Grumpy’s fishing report

The weather conditions over the Easter weekend was rather cold and the fishing somewhat slow.

Some decent kob were however caught around Swakopmund. Simen Anderson was one angler that braved the cold. He was targeting spotted gulley sharks at Mile 8 using mullet as bait. He was surprised when the fish was in the shallow water and the colour was a beautiful silver and purple. After a few anxious moments the huge kob was finally on the beach. The fish was weighed and it pulled the scale to an amazing 18,790kg. Now that is a fine fish!

Further reports came in from anglers hunting in the vicinity of Mile 6 to Mile 14. Some decent catches were pulled ashore. Anglers trying their luck further north than Cape cross had less luck. Mile 72 was probably the pick of the week with some good kob catches being reported. Tolla se gat produced some blacktail. A Windhoek angler reported that he caught a blacktail of 2,4kg and it measured 50cm. That is some serious blacktail.

The Zeila wreck also gave some steenbras for the second week running. Most of these fish were caught on pilchard and chicken liver mix, while others were caught on white mussel and octopus.

The shark anglers are getting some pulls but it has been rather slow.

The crayfish season is also almost over with the last day on 31 April to dive for these delicious critters. The best diving areas generally would be Vierkantklip and Patrysberg. Keep in mind that one may only have 7 crayfish per day. While getting a recreational angling license one can ask for the rules and sizes of allowed catches per day.

The weather looks great for the upcoming week so pack your coffee to battle the winter chills and you might be surprised with some good galjoen catches.

Tight lines!