On Sunday 9th July, we
launched “Mitsufishi” off Richards Bay. After a great days fishing, we were
keen to see if the fish were there again. We started off trolling some lures
around the backline and it didn’t take long to get a few pulls. We did however
loose quite a few fish near the boat when the hooks pulled. There were a lot of
birds and bait shoals around, but there didn’t seem to be many fish around
them. I saw a few birds hovering a short distance out. As we approached, the
snoek surfaced and boiled a bit. We all threw lures at the fish. I went on but
after a short run, the fish pulled hook. We had drifted out of range so I
reversed towards the shoal. When we were in reach, Hansie and Werner cast at
the fish. Werner hooked a good snoek and had a good fight before Hansie gaffed
an 8kg snoek. Again, I reversed up to the shoal and Hansie got another nice
fish. Before I could get back to them, they sounded and we were left to find
another shoal.
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| Werner with a nice snoek |
The bite slowed down and we spent
the day milling around the area without too much action.
At about 4pm, we turned towards
the harbour and trolled a lazy pattern through the area. Hansie saw a splash a
bit deeper out so I turned towards it. We saw another and another. It was like
someone threw a switch and the fish started splashing around us. We all fired
lures in their direction and I managed to go tight with one. It was also about
6kg. With the fish onboard, we rushed towards the next shoal and as I throttled
back, Hansie cast and hooked a snoek. The fish were very skittish and when a
boat came close, they would vanish. For the next half hour we moved from shoal
to shoal without another fish. By 5pm they had sounded again and we headed back
home with 8 snoek for the day.
