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Shad and Sardines on South Coast

Shad and Sardines on South Coast

After the heavy seas of last week, things are almost back to normal. Shad are back on the bite at Uvongo Pier, Margate and most of the spots in between – so let’s hope the Garrick and Kingfish...
Shad Season Opens 1 December

Shad Season Opens 1 December

IDENTIFICATION This well known angling fish is elongate with an overall silvery sheen with light green/blue tinge on the dorsal surface and upper flanks. DISTRIBUTION Although shad occur in warm waters...
Sunrise at Orange Rocks

Sunrise at Orange Rocks

With conditions improving very slowly,  it seems that we are still waiting for our fishy friends to get hungry. There has been absolutely no action, whatsoever for the last few days. Two shad came out on...
Great days fishing

Great days fishing

Lucky’s first kingfish. I got down to Orange Rocks  ( see Google Map) at about 8:30 on Saturday morning, a little late for the shad – but I had bigger things on my mind. The rocks were quite...
Salmon Caught at Orange Rocks

Salmon Caught at Orange Rocks

My Friend Jaco, caught this Salmon at Orange Rocks last week. It was quite a cool catch, as he had just lost one earlier, that he hooked on a drift trace for Shad. He  thought that it was the current...
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