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17 Jun 2022

SARDINE UPDATE: Seine netters on high alert, hoping for sardines

Sugan Naidoo (South Coast Herald) Picture: Seine netters get ready at St Mike's for any sardine activity which may come their way.

Seine netters are gathering in their numbers at St Mike’s Beach this morning (Friday), eagerly awaiting, or hoping, to net the first sardines for the year. The excitement has been generated following reports of a small shoal (at this stage) having been spotted just south of St Mike’s Beach.

Cold weather could mean good news for the eagerly anticipated Sardine Run. Some brave beach-goers head down to St Mike’s beach. Unfortunately, though, it’s too far out for the netters, but it does bring the promise and expectation that more sardines are on the way.

Seine netters are believed to be out in full force, not just at St Mike’s, but all along the coast, from Port Edward to Hibberdene.

There has been some excitement on WhatsApp groups, sharing sightings of pockets of sardines off the Transkei and Port Edward. Others wrote about an increase in sea gull activity near the Margate pier.

The current cold snap is good news, generally, and while many may be making the most of the Youth Day long weekend snuggled under blankets watching TV and drinking coffee, others will be getting ready to head down to the beach should the sardines arrive.

If nothing comes out today, there’s still the hope it could happen this weekend.

The coast was buoyed by two fantastic Sardine Run seasons in the past two years – and a third such run in a row would be wonderful.

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