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  • Evening Durban Bite: Shad, Kob and Tuna on the Drop - Your Prime Spots and Top Lures

    Evening Durban Bite: Shad, Kob and Tuna on the Drop - Your Prime Spots and Top Lures
    2026/06/23
    Artificial Lure here with your Durban fishing report for this evening. On the bay and beachfront we had a **moderate south‑westerly** pumping earlier, backing off into the night with a light onshore breeze and calm to slight seas. Local forecasts from Windy and Windguru are calling it a **cool, partly cloudy night**, with only a small chance of drizzle along the Bluff and Durban North. Barometer has been steady, which usually means consistent but not explosive bite windows. According to tide tables from the South African Navy Hydrographic Office, we had a **late afternoon high** followed by an **evening push into the first half of the drop**, which lined up nicely with the sunset bite. Sunrise today was just before 7 in the morning and sunset just after 5 in the evening, so the **dusk into early night** slot has been prime, especially around the piers and harbour mouth. Reports from local skippers out of Wilson’s Wharf and Durban Ski‑Boat Club say the offshore scene in 30–60 m has been **quiet but steady**: a few **yellowfin tuna** in the 6–10 kg range and the odd **bonnie and kawa‑kawa** on the deeper colour line. Most were taken on **small pink and purple feathers**, **halco‑style deep divers in sardine and mackerel pattern**, and **live mozzies** slow‑trolled. One boat working north toward Umdloti went a bit deeper and found **better tuna action just after midday**, again on small lures run way back. Closer inshore between the harbour mouth and Umhlanga, paddle‑ski and light‑tackle guys reported a **sprinkling of snoek**, not a proper run, but enough to keep it interesting. The more successful anglers threw **small chrome spoons, 1–2 oz, and white flash‑minnow plastics** on fast retrieves at first light. A couple of **nice garrick** were also picked up on **live mullet and small shad** slow‑trolled just behind backline. On the piers – **Umhlanga, Blue Lagoon, North and South Pier** – the evening bite produced **shad** in decent numbers, with a mix of size: plenty of undersize fish but also some keepers for those sticking it out. Best results came on **chokka‑and‑sardine combo baits**, **whole sardine on a slide trace**, and for the artificials, **small surface plugs and 1 oz spoons** worked fast through the white water. Behind the shad, a few anglers managed **kob** into the low‑teen kilo class on **fresh shad fillet** and **paddle‑tail plastics in blood‑worm and pearl white** fished slow along the bottom. Inside the harbour, night‑time produced **grunter and stumpies** on **cracker prawn, mud prawn, and sardine belly**, mainly around the container terminal and lighthouse area structure. Dropshotters working the lights reported **little kingies and perch** on **3‑inch jerk‑shads and prawn‑imitations**, natural colours doing best in the clear pockets. For the next few sessions, your **top lures** around Durban are: - **1–2 oz chrome and white‑metal spoons** for shad, snoek, and tuna. - **Medium diving plugs in sardine, mackerel, and purple** for inshore game fish. - **Soft plastics**: 4–5 inch paddle tails in **pearl, chartreuse, and blood‑worm** for kob and reefies. - **Small surface plugs and chisel‑nose pencils** for dawn shad and garrick. Best **baits** right now: - **Fresh sardine** (whole, fillet, or combo with chokka). - **Chokka**, beaten and tenderised for smell and movement. - **Live baits**: mullet, mozzies, and small shad where legal. - **Cracker and mud prawn** inside the harbour and estuaries. If you’re planning a mission, a couple of **hot spots** to focus on: - **Blue Lagoon to Umgeni mouth**: good for shad, kob, and the odd garrick on the push. - **North Pier and New Pier**: solid evening option for shad and kob in the white water. - **Bluff point and Cave Rock area**: when swell allows, can produce quality kob and rockies on bait and paddletails. - **Durban harbour lights and structure**: reliable for grunter, perc Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
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  • Durban Fishing Report: Spring Tide Action, Kob and Shad on the Rise

    Durban Fishing Report: Spring Tide Action, Kob and Shad on the Rise
    2026/06/22
    Artificial Lure here with your Durban fishing rundown. We’ve just come off the back of the evening high, with a springier tide cycle pushing some decent water movement along the Bluff and up the North Coast. Expect the early morning to start on a dropping tide, turning mid‑morning, then pushing in nicely over lunchtime into the afternoon. Local tide tables from Durban Harbour show close to a 2‑metre range today, so there’s enough push to switch fish on around the banks and points. Weather along the Durban beachfront is mild and settled: light land breeze early, swinging to a gentle onshore later. Coastal forecasts are calling for a light north‑easterly building in the afternoon, with a small, manageable swell and relatively clean water, especially north of Blue Lagoon. Skies are mostly clear, with scattered cloud building later in the day. Sunrise is just after 6am and sunset just before 5:30pm, giving a nice golden hour both ends of the day. That first light period around sunrise should fish well for shad, kob and the odd snoek if you can find working birds off the deeper ledges. Late afternoon into dusk looks promising for kob in the surf and grunter in the bays and harbour. Reports from local anglers over the last few days have been encouraging. Off the piers and beachfront, guys have been getting fair numbers of shad, with a few sliding over legal size, plus the odd bonito and kingfish on spinning gear. The harbour has produced some good-sized spotted grunter and occasional stumpnose for those fishing light trace and fresh bait. Offshore, ski‑boat crews running off Durban and Umdloti have found dorado still hanging about on the inshore colour lines, plus tuna and bonito on the trawl, with the odd couta showing when the water cleans up. If you’re throwing lures, pack small to medium spoons and plugs in silver, chrome and white for shad and bonnies. A 1–2 oz spoon burned just under the surface off the piers or rocky points has been doing damage. Soft plastics on 3/8–1/2 oz jigheads in natural baitfish colours are deadly for kob along the deeper gutters on the Bluff side and around Umhlanga. For kingfish and snoek, slim profile sticks and weighted spoons retrieved fast through bait balls are the ticket. On the bait side, fresh chokka and sardine combos are still the go‑to for kob and bigger bottom fish. Small fillets of sard or redeye on light trace work well for shad and stumpies. In the harbour, prawn, cracker and chokka blob baits are outfishing most for grunter, especially on a long, thin trace fished quietly along the drop‑offs. Don’t be shy to scale down hooks and line there; the water’s been clear enough to make a difference. A couple of hotspots to consider: – **Blue Lagoon to Umhlanga**: good for early‑morning spinning for shad, bonnies and the odd kingfish, especially around the rip lines and where the sandbanks form gutters. – **Bluff beaches and Cave Rock area**: worth a mission for kob on chokka‑sard combos after dark and first light, plus some solid scratching for smaller edibles during the day. Inside the harbour, try the drop‑offs along the sandbanks and the mouth area on the pushing tide for grunter and perch. Overall, expect decent action if you time the moving water and work those low‑light windows. Keep an eye on the wind; if the north‑easter pumps harder than forecast, push into the harbour or more sheltered corners. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe for more local fishing reports and tips. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
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  • Winter Bite Windows: Durban's Shad, Kob and Deep Water Action

    Winter Bite Windows: Durban's Shad, Kob and Deep Water Action
    2026/06/21
    Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your Durban fishing report. We’ve got a classic winter pattern on the KZN coast tonight. Light to moderate south‑westerly earlier, easing into the evening, with cool, stable conditions and only a slight chance of showers along the beachfront. Temps have been sitting in the mid‑teens, dropping off after dark, with a gentle swell and decent water clarity on the protected stretches. Sun popped up just after 7 this morning and ducked back down just before 5, so we’re sitting in those long winter nights. The best bite windows today lined up around the tide changes and low‑light periods, with a noticeable uptick in activity late afternoon into early evening. Tides have been running on a moderate cycle: enough push to work a proper gutter, but not so wild that it blows the banks out. The pushing tide into sunset along the Durban beachfront and Bluff side has been the sweet spot, with the drop later on favouring the rock and ledge guys. On the catch front, the usual winter suspects have been around. The surf anglers reported decent numbers of shad along Durban beachfront, especially around Blue Lagoon and down towards Addington, with a few better‑sized fish mixed in. There’ve also been some kob coming out at night off the piers and deeper gutters, mostly schoolies but the odd proper bus has been whispered about. The scratching brigade found blacktail, stumpnose and the odd stonebream off the Bluff ledges and around Glenashley. Offshore, the ski‑boat and kayak crowd have picked up a mix of tuna and bonito out deeper, with the odd dorado still hanging around the warm blue water edges, though they’re thinning out as we sit well into winter. Reef species like slinger and rockcod have kept bottom anglers busy off the Bluff and Umhlanga reefs. Best baits today have been fresh chokka and sardine combo baits for kob, with plain sardine doing the trick for shad. For the scratchers, red bait, prawn and mussel have been reliable, especially in the cleaner, slightly deeper pockets. Offshore, sardine and mackerel on the downriggers and bottom traces have been solid producers. On the lure side, shad have been smashing small spoons and plugs cast into the working white water, especially chrome and chartreuse patterns. Soft plastics in natural baitfish colours and paddle‑tails worked slowly along the bottom have tempted kob off the beach and around the piers. Offshore, trolling smaller skirted lures and diving hardbaits in pink, purple and blue‑white has turned up tuna and bonito. If you’re heading out, a couple of hot spots to focus on: • Durban beachfront – from Blue Lagoon down past North and South Pier, especially around the gutters and pier mouths on the pushing tide into dark. • Bluff coastline – the ledges and points facing into the swell have been holding kob, shad and scratch species, with cleaner water producing the better class fish. Pack a warm top, go light on the tackle where you can, and work those tide changes and low‑light periods. There are fish around if you put the time in and keep your bait fresh. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
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  • Winter's On: Durban's Neap Tide Evening Bite for Kob, Shad and Snoek

    Winter's On: Durban's Neap Tide Evening Bite for Kob, Shad and Snoek
    2026/06/20
    Artificial Lure here, checking in with your Durban fishing report for this evening. We’re sitting deep into the cooler season now, and the change is showing nicely along the KZN coast. Light westerlies this afternoon backed off into a gentle land breeze this evening, with a small south‑easterly swell running around 1–1.5 metres. Skies have been mostly clear, bar a bit of coastal haze. Sunrise was just after 6:50 this morning and sunset wrapped up around 17:05, so we’re well into the short‑day winter pattern. Tides today have been on the neap side, with a mid‑morning high and a late‑afternoon push giving the best water movement along the beaches and off the piers. That late push into dusk lined up nicely for the guys targeting edibles. Along the Durban beachfront, the usual suspects made an appearance. Reports from local anglers on the piers and promenade say shad have been around in modest numbers at first light and again on the evening turn, not thick, but enough to keep things interesting if you work for them. A few snoek slid through off Blue Lagoon and further north towards Umhlanga for the paddleski and ski‑boat crews casting spoons on the colour lines. The edible scene has been decent: smaller kob and the odd better fish have come out after dark on the deeper gutters from Durban View up to Umhlanga, with some nice stumpnose and grunter in the sandy holes around the river mouths. Further south, towards uMdloti and the Bluff, anglers soaking baits in the working water picked up a mix of blacktail, karanteen and the odd bronze bream. Artificial‑wise, the go‑to lures right now are smaller metal spoons, 1–2 ounce, in silver and pink or silver and chartreuse for shad and snoek. Slim minnow‑style plugs and sub‑surface stickbaits in natural baitfish colours are doing well when the water’s a bit cleaner. For kob on the bricks and in the gutters, soft plastics on ½–1 ounce jig heads in pearl white or darker “bloodworm” tones fished slow along the bottom are producing bites once the light fades. For bait anglers, chokka‑sardine combos remain the top pick for kob and bigger edibles. Fresh red eye or sardine fillets on a flowing trace will find shad and the odd snoek when they push in close. For stumpies and bream, pink prawn, cracker prawn and red bait fished on lighter tackle around reefy patches are the business. Grunter have been responding nicely to chokka and prawn baits in the quieter, sandy channels. A couple of hotspots to keep on your radar: - The **North Pier and surrounding beachfront**: good for shad at first and last light, with a chance of kob on soft plastics and chokka‑sard combos after dark along the deeper gutters. - The **Blue Lagoon and Umgeni mouth area**: working well on the pushing tide for grunter, kob and stumpies on bait, with snoek and shad off the backline for those throwing spoons. - Up the coast, **Umhlanga and uMdloti**: nice winter water, with reefy points and sandy patches producing mixed edibles and the chance of a better kob if you put in the hours after sunset. Conditions tonight favour a patient, slower approach: lighter leaders where you can get away with it, natural‑looking baits, and lures worked methodically through the productive water. Focus your effort around the tide changes and into the low‑light windows, and you’re in with a solid shout. That’s your Durban fishing rundown from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
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