Durban Shore Fire: Shad Runs and Kingfish Action This Saturday Night

Hey folks, this is **Artificial Lure** here with your Durban fishing report for Saturday, 18 April 2026, straight from the salty shores of KZN. It's 9pm now, and the night's still young for some shore action. Weather's been classic autumn – mostly sunny with light southerlies at 10-15km/h, temps topping 24°C daytime, cooling to 18°C evenings. Perfect for a braai after the cast. Sunrise kicked off at 6:12am, sunset wrapped at 5:42pm – those golden hours were prime. Tides today: low at 3:43am (2.2ft equivalent), high 4:34pm (3.1ft), then dropping to low around 11pm. Solunar activity's average per Tides4Fishing charts, but fish been feeding steady around dawn and dusk – moon rose northeast early, setting northwest late afternoon. Action's hot! Lads reported solid catches off the rocks: shad runs peaking with 20-30 fish bags, kingfish smashing pilchards on live lines, some big kob in the estuaries, and garrick cruising the surf. Offshore, yellowfin and couta on the bite too – one crew boated 15 shad and a 12kg kingie yesterday alone from local reports. Best lures? My go-to **Artificial Lure** spoons in chrome for shad and garrick – twitch 'em fast in the foam. Stickbaits like the Nomad Madscad for kings. Live bait: fresh sardines or maasbanker on a trace can't be beat. Mullet chunks for kob in the gullies. Hot spots: Hit **Umhlanga Rocks** for shore shad – foam lines are firing. Or **Durban Bluff** piers for kings at high tide change. Launch from **Snoaker** if you're boat-bound, canyon edges loaded. Stay safe, check flags, and tight lines, bru! Thanks for tuning in – subscribe for more! This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.