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Posted on September 24, 2025September 24, 2025 by Sean Lange — Leave a comment

Fishin’s Cool Fishing School is BACK on the Umzimkulu!

Fishin’s Cool Fishing School is BACK on the Umzimkulu!

Fishin’s Cool Fishing School is BACK on the Umzimkulu! Get rid of your kids for a whole day! A week. Or even just a few hours. Fishin’s School Fishing School is back, and we are ready for the fun and the tangles all over again!

Where and When

At the mouth of the Umzimkulu Estuary, every day of the holidays. And by appointment in between. The area is safe, and we fish on the lagoon side. And upriver by road – wherever the fishing takes us.

What’s included

We braai every day, and include endless hot dogs and water for everyone. Parents are encouraged to join if they feel like some beach fun too.

The session starts at 8am, and the day rounds off at 3pm. There is a surcharge per hour thereafter. The fee at current is R250 per kid per day. After 3pm it is R150 per hour per kid.

Every kid needs their own fishing rod and reel. But we do the traces for them. Handle the fish. Coach. As your kid progresses, you could buy him/her a MYDO Estuary Pack of lures and traces to take ’em up a few levels.

Every now and then, we arrange a boat for an outing, and a surcharge applies in these instances.

Nature and Conservation

We teach the kids about nature and conservation. We do the odd beach or riverbank cleanup. We also do the catch n cook thing, teaching and involving the kids as we go. It is a very wholesome experience, and yes, parents and adults are welcome too!

You could also set up your own braai and become a fishing school parent spectator! Yelling and all!

Use the big old green WhatsApp button floating about on your screen to message us in real-time. Or here are contact details;

Sean on +27793269671 or umzimkulu@gmail.com.

Gallery

Get your kid into this gallery!

Hooks out and young kingfish taught good lesson and sent back to school

Sardines and Sighting Maps

Here are the links to existing and past Sardine Sighting Maps. With instructions on how to install The Sardine News right on your phone, tablet, or even desktop.

2025 Sardine Map

2024 Sardine Map

2023 Sardine Map

2022 Sardine Map

2021 Sardine Map

Channels

Brucifire Surf Retorts – highly entertaining surf reporting

Master Watermen – news from way down deep

The Sardine News – neva miss a single sardine

FishBazaruto – 1000 pounds plus

MYDO Tackle Talk – highly technical sport fishing

Surf Launching Southern Africa – getting out there safely

Water Woes – complain about your municipality here

Websites

umzimkulu.co.za – everything Umzimkulu
umzimkuluadrenalin.co.za – will get you right out and onto the edge
thesardine.co.za – never miss a single sardine
masterwatermen.co.za – news from under water
fishbazaruto.com – dreams
brucifire.co.za – surf retorts

Posted on September 21, 2025September 21, 2025 by Sean Lange — Leave a comment

GO SURFING NOW in #KZN #Ocean #Conditions #Report

GO SURFING NOW in #KZN #Ocean #Conditions #Report: thanks to Adam in Durban and Steve in Port Edward, fotr showing us the ocean conditions today.

Go surfing now!

welcome back to the Sardine News
good morning everybody
welcome back to the Sardine News
thank you Adam
for taking the time to make this cool clip
to tell everyone go surfing now if you live in Durban
that swell has got the right direction
and the right wind on it at the moment
and you’re gonna have cooking waves all day long
while we are down here rescuing turtles
check this turtle out he’s still stuck in the
in the pool we’re gonna go try again now tomorrow
just now and then
we’ve got Steve down in Port Edward
to run the show off
to bring you up to date with the conditions in KZN
don’t forget to like and subscribe catch you later
Splash Rock itself this morning
this is a huge swell coming in
two lonely shed fisherman on the corner
splash rock
showing off in splendour today with all the splashes