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August is traditionally the windiest month on our calendar. With front after front marching up our coast there are few places where one plans a trip to during that month. Port St Johns is an exception. Not that the wind doesn’t blow there in August. But it is a great place to do a trip to in late winter. Firstly, the river water is clean, making it more lure friendly. Secondly there are a lot […]
August is a good time to visit Port St Johns. This is when there are large adult kob and garrick in the estuary and the surf around the Umzimvubu river mouth. At this time of year some of these adult breeding fish are still on their way up to the spawning grounds off KZN, while others are on the return trip to the Cape waters after spawning. These fish use the Umzimvubu river as […]
A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to do something really special. My Dad turned eighty during Covid19 lockdown and there was no way of celebrating it properly. As soon as we were allowed to travel within the province, I took him on a short outing to the mountains. At his age there are not many things left that my Dad would still like to achieve. One of them though, was to […]
Tackle to use: A nine to eleven foot spinning rod, such as Penn Battalion spinning or Berkley Venom Taipan. Reels in the 4000 to 6000 range, I am enjoying the Penn Conflict Long Cast 4000 for Kob at the moment. Line should be 15 to 30lb braid. I am using the Berkley Black Velvet 20lb at the moment, which has a thin diameter and is very strong, with excellent abrasion resistance. For a leader I […]
Today is the 18th June 2020, usually around this time of year we are starting to get excited about the imminent arrival of the sardines in KZN. This year we have already had a lot of action, and it looks like there is a whole lot more coming. The first reports of sardine shoals moving up the Eastern Cape coast started coming in late April already. There were huge flocks of diving birds and super […]