ANSA - KZN REPORT 18 JAN 24

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The summer fishing has been brilliant with most inedible anglers making trips up north to take advantage of the diamond smashes. The recent rains have made for plenty of colour in the water.Offshore: The dorado have been the main fish on the target list of the boat anglers. With the recent rains, there has been plenty of floating structure to target them along.Rock and surf:  Dirty water, northeast wind and warm summer days...most inedible anglers are trembling with excitement at that sentence.The diamonds are here, and the summer fishing has been wild Freshwater:  The rains have churned up the rivers and halted a lot of action. In the dams the bass have continued to hammer the topwater frogs and the rain has not changed that bite much.
18 Jan 2024 English South Africa Sports · Leisure

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