Your Personal Catch & Release Record
With the serious deterioration of many of our coastal rivers and estuaries it is getting harder to find places to enjoy light tackle lure fishing along our coastline. Fortunately the rivers in the Eastern Cape, and particularly in the area formerly known as Transkei, still have productive rivers which have not been ruined by industry and agriculture. In KZN our rivers are virtually basket cases and yield very little return to hard working artlure anglers. […]
Of all the gamefish species that we catch regularly in the Indian Ocean, one species that is custom designed for light tackle lure fishing is the Queenfish. With its willingness to attack artificial lures, its hard fighting abilities, spectacular aerial jumps and the fact that it is a clean fighter preferring to keep the fight in open water rather than head for the reef it is perfect for light tackle lure angling. Above is a […]
Garrick are one of the most popular gamefish fished for off South African beaches. There have been some articles written about targeting them with live bait. In this article we will focus on fishing for them with artificial lures from the beach or rocks. Other Names: Leervis, Leerie. Where Found:Garrick are found right around our coast, from Angola, round to Mozambique. They live in the cooler waters of the Cape and move up the Kwazulu-Natal […]
On a trip spinning for Kob in the Woody Cape area we found ourselves with time to kill over the high tide periods. We noticed that there were fish moving up over the sand mussel beds with the surge, tilting up and tailing for a few seconds over the sand mussels, then swimming back on their sides with the receding wave. These fish were very shy, and couldn’t be easily approached, but were clearly feeding […]
I arrived back recently from a trip to Madagascar, where we were jigging and popping on an Inside Angling shoot. We had been invited to try out a new operation in the North West of Madagascar which is managed and guided by South Africans. The operation is called Madagascar fishing adventures, bookings can be done through Wildfly Travel. We were guided by Brandon King, one of the young fishing guides that is making a name […]