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Article 5 - 13 April 2007
This last week’s fishing was characterized by the excellent swimming prawn catches throughout the Eastern Cape rivers, even the Krom river which does not usually produce good swimming prawn runs. They are relatively easy to get as they inhabit shallow water and are close to the side in creeks and near rocks.
With the prawns obviously come the fish to feed on them. The Swartkops has got many small Leeries but they are unfortunately very small so they don’t put up a good fight, even on light tackle. This is very encouraging for the future as the river is teeming with these small game fish.
I was at Gamtoos on the weekend and there were many small Leeries chasing as I was throwing the swimming prawns. Again, these small game fish will stay in the rivers now to feed up in order to migrate with the rest of the shoals next year. Leeries grow very quickly and we should have good Leerie fishing right into the winter. This is really a good time for Leeries and there are stacks of bigger fish at the harbour wall at the moment – mainly caught on lead heads and obviously live bait.
The Gamtoos surf also has some nice Leeries and these fish are always over 5kg. There were some lovely Cob caught at the Kransies in the Gamtoos river in the 3kg to 12kg range and all these fish were caught on live bait. These fish were in good numbers and this is very strange for this time of the year. Cob fishing in general is better in the winter months (June to September) in the rivers with the surf and deep sea being better in December, January.
On the rock and surf scene, Cape Recife has been working excellently for good sized Hotties (Jan Bruin). This is a really tasty eating fish and because of the east winds, these fish have been coming out in good numbers - they have been in the 1-3kg range. The east wind churns up the sea nicely and this is exactly what the Hotties like. The best bait for them is I&J Pink Prawn, sand prawn and chokka. The Elf catches along the Marine Drive were good until the water became freezing because of the East winds that have been prevalent, but after the last couple of days of West wind, the water has warmed up and the Elf have been back on the bite.
With spring tides coming on this weekend, take the throw net out of the garage and throw yourself some prawns at your nearest river. They are excellent bait and lovely eating. The rivers should fish well this weekend for most of our game fish including Skipjack, which were caught in the Skins competition last weekend.
Tight lines and good catches,
This last week’s fishing was characterized by the excellent swimming prawn catches throughout the Eastern Cape rivers, even the Krom river which does not usually produce good swimming prawn runs. They are relatively easy to get as they inhabit shallow water and are close to the side in creeks and near rocks.
With the prawns obviously come the fish to feed on them. The Swartkops has got many small Leeries but they are unfortunately very small so they don’t put up a good fight, even on light tackle. This is very encouraging for the future as the river is teeming with these small game fish.
I was at Gamtoos on the weekend and there were many small Leeries chasing as I was throwing the swimming prawns. Again, these small game fish will stay in the rivers now to feed up in order to migrate with the rest of the shoals next year. Leeries grow very quickly and we should have good Leerie fishing right into the winter. This is really a good time for Leeries and there are stacks of bigger fish at the harbour wall at the moment – mainly caught on lead heads and obviously live bait.
The Gamtoos surf also has some nice Leeries and these fish are always over 5kg. There were some lovely Cob caught at the Kransies in the Gamtoos river in the 3kg to 12kg range and all these fish were caught on live bait. These fish were in good numbers and this is very strange for this time of the year. Cob fishing in general is better in the winter months (June to September) in the rivers with the surf and deep sea being better in December, January.
On the rock and surf scene, Cape Recife has been working excellently for good sized Hotties (Jan Bruin). This is a really tasty eating fish and because of the east winds, these fish have been coming out in good numbers - they have been in the 1-3kg range. The east wind churns up the sea nicely and this is exactly what the Hotties like. The best bait for them is I&J Pink Prawn, sand prawn and chokka. The Elf catches along the Marine Drive were good until the water became freezing because of the East winds that have been prevalent, but after the last couple of days of West wind, the water has warmed up and the Elf have been back on the bite.
With spring tides coming on this weekend, take the throw net out of the garage and throw yourself some prawns at your nearest river. They are excellent bait and lovely eating. The rivers should fish well this weekend for most of our game fish including Skipjack, which were caught in the Skins competition last weekend.
Tight lines and good catches,