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The recent strong south easter blowing along the False Bay coastline has brought a large variety of smaller fish - including Kob, Geelbek, Leerfish and Elf - into the bay together with large schools of bait fish. Older anglers believe that there is a definite change in the weather pattern as according to them the intense heat, which we have been experiencing just after the south easter, this year arrived a little earlier than previous years.

These hot days are usually experienced in February and March - traditionally the months which are our best fishing months.

In Betty's Bay and Hangklip there has been a marked increase in very small Kob in the area.

These small Kob are also wide spread in False Bay and there are even shoals of small Mackerel in between the Maasbankers just outside Betty's Bay.

However, all these small fish around are encouraging signs for future good fishing months.

The Mossel Bay Ski Boats and professionals have reported that so far this season large Kob have been frequently caught in the area and many boats there have had large Kob between 16 and 30 kg.

46 kg Kob
During last week one Kob of 46 kg was caught by a ski boat in the area and as we all know, these fish over 100 pounds (or one toners as they are also called) have become quite scarce and are these days only usually caught in estuaries or in rivers leading into the sea, where they breed.

Local boat anglers have had a few Kob and Geelbek, mainly from Die Poort and Melk Bay, while a number of Elf have also been boated - but nothing larger than 900 grammes.

The Snoek shoals are still on the Hout Bay side of the bay, but rough seas and strong winds have kept many of the smaller boats from going out to sea.

The Western Province Shore Angling Association held a very successful competition last Saturday with many anglers having totals of 350 kg individually for the day.

Local shore anglers fishing from Melk Bay and other reefs up to Harmony Park have had full quotas of Kob (up to 5 kg) as well as some size Geelbek.

The Elf which were caught were a little larger than size and just under one kilogramme.

Visitors and shore anglers fishing from the beaches have had a few smaller Kob and Geelbek while fishing at night, because the tides were not correct for evening fishing and spinning.

I did however see a number of smaller and just size Leerfish caught on spinners from Blake?s Beach.

Leeries on spinners

This is very encouraging for spinnermen, especially top spinner-men like Kevin Ogle and Jaco Snyman who despite working hard have had a lean time waiting for the larger Elf.

Most spinnermen have remarked that there is an unusual number of Harders (Mullet) in the bay and many of these have been accidentally jigged (hooked) by anglers while spinning for Elf and Leerfish from Blake's Beach.

Incidentally, Tony Stewart, who is a fundi and top boatman around Betty's Bay and Hangklip, also said that there was an abundance of Harders in that area.

During the past weekend the Western Province Inshore South League held a competition at Franskraal.

Earl Fenwick, who was one of the competitors who took part, said very few boats were successful and not many fish were caught and weighed in.

Top Gordon's Bay skipper, Patrick Christodoulou on his boat Wet and Wild, seemed to have selected the correct fishing area and was one of the few boats that had fish to weigh in for the competition.

Remember, if you want your reels serviced or repaired, phone Art Ridgway on (021) 854-3831.

Art will also gladly supply anglers with information on when and where to fish and what baits to use.

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