SARDINES are EVERYWHERE Coffee Bay to Winkelspruit #sardinerun #2025 #sardinemigration
SARDINES are EVERYWHERE Coffee Bay to Winkelspruit #sardine #run #2025 #sardinemigration
Welcome back to The Sardine News
Welcome back how’s it guys
yeah I wonder where I am
I don’t know where I am let’s check on the map
okay well
I’m in Mdumbi to be exact
what a hell ride to get here
it was crazy yeah
I lost the GPS signal most of the time
then we found out that the bridge to Umtata is gone
well the edges are gone
then I found myself in this river in mTagati
and that’s not the way to go across a river
in a little Suzuki you can use a Duster
rather like this lady who’s my guest
who come along with us
doing it in style
very cool stuff big adventure in the Transkei
it was just a little bit stressful
when you have to get people to push and pull
so that
I had three okes in the front of my little Suzuki
and 4 okes at the back
and they dragged that car up this exact hill here
manually no damage
just ugh you know really
they should fix their bridges
come on ANC just you fix the bridges
how do other people get through here
you know
that’s the way you get through here in a 4 by 4
alright so we get to Mdumbi
it’s beautiful there this place diabolically beautiful
those are all the little local kids
catching pinkies in their corner for live bait
I haven’t caught so much anything yet
I’ve been busy trying to set things up
but the Willow caught it like a little sand shark
have you ever seen anything so weird
ha ha ha
what a cool face he’s pulling there at the moment
okay over to Mannoe
Mannie Joirrero here we are at Mbomvu Beach guys
lots of activity happening outside there
birds all around us man
the dolphins are going crazy
I see they’re actually chasing some fish
or pilcards around the corner there at the moment
towards Coffee Bay side uh
yes guys lots of activity about us
lots of action
uh not a lot not a lot of fishermen around uh
and I’m not quite sure why
but uh
a few guys trying their luck on the rocks down there um
but in any case yes
they are and the birds are flying north so uh
you guys on the south coast expect it
expect much more coming your way
in the meantime
Margate Ramsgate and obviously Winklespruit
sardines all over the place
not sure who this guy is in a micro light
but wow good stuff
and check out that shoal of snoek down there
those are actual queen mackerel
swimming in the back line
but yeah there are sardines everywhere
there’s sardines still coming
I’m gonna check in with Kevin in Qora later
but in the meantime right outside here at Umdumbi
10 Kms north of Coffee Bay Sardines
there’s Cape Gannets rafting
they are turns diving is all on dolphins
whales the whole lot
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Ciao ciao
What a sardine this run has been and still will be!
Sardines and Sighting Maps
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Last year we started to log more whale and dolphin sightings. And we even had a shipwreck! This year we have had two sailboat incidents already. PLUS, we have already logged some sardines! And a UFO!
Here are the links to existing and past Sardine Sighting Maps…
2024 Sardine Map
2023 Sardine Map
2021 Sardine Map
Channels
Brucifire Surf Retorts – highly entertaining surf reporting
Master Watermen – news from way down deep
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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 – self-catering right on the Umzimkulu River
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
