Game Fishing - Past Season Report - 2018/2019.
Offshore Fishing
Report – Summer 2018/2019
With winter in full swing now, I thought it was time to reflect on the
past summer season.
The season started early with our biggest Dorado of 20kg opening the
account on the 1st of October, even more special was that this fish
was landed by a young boy. From the beginning of the season at the end of 2018
the fish were there even though the water was cold and mostly green right
through to mid December, we also encountered an unusual occurrence where all
the early season fish came out of the cold green water and the warmer blue
water that we found was void of life.
Dorado fishing was spectacular for the season and one of the best seasons
we have had in the past few years with many Dorado caught and some days with
double digits from all our boats, Wahoo on the other hand made a poor showing
this season with very few caught. Tuna fishing was average however we got a lot
of bigger ones than normal with an average weight of 17kg and fish up to 30kg
which is really good for Durban. No Blue or Striped Marlin were caught but we
did manage 6 Black Marlin 3 of them really stand out, 1 was over 600lbs, 1 was
hooked up on one of the new Rapala Xtreme’s and a 400lb on light tackle. All
our Marlin were successfully released with no casualties. The sailfish this
season was a real frustration, even though we got several strikes we never
landed one. The Dorado came early but the also left early with very little
caught after March, usually we get them through to April, waters also started
cooling down earlier which bodes well for a good sardine run in 2019 and as
always the game season is better in years that the sardines come. We had great
fun this past season along with many of our guests.
For the next few months all our big tackle is in for maintenance and we
are preparing for the new season whilst winter fishing takes place, from 1st
October our big game trips will commence for the 2019/2020 season. I can’t
wait.
To my team, well done guys and to our guests thank you for your support.
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