
FISHING STRAND REEFS
In this article, I will be going into the winter species that you can target on our reefs. The gear is pretty much the same for the summer fish with one or two exceptions in trying to keep warm. Read Fishing Strand Reefs Part 1 here
SPECIES TO TARGET
There are a fair few different species to target throughout the year. During the winter months, the main target species will be bank fish (bankvis) and it is my opinion that all bankvis are dirty fighters especially on the reefs.



WEATHER
Galjoen and Das prefer working white water and for this in False Bay, we need a few good cold fronts to come through, to open the holes and break off the red bait that we can pick up. Ideally, you would need a biggish sea, with that comes only certain times to fish and you would not be able to stand on the reefs for as long as you would when fishing for the summer species when the sea is a lot calmer. As you would be fishing in rougher conditions with bigger seas, I would not recommend reef fishing for bankvis if you are a first-timer to the reefs, serious injury could occur if you do not know what to look for, and take chances standing longer than you need to on the reefs. A sea of 2-4 meters is good, look for the deeper holes around the reefs where white working water washes into these holes. Or look for a shallow reef where waves break over it into a deeper hole. Always cast into these white water spots as that is where the Galjoen, Das & wildeperd (Zebra) will be feeding.