Posted: Fri Jun 22nd, 2012 05:32 am
Well, the withdrawel got the best of me again so I have to go to Stilbaai for a weekend...
I'll be on the river most of the time hunting grunter and anyhting else that breaches so let me know if you're in the area so we can wet a line together...
Posted: Fri Jun 22nd, 2012 05:54 am
Ag nee man-genoeg is genoeg.Ek lees altyd jou reports en word net jaloers.Ek is geboek in Stilbaai vir Desember-miskien sien ek jou daar.
Posted: Fri Jun 22nd, 2012 06:01 am
Ek is altyd oor kersfees-nuwejaar daar, dis net 'n jammerte daai tyd van die jaar hou die visse hulle koppe laag as gevolg van al die geraas en gedruis... Ek vang baie meer vis buite seisoen.
My laaste nuwejaars voorneme was om hierdie jaar 'n klomp klein breukies te vat in die plek van een groot vakansie aan die einde van die jaar... Ek het net gatvol geraak daarvan om heel jaar te wag om dan tussen die raserige ski-bote bogerol te vang...
Posted: Fri Jun 22nd, 2012 06:35 am
Dis waar.Ongelukkig kan ek net 1 keer 'n jaar afkom en moet maar die beste maak.Hierdie jaar wil ek 'n paar deurnag sessies in kry.Miskien....
Ek gaan gewoonlik Kleinbrak toe,maar nou gatvol vir dieselfde plek-my eerste keer in Stilbaai. 17/12 tot na Nuwejaar.
Ek hoop jy vang mooi en sien uit na jou report.
Ek verkies die Suidkaap-kwaliteit lewe.
Posted: Fri Jun 22nd, 2012 06:51 am
Ja kyk oor Desember is Stilbaai en Mosselbaai n mier nes. Maar die ouens kry mooi vis, vang wanneer die ander ouens slaap en oom sal beloon word.
Posted: Fri Jun 22nd, 2012 06:55 am
So its the fishing withdrawal that gets blame now joking.
Good luck. You making me so green. Have a productive trip.
Fished that river once and had a ball of a time. Plenty smaller Grunter and only one sizer. Was in the peak season though. Would like to head back there some time soon.
Posted: Fri Jun 22nd, 2012 07:05 am
i'm heading to stilbaai in july somewhere. I would really like to catch a grunter while i'm there. Do you have some tips for me. Where , how , when etc. Thanks in advance
Posted: Fri Jun 22nd, 2012 07:16 am
visjag wrote: i'm heading to stilbaai in july somewhere. I would really like to catch a grunter while i'm there. Do you have some tips for me. Where , how , when etc. Thanks in advance
Put in the time and you will be rewarded. Grunter fishing is a bit slower now that the water is colder so you don't get that many grunter as you would in summer... but I found that although you get less fish this time of the year, the size is much bigger!
On average, I sit for 4 hours maintaining 3 lines in the water. In summer a session like this delivers about 5 grunters between 35cm and 50cm, but in winter it means 1 or 2 grunters larger than 60cm...
Then I also get a couple more grunter on sun-up and/or sun-down if I can find a bank suitable for tailing during that particular moon phase's tide pattern. Hunting tailing grunter is hard and you don't get as much fish per unit time as I would with some of my other patterns, but it's my favourite way to hunt these fish!
Last edited on Fri Jun 22nd, 2012 07:17 am by OvaR8ed
Posted: Fri Jun 22nd, 2012 07:20 am
shot. where in the river to you find them. along the sandbanks? and how far up in the river
Posted: Fri Jun 22nd, 2012 07:32 am
Depends on the tide, the moonphase, amount of ink fish in the river, etc...
If you sit long enough with a mud prawn a grunter will pick you up anywhere in the river at any time, the take will just differ...
In deeper water (waist and deeper) the take will tend more towards a solid run. Loose drag is the key, count to 5 and tighten up the drag slowly until the resistense is right for the fight. There is also a chance you'll get picked up by a kob and/or a ray here...
Knee to waist water close to prawn banks is where I get most grunter. Make a long cast so they don't see you from the bait. Two tugs and a run, count to 5 and tighten drag slowly.
Shallower water is harder as they are more skittish here. Klein hardegat bytjies, dan kry jy jou hoek mooi blik terug, somtyds met net 'n klein stukkie van die prawn naby the punt van die hoek, hulle steel aas met surgical precision as hulle die dag skelm byt!
Last edited on Fri Jun 22nd, 2012 07:41 am by OvaR8ed
Posted: Fri Jun 22nd, 2012 07:42 am
Thanks for the tips.One thing-#6 hook is very small or not.
Posted: Fri Jun 22nd, 2012 07:46 am
Ja ek wou net nou gevra het oor die hoek. Watse lyn gebruik jy en dan jou strop. N rondesinker op die hoof lyn met n swiwel en dan jou hoek? Kan mens van die kant af ook by die rivier vang? So ek neem aan prawn is die aas. Hoe werk daai pencil baits vir die grunter? Is daar steenbras en so aan ook in die rivier?
JVW wrote: Thanks for the tips.One thing-#6 hook is very small or not.
Thats why I edited it out, not sure of the size
Posted: Fri Jun 22nd, 2012 07:48 am
visjag wrote: Ja ek wou net nou gevra het oor die hoek. Watse lyn gebruik jy en dan jou strop. N rondesinker op die hoof lyn met n swiwel en dan jou hoek? Kan mens van die kant af ook by die rivier vang? So ek neem aan prawn is die aas. Hoe werk daai pencil baits vir die grunter? Is daar steenbras en so aan ook in die rivier?
Nog nie pencil bait probeer nie, te veel moeite terwyl daar 'n makliker aas is wat goed werk.
Daar is steenies in die rivier, maar jy gaan nie sommer een groter as 60cm kry nie en ek dink die legal limit is 70cm...
Posted: Fri Jun 22nd, 2012 08:28 am
Hoop jy het beter luck as ons :-P
Was nou daar gewees vir 'n week, ons het probeer vir Galjoen en Grunter en later enige iets wat will byt, maar niks gekry nie.
Posted: Fri Jun 22nd, 2012 08:41 am
TiCK wrote: Hoop jy het beter luck as ons :-P
Ai,Ai,ja dit is maar die sport van ons.Jy moet weet hoe voel ek as ek duisende kilo's ry en blank.Beter geluk volgende keer-ons is mos soos die "kat kom weer"
Posted: Fri Jun 22nd, 2012 08:44 am
jip. dis deel van die game. Kan iemand my inlig oor die reservate in en om stilbaai (veral die 'no take zones'). Ek wil my visskiet goed ook ingooi vir as die water te plat en skoon is vir hengel.
Posted: Fri Jun 22nd, 2012 09:25 am
Kyk hier en PM Flippie-hy ken die area.