Fishing Locations for trips:

 

• STILL BAY-Lappiesbaai Beach to Moquini Beach: One of the most underrated surfs in the Southern Cape for surf fishing. It’s one of our favorite surfs to fish when conditions is right. You can fish for anything from small fish to big fish. Fishing from the beach is very safe, there is very few currents and no crime. Fish you can expect to hook into is Cob, Shad (Bluefish), Spotted Grunter and Pignose Grunter (White Steenbras). For the shark angler there is the Common Lesser Sand Shark, Smooth Hound Shark, Copper Shark (Bronze Whaler Shark), Grey Shark, Hammerhead Shark, Spotted Gully Shark, Spotted Raggedtooth Shark (Sand Tiger), Giant Black Ray, Blue Ray and Diamond Ray

 

• Preekstoel-This is for anglers that enjoys fishing for edible fish. “Preekstoel” you fish from sand onto reef or reef onto sand.Fish you can expect to hook into is edibles like Cob, Shad, Bluefish, Spotted Grunter, Pignose Grunter (Wit Steenbras), Blacktail, Zebra, Galjoen and a Baardman. Also you will get sharks at Preekstoel like Smooth Hound Shark, Spotted Gully Shark, Spotted Raggetooth Shark (Sand Tiger), Copper Shark (Bronze Whaler Shark) and the Eagle Ray.

 

• Harbour Wall, Still Bay-This is one of the best strong water fishing spots in our area. The best weather for the Harbor is strong South-East and a big swell . The fish you can expect to run into on the Harbor Wall is big Rays and sharks like Duckbill Ray, Diamond Ray, Giant Black Ray, Spotted Raggedtooth Shark (Sand Tiger), Copper Shark (Bronze Whaler Shark) Grey Shark, Smooth Hound Shark, Spotted Gully Shark and “Vaalhaai” (Soupfin Shark). You also get edible fish on fishing from the Harbor Wall such as Black Tail Garrick, Shad (Blue Fish), Cob, Zebra, Baardman and the odd White Muscle Cracker.

 

• Morris Point, Still Bay-This is heaven for the edible fish anglers. What makes it heaven is that you can catch a different specie with every cast. You’ll fish into heavy reef where you will target our National Fish, Galjoen. One of the most prized catches in our waters. YOU ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO FISH FOR GALJOEN FROM THE 1ST OF MARCH TO THE 15TH OF OCTOBER EVERY YEAR. ONLY TWO FISH PER DAY OF MINNIMUM 35CM EACH IS ALLOWED TO BE KEPT. Best of all is you can hook into 13 different species of fish while fishing from Morris Point.

1. Galjoen

2. Black Tail

3. Yellow Belly Rockord

4. Cat Face Rockord

5. Black Muscle Cracker

6. White Muscle Cracker

7. Zebra

8. John Brown

9. Shad (Blue Fish)

10. Red Roman

11. Stone Bream

12. Cape Sump Nose

13. Bronze Bream

 

• Jongensfontein Surf, Still Bay-Fishing from beach into very deep water with very big fish. We'll fish here with calm sea and no wind. The fish you can expect to hook into here is Copper Sharks (Bronze Whaler Sharks), Spotted Raggedtooth Sharks (Sand Tiger), Duckbill Ray and Giant Black Ray. You also get smaller sharks here like Hammerhead Shark, Grey Shark and Smooth Hound Shark.

 

• Jongensfontein Tafletjie, Still Bay-One of the best big fish areas on our coast. It’s a high rock and could be dangerous fishing without an experienced angler. Luckily for you, I grew up on this rock and we won’t be fishing here in big seas. You will also experience sightseeing dolphins and whales from this rock. And from time to time we will see the Great White Shark cruising past. Fish you’ll be seeing here is Hammerhead Shark, big and small Copper Shark (Bronze Whaler) also Grey Sharks of all sizes. Then you get the big Spotted Raggedtooth Sharks on this rock.

 

• Jongensfontein/Blombos (Reserve), Still Bay-Odendaals’Punt: This is a place close to my heart. The only challenge is the 2km walk to the fishing spot. But every step worth it. It is a rocky point into the sea where it is easy to fish from and the best of all is the beach on your right hand side to land the big fish you hook on the rock. You really can expect anything from Galjoen, Yelow Tail, big Cob, White Muscle Cracker and Black Muscle Cracker. When we it gets to shark fishing, its heaven. Any shark big or small can be expected like Hammerhead Shark, Copper Shark (Bronze Whaler Shark) Grey Shark, Smooth Hound Shark, Cow Shark, Spotted Raggedtooth Shark, “Vaalhaai” (Soupfin Shark) and Thresher Shark.

 

• Boggom’s Bay Beach, Vlees Bay-It is a long stretch of beach with basically anything to catch. You can hook into Lesser Sand Shark, Blue Ray, Diamond Ray, Giant Black Ray, Duckbill Ray, Eagle Ray, Hammerhead Shark, Grey Shark, Spotted Gully Shark, Smooth Hound Shark, Copper Shark (Bronze Whaler Shark) and Spotted Raggedtooth Shark. The edibles consist of Cob, Galjoen, White Steenbras, Garrick and Black Tail.

 

• Swembad, Vlees Bay-You will be fishing from rock to sand. You’ll be doing fishing for smaller sharks up to 20kg. Sharks like Copper Shark (Bronze Whaler Shark), Grey Shark, Hammerhead Shark, Smooth Hound Shark and the odd big Spotted Raggetooth Shark passing by as well as the Diamond Ray.

 

• “Uitkyk/Lookout”, Vlees Bay-This is the place we will be fishing in strong South-Easter and a medium swell. We will mostly fish for sharks like the Grey Shark, Smooth Hound Shark, Hammerhead Shark, Copper Shark (Bronze Whaler) and the Spotted Raggedtooth Shark. You will also get big ray’s like the Diamond Ray, Duckbill Ray and the Giant Black Ray.