Grumpy’s fishing report

The kayak anglers had a good time at Mile 14 with some big kob caught. Calmer waters made for some good days along the shoreline. While some tried to catch dinner others just enjoyed the beach with their friends and family.Mile 17’s Black Rocks slightly north from the parking also produced some nice kob. Mile 11 and Mile 13 gave some galjoen and from Mile 8 towards the south close to the pump station some blacktail were caught. Pally Karstens again hit the northern shores and got rewarded with a nice kob. He used sardines and octopus as a combination bait. This often seems to trigger the fish to take the bait. Pally was fishing at the Canopy area and got rewarded for traveling the huge distance. Over the last twe weeks he was lucky to catch quite a few kob and steenbras over 10 kilograms each. Mile 72 again delivered a couple of monsters but some anglers were not lucky enough to catch any. Sometimes a deeper cast could help this situation. The upcoming Easter Angling Competition will take place on 8 April along the coast. The weigh in will be held at the Henties Bay Sport Club. The angler with the winning fish will pocket N$5 000, but there are plenty more prizes for kob, steenbras, galjoen and blacktail. Tickets are available at most tackle stores along the coast. The fishing area will be from Paaltjies right up the border fence of the Skeleton Coast entry point. Good luck to all participating. A lot of reports of “catching a few” along the coast came through. Anglers going out to the Jakkalsputz area reported slow fishing whereas anglers in the Mile 32 area were rewarded with some galjoen when the water was slightly rougher.Die Walle also produced some steenbras. They are great fighters and are excellent to be caught on lighter tackle. Steenbras are also delicious, especially when baked in an oven.The kob season is slowly coming to an end. Although we do catch them all year round, the bigger breeding fish will be slightly less in winter. The good news is that the winter will see galjoen catches picking up. Galjoen can be caught on white mussel, crayfish, blackmussel and redbait. Redbait is available at leading tackle shops but can also be picked up in areas such as Mile 68 and Sarah se Gat as well as Tolla se Gat. Conditions for the week look favourable with predictions of strong south west winds this weekend. Tight lines!

Grumpy’s fishing report

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