Sardines resurfaced with a vengence after the bad weather and heavy rain. The sea cleaned up miraculously, and we even had a days netting around Umkomaas on monday. The action off Mboyti and Waterfall Bluff was reported to be going ballistic, and as the water cleans up there too, the shoa… Continue

We got chased back to Durban by very bad weather. Port St Johns got flooded out as did half the KZN south coast, so we're licking our wounds, waiting for the sea to settle so that we can see if there are any decent shoals left.

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A big shoal of sardines have moved past Waterfall Bluff, and extend up to Mnyameni. The fish should hit Port Edward tomorrow, and move north from there. Beach meshing should start on the KZN coast soon.

If the last few sard runs are to be consistent, then these little fish may well have past East London already. Optimists could say that the "motherload" is still coming, but over the last few years we've seen fewer sardines swimming up the coast. Massive netting operations could be the… Continue