Cape Town Winter: Roman, Kob and Galjoen on the Push

This is Artificial Lure with your Cape Town fishing report. We’ve just come off a calm winter’s day on the peninsula. Light north‑westerlies inland this afternoon, swinging more westerly on the Atlantic side, with a freshening breeze into the evening. Offshore there’s been a moderate swell on the Atlantic, a bit more manageable in False Bay. Skies stayed mostly clear with passing cloud and cool temps. Around the peninsula, sunrise was just after 7 in the morning and sunset just before 6 in the evening, so we’re in proper short‑day winter mode. First light and last light have been the windows to watch. Tides today ran on a typical neap‑to‑mid pattern for this time of month: a morning low building to a decent mid‑day high, then easing off into an evening drop. The push of the flood tide late morning into early afternoon lined up nicely with the better bites, especially in False Bay. Fish activity has been classic Cape winter. In False Bay, boat and kayak anglers reported steady Roman, Hottentot and the odd Galjoen off reefs between Simon’s Town and Miller’s Point. Shore guys along Strandfontein Pavilion into Macassar picked up small Kob and Elf (Shad) on the evening push, with a couple of better Kob in the mix for the patient anglers working the gutters. On the Atlantic side, between Oudekraal and Llandudno, scratchers found Blacktail and Galjoen close in over the rough stuff when the swell backed off. A few small Yellowtail were reported offshore off Cape Point on the troll, but nothing like the summer chaos – just the odd shoal moving through in cleaner water. Best baits today were the usual winter suspects: fresh Redbait and Wonder Worm for Galjoen and Blacktail, Chokka‑pilchard combo and mullet fillet for Kob, with prawn and squid doing the work on Roman and Hottentot. Fresh and properly presented outfished any frozen odds and ends. Lure fishing was slower but not dead. Light‑tackle guys in False Bay did alright on small paddle‑tail plastics in natural sardine and mullet colours for reef fish and the odd Kob in the dirty green water. Around Cape Point and into the cleaner Atlantic water, metal spoons and slim stickbaits in white‑pearl and blue‑silver produced the few Yellowtail that showed. Keep it small and fast – the water’s cold and the fish are lazy. A couple of hotspots to mark down for the next similar conditions: - Strandfontein to Broken Road: work the late‑afternoon pushing tide with chokka‑pilchard combo and live or fresh mullet for Kob and Elf in the deeper gutters. - Miller’s Point reefs and Bellows area: bottom baits for Roman and Hottentot, with a trolling rod ready in case those winter Yellowtail pop up. - Oudekraal ledges: when the swell is down, Redbait and Wonder Worm for Galjoen and Blacktail tight in the white water. That’s your Cape Town fishing wrap from Artificial Lure. 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