By: Marine Chronicle Staff
The morning of our trip, the mountain looked like a furnace. The air temperature was 32°C (90°F), and the surface sea temperature off Clifton had spiked to 19°C—tropical by Atlantic standards. nuwest fcv 096 whipping day at table mountain hot
The target? . When the mountain is hot, the yellowtail go berserk. By: Marine Chronicle Staff The morning of our
At 08:30, the skipper killed the engines two hundred meters off the Oudekraal rock formations. The echo sounder lit up like a Christmas tree. That is the "FCV" part of the keyword—the boat’s Furuno FCV color sounder showed a solid red band from the bottom to the surface. The moment my lure hit the water, it was not a bite. It was an explosion. I am not exaggerating when I describe the Whipping Day at Table Mountain hot . The water visibility was 15 meters. You could see the greenish-gold flashes of yellowtail torpedoing up from the kelp. The echo sounder lit up like a Christmas tree
The skipper shouted over the PA: "This is a NuWest special! Don't gaff them yet! Let them swim! The shoal stays under the boat if the fish are screaming!"
