Your Personal Catch & Release Record
The Orange river, forming the boundary between the Northern Cape and the Free State, is many miles from the ocean yet its flow fluctuates daily. While it appears to be tidal, this fluctuation is in fact man made. It is caused by the opening of hydro electric sluice gates at Vanderkloof dam upstream. The schedule of opening sluice gates depends upon Eskom’s needs at the time, and while it is usually predictable, it can be […]
Winter offshore fishing on the KZN South Coast can be exceptional, or it can be tough. It all depends on the sardine run activity and sea conditions at the time. A few weeks back there were some fantastic GT catches off Pennington, they seemed to be everywhere, and none were under 20kg’s. I was itching to get out and get stuck in to my favourite species in my home waters, but my usual boat partner […]
If you are going to do something for the first time, then it is extra special to do it somewhere remarkable. I had the good fortune to do just that a couple of weeks ago when I got to pole a tuna from the waters around St Helena, one of the most remote islands on earth. I had seen video clips of commercial tuna fishermen slinging fish back over their shoulders, using a pole, but […]
Those that know me, know that my favourite form of fishing is estuary fishing. If I had to be even more specific, then I would say Transkei estuary fishing. In my experience there are few places as tranquil to fish, as a Transkei estuary. I value any time spent on these beautiful rivers, soaking up the peace, enjoying the sounds of bird calls, the magnificent scenery and of course hunting a variety of elusive, predatory […]
We were recently invited to go and fish on a private game and citrus farm in Southern Zimbabwe, not far from the town of Beit Bridge, called Nottingham estate. The farm covers 20 000 hectares of mostly wild bush, with plenty of wildlife, including elephants, hyena and leopard. The dam that we went to fish in is called Mashilichokwe, and is around 7km long. The fishing retreat is a peaceful lodge, built amongst some big […]