I was staying at The Spotted Grunter Resort in Port St Johns a couple of weeks ago. The owner, Vernon Malyon, suggested that I might like to visit their nearby Ntafufu Eco Beach Camp. I had heard a bit about […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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. […]

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 […]

So Covid 19 lockdown has finally ended(ish) and we can go fishing again. I was as confused as anybody about the actual time that we could hit the rocks and ended up jumping the gun, and going a day early in my […]