigger no doubt

shagnrelease · « **Reply #1030 on:** May 04, 2015, 09:19:30 AM »

Quote from: Hammer on May 03, 2015, 12:08:12 PM

Nice bottoms there Denzel and Ant.

Shaun, as Tony said "See you in October to make another cool movie".

Not sure I want a part in this.....

Hammer · « **Reply #1031 on:** May 04, 2015, 09:26:53 AM »

Come on Boet, be a sport. We are going to put a Go Pro in the bar just for you.

Bwana · « **Reply #1032 on:** May 04, 2015, 11:11:59 AM »

Well done on all the fish guys

@Shaun that video clip is excellent, brings back some great memories.

shagnrelease · « **Reply #1033 on:** May 04, 2015, 11:17:12 AM »

Quote from: Bwana on May 04, 2015, 11:11:59 AM

Well done on all the fish guys

@Shaun that video clip is excellent, brings back some great memories.

I believe you have an outstanding report Mr Brewitt.....

Bwana · « **Reply #1034 on:** May 04, 2015, 11:40:13 AM »

Just got back from Natal Champs held at Pennington over the weekend. There were seven teams comprising the main zones on the Natal Coast, with a great weather forecast for the 3 days. For once the Pennington launch was pretty tame and all boats launched safely on all three days.

Day 1 - we puzzled a bit for live bait and instead of running up to Aliwal decided to work south at the Mzimayi pinnacles to try for a tuna or wahoo. A lot of the boats ran north. We set a spread of lures and had three bonnies very quickly. At around 9am I had an enquiry on my tuna feather (running shotgun) the fish gave a few short runs and came to the boat fairly easily, we thought it was a small tuna or a bonnie and got a great suprise when a 10kg wahoo eventually came to the gaff! The rest of the day was quiet, two boats got some nice dorado, and there were two couta weighed - one of 13kg and one of 19kg.

Day 2 - I swapped teams for the day and we changed our gameplan a bit, we founf good livebait off Park Rynie and headed up to Scottburgh to try for a couta. We had great baits out but no takers. We ran up to Aliwal Shoal and set a spread of lures to find a tuna or wahoo. ON the way we passed a jetski fighting a sailie - was nice to watch the fish jumping and the angler doing his best to stay on his ski. We got a few small bonnies and then ran to the 19fa line at Hospital Road to drift. We set up a drift but conditions were way too still - no wind and no current (the baits just went straight down). We got harassed by bottomfish eating our livies and soon decided to call it quits as a big SW was forecast and we were quite far north. I made the call to put out the lures and move south to Mzimayi. After 5 minutes of trolling my feather went away again on the shotgun and a sailie came out the water, he pulled around 300m of string on his first run and gave a great account of himself. After 15 minutes we had the fish at the boat, pulled him up for a brief pic before successfully releasing him! My first sailie on 10kg line - very stoked! We reset the spread and 20 minutes later we got a 15kg tuna. The day was already made, but more was in store. After resetting the spread, my close deep diving lure got knocked but didn't hook up and 10 seconds later Doug's rod screamed off, another sailie! This time it came in quite easily and we got it to the boat in just over 10 minutes, Shane took the leader and brought it up next to the boat, unfortunately as he reached for the hooks the knot on the Rapala popped, but the fish swam away safely and the Rapala was hooked on the outside of the mouth so all should be ok. What a great day, the SW came and we headed to the beach for a few

!!

Day 3 - The toughest day of the comp - near perfect conditions with flat seas and no wind. Unfortunately the fishing was terrible with only one tuna, a kingie and a 22kg wahoo coming out between all the boats. We blanked for the day, only caught 3 small sarda-sarda that were below minimum weight.

Once again it was a great comp with good anglers and great humour. Will definitely be back next year.

Some pics of our fish:

Shaun17 · « **Reply #1035 on:** May 04, 2015, 11:44:59 AM »

Right Mark... so Mike and I have decided we'll have some of that in Round 2. No pressure....

Well done bud, cracking results. Looks like KZN was cooking this weekend...

Umpa Lumpa · « **Reply #1036 on:** May 04, 2015, 11:45:42 AM »

Lekker Mark, well done.

shagnrelease · « **Reply #1037 on:** May 04, 2015, 11:49:49 AM »

Well done Mark!!

20lb is the way forward for those Billies...great fun!!

isivuba · « **Reply #1038 on:** May 04, 2015, 12:10:39 PM »

Quote from: Shaun17 on May 04, 2015, 11:44:59 AM

Right Mark... so Mike and I have decided we'll have some of that in Round 2. No pressure....

Well done bud, cracking results. Looks like KZN was cooking this weekend...

L Hooker · « **Reply #1039 on:** May 04, 2015, 01:31:32 PM »

Well done to all the guys some lekker fish being caught, congrats on the dbl Saily Mark