Fishing Owl

In this section we will give you the information on the species targeted in the EASTERN CAPE ESTUARIES AND BLUE WATER. The experience and expertise gleaned over many years of fishing from the Swartkops in Port Elizabeth to Port st Johns in the Transkei, will assist you in planning a successful fishing trip to any of the locations featured in the venue section of this web site. As the South African coast is so vast we have concentrated on the east cape an area with many estuaries, and we believe to be the prime South African destination for Saltwater fly fishing. our information is shared from those people who live and fish in each area .

	COMMON NAME - GIANT KINGFISH OTHER NAMES KINGY SCIENTIFIC NAME CARANX IGNOBLIS HABITAT OPEN WATER,REEFS,OCCASIONAL ESTUARIES CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO
	COMMON NAME - KOB OTHER NAMES COB,KABALJOU,SALMON,SNOTTY SCIENTIFIC NAME ARGYROSOMUS JAPONICUS NAME DERIVATION ARGYROSOMUS=SILVER BODY JAPONICUS= IDENTIFYING FEATURES PEARLY PINK SHEEN,ROW OF PORTHOLES ON LATERAL LINE HABITAT SURF,SANDYREEFS,ESTUARIES CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO
	COMMON NAME - LEERVIS OTHER NAMES GARRICK SCIENTIFIC NAME LICHIA AMIA NAME DERIVATION LICHIA=CORPSE LIKE SKIN COLOUR,AMIA=BONITO LIKE IDENTIFYING FEATURES POINTED SNOUT,PRONOUNCED LATERAL LINE,BLUE/GREEN COLOUR HABITAT ROCKY POINTS,SURF ZONE,ESTUARIES CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO
	COMMON NAME - PERCH OTHER NAMES RIVER BREAM SCIENTIFIC NAME ACANTHOPAGRUS BERDA NAME DERIVATION ACANTHOPAGRUS= IDENTIFYING FEATURES DEEP BODY,POINTED SNOUT,SILVER GREY COLOUR HABITAT ESTUARIES
	COMMON NAME - RIVER SKIPJACK OTHER NAMES SPRINGER SCIENTIFIC NAME ELOPS MACHNATA NAME DERIVATION ELOPS=MOVE MACH=BATTLE NATA =TO SWIM IDENTIFYING FEATURES LONG ROUNDED BODY,SILVER BODY,YELLOW FINS HABITAT ESTUARIES AND SURF ZONE CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO
	COMMON NAME RIVER SNAPPER OTHER NAMES ROCK SALMON SCIENTIFIC NAME LUTJANUS ARGENTIMACULATUS NAME DERIVATION LUTJANUS=MALAY IKAN LUTJAN, ARGENTIMACULATUS= SILVER SPOT IDENTIFYING FEATURES COPPER/RED BODY HABITAT ROCKY LEDGES,OFFSHORE,ESTUARIES CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO
	COMMON NAME - SHAD OTHER NAMES ELF SCIENTIFIC NAME POMATOMUS SALTATOR NAME DERIVATION POMATOMUS=KNIFELIKE OPERCULUM,SALTATOR=ONE WHO DANCES IDENTIFYING FEATURES STREAMLINED,AGGRESSIVE JAW,SILVER/GREEN COLOUR HABITAT SANDY SEABEDS,EDGES OF REEFS,ESTUARIES
	COMMON NAME - SPOTTED GRUNTER OTHER NAMES SPOTTY,TIGER SCIENTIFIC NAME POMADASYS COMMERSONII NAME DERIVATION POMADASYS=ROUGH OPERCULUM,COMMERSONNII =A PERSON IDENTIFYING FEATURES SLOPING FOREHEAD,POINTED SNOUT,SPOTSON PINK/SILVER SKIN HABITAT SHALLOW COASTAL WATERS,ESTUARIES
	COMMON NAME - YELLOWTAIL KINGFISH OTHER NAMES KINGY SCIENTIFIC NAME CARANX SEM/[HERMI] NAME DERIVATION IDENTIFYING FEATURES ELONGATED BODY COLOUR SILVER/GREEN FINS YELLOW HABITAT OPEN WATER,REEFS,OCCASIONAL ESTUARIES
	COMMON NAME - STRIPED MULLET OTHER NAMES SCIENTIFIC NAME NAME IDENTIFYING FEATURES HABITAT

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