The sea
The coast is within about 30 km.
rocky shores · surf beaches · Mar–Oct
Galjoen
Dichistius capensis
Red bait or mussel on a small, strong hook, with just enough lead to hold in the white water right against the rocks.
Peter Southwood · CC BY-SA 4.0
offshore · rocky shores · Oct–Jul
Yellowtail (Cape yellowtail)
Seriola lalandi
Live bait, metal jigs or poppers into a feeding shoal, on heavy spinning tackle.
Georgina Jones · CC BY-SA 4.0
surf beaches · Oct–Apr
White steenbras (pignose grunter)
Lithognathus lithognathus
Live sand or mud prawn, or a bloodworm, on a light running trace in the surf gutters and estuary channels on a rising tide.
Dave Richardson · CC BY 4.0
rocky shores · offshore · Year-round
Hottentot seabream (Cape bream)
Pachymetopon blochii
Small hooks with red bait, mussel, prawn or a strip of squid (chokka), fished on the bottom close to the kelp.
Georgina Jones · CC BY-SA 4.0
rocky shores · surf beaches · Jun–Jan
White musselcracker (brusher)
Sparodon durbanensis
A whole crab, a bunch of mussel or red bait on a strong hook and heavy line, fished right in the white water at the foot of the rocks.
Public domain (iNaturalist) · CC0 (public domain)
offshore · rocky shores · Year-round
Red roman
Chrysoblephus laticeps
It takes almost any bait: squid (chokka), sardine or prawn on the bottom over broken reef, on a short, strong trace.
Peter Southwood · CC BY-SA 4.0
Also in season: White seabream (blacktail), Flathead grey mullet (striped mullet), Dusky kob (kabeljou), Spotted grunter, Leerfish (garrick). Other seasons: Snoek (Apr–Sep), Bluefish (elf, shad) (Dec–Sep).