The beach is a haunt of collectors of shells. There are many heaps of shells left by pre-historic people who obviously found the fishing as good in those distant times as it is today. There is a small campsite on the side of the Peninsula called Kanon.
Gourtis Mouth is quite close to Vleesbaai, but one must travel a fair distance inland and then back again to get there. At the mouth there is a hotel, a caravan park and a small shop which sells bait.
Where to Fish
The long stretch of beach from Danabay to Vleesbaai can be very productive, but a beach vehicle is necessary and one must search for good spots. Deeper water produces kob and elf during summer and galjoen during winter. White steenbras and belman can also be caught on the sandbanks throughout the year. best catches along this beach are made at night.
Just south of Vleesbaai on the Fransmanshoek peninsula there are some truly excellent fishing spots. Fransmanshoek is well known for its catches of white musselcracker and large kob. Elf and leervis can also be caught from various rocks around the peninsula, with live elf often being the best bait for leervis. For those who are interested in sharks, the calm water on the northern side of the peninsula is well known for its catches of bronze whalers during summer months.
South of Fransmanshoek is Visbaai and beyond this is Kanonpunt. Fishing in the bay is similar to that along the Danabay - Vleesbaai beach. One must search for the best spots which change with changing sea conditions.
Kanonpunt is not as spectacular as Fransmanshoek, but it, too, is a good spot, producing fish such as white musselcracker, galjoen, zebra, blacktail and even the occasional black musselcracker. The best time to fish this spot for bigger fish is at low spring tide when it is possible to wade out far enough to get bait into deep water.
The area around the Gourtis River mouth can also be very productive indeed. large kob, some of which are in the reagion of 40 to 50 kilo's, are regularly taken here, as well as large shad. The rocks to the east of the mouth are well known for their catches of white musselcracker and a large variety of panfish.
To the west of the river mouth the coastline is very rocky. A coastal road allows one to get very close to well-known spots such as Voelklip and Haaikrans. Voelklip is two and a half kilometres from the mouth and is a good spot for kob and smaller gully fish such as galjoen and blacktail.
Haaikrans is a further four and a half kilometres and is also known for its kob. As its name implies, it is also a good spot for sharks, but care must be taken as it is regarded as a dangerous spot.
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