| Date of Report: Saturday, 1st March 2025 |
|
Name: Capt. Louis Day Email: louis@hermanus.co.za Phone: 082 555 8317 The sea temperature at Hermanus has plummeted recently. It was only 9°C last week but has recovered a bit to 11°C this week and is possibly a bit warmer further up the coast. We have seen very few flyfishers on the estuaries in the last month so most of the catches have been on conventional tackle and these have not been much to talk about. Breede River. Some big kob have come out but most of the catches have been of a smaller size and grunter have been quite hard to come by. Hermanus. The lagoon has closed at last having been open late into summer for a change. It has been quite dry this summer so we will have to wait for the winter rain to reopen the mouth. Quite a few smaller elf and leervis have been taken. The galjoen season opens today so the rock and surf will be targeting them again. At the Hermanus harbour there been smaller mackerel and I heard that a flyfisher with a 5wt rod had good fun with what we call china snoek in the 30 to 50cm range. Bot River lagoon. As in the case of the Hermanus lagoon this lagoon is also closed. Some small steebras and elf have been taken while good sized steenbras taken from the nearby beach. Offshore. The boats have been taking yellowtail and some yellowfin tuna off Cape Point while up at Struisbaai the catches have included yellowtail and a few dorado.
Louis with a grunter. |
