Fishing · Sea
Salt changes everything.
Heavier rods, bigger reels, and a coast that changes its mind twice a day. Set up at the counter before the drive down.
- 01The rocks
- 02The surf
- 03Offshore
Rocks, surf and offshore
The rocks
Fish feed where the water moves. Read the gullies before you cast.
- Shorter, stiffer rods for the ledges
- Sinkers, swivels and traces for the bait you’re using
- Rochester’s own backpack bait box, with a bait board
The surf
Long rods to reach past the break, and enough lead to hold the bottom once you’re there.
- Long surf rods
- Big spinning reels and multipliers
- Sinkers heavy enough to hold, and spare traces
Offshore
Off the back of a boat, it’s drag and line capacity. And a rod with the backbone to lift a fish from depth.
- Star-drag reels like the Shimano TLD, and Daiwa
- Boat rods, heavier line and leaders
- Vertical jigs for dropping straight down
The drive down
65 km to Durban, as the crow flies.
Far enough that you only want to do it once. Check the kit at the counter before you leave the Midlands.
In the bakkie
Pack for the worst of it.
- Rods
- Long surf rods for the beach, shorter ones for the ledges, boat rods for offshore.
- Reels
- Big spinning reels and multipliers. Star drags like the Shimano TLD for the boat. Second-hand sea reels come through the shop now and then.
- Terminal
- Sinkers, swivels, traces and hooks matched to your bait.
- Bait box
- Rochester makes its own, carried like a backpack, with a bait board and a hook and line tray. See them.
The sea decides.
- TideMoving water feeds fish. Plan around the push and the turn.
- SwellBig swell closes the rocks. No fish is worth the ledge.
- WindIt decides where you can cast, and whether the boat goes out at all.
Tell us where on the coast.
Rock or surf, boat or ski, what you’re after and what you already own. We’ll put the kit together so the drive down isn’t wasted.