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The Sardine News Marine Observatory Channel Announced #underwater #therapeutic #scenes #fish #reef #estuaryfishing

Brusher, puffer, blacktail, white shark

The Sardine News Marine Observatory Channel Announced #underwater #therapeutic #scenes #fish #reef #estuaryfishing

The Sardine News Marine Observatory Channel Announced #underwater #therapeutic #scenes #fish #reef #estuaryfishing

yeah big welcome back to the sardine news
another long break I know been busy on other channels
which is what I’m here to talk to you about
here we have a beautiful scene from underwater
and I’ve been wondering
what to do with all these clips
so
I’ve decided to make an underwater observatory channel
it’s called the Sardine News Underwater Observatory
and it’s been going for quite a long time
but I just haven’t really been putting too many clips
there not too sure what to do with the stuff
but we can’t ignore this this is beautiful
and so
I’m going to use this video here on the Saudi news to
um to announce their to announce the new channel
the Marine Observatory Channel
where you can sign up
and then you can watch these stuff
so some of it will be able to
put it up on your TV and just watch it
like a aquarium uh
there’s
some up there already that are so spectacularly cool
when the camera’s tied off
some of them are roly poly
when the camera’s rolling around
which I’m gonna try and avoid for this channel
because I wanted to be like a almost
um real life aquarium channel
like almost therapeutic stuff
when you get home from work
and you feel like just rather watching a puffer fish
fight it out with this Little Silver brim
over a sardine
that’s the kind of stuff I’m gonna be playing
I’ve got Obi Wan Kenobi the goby
and all kinds of cool things here
somewhere on this channel
so please
like and subscribe the and help us to get cracking
share and all that kind of stuff
that helps us get going please okay
lekker enjoy the underwater scene Ciao
oh yeah
I forgot to tell you about this stupid moray eel
that come along and mess my camera around underwater
but it makes for some good viewing
so thanks Mister Moray

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

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Big Galjoen, Big Smiles: Coffee Bay Delivers a 3.7kg Beauty

Galjoen Wild Coast Transkei

Big Galjoen, Big Smiles: Coffee Bay Delivers a 3.7kg Beauty

Big Galjoen, Big Smiles: Coffee Bay Delivers a 3.7kg Beauty: Coffee Bay’s rugged coastline has once again proven why the Transkei is a bucket-list destination for serious anglers. A local fisherman recently landed a massive 3.7kg Galjoen, South Africa’s national fish, right off the rocks near Wildview Cottages — a catch that’s got the whole village buzzing.

Known for their fighting spirit and elusive nature, Galjoen thrive in the turbulent waters of the Wild Coast. They feed close to shore, often in whitewater zones where few dare to cast. This recent catch is a testament to patience, local knowledge, and the kind of raw ocean energy that defines the Transkei.

Wildview Cottages, perched just minutes from prime fishing spots, offer the perfect base for anglers chasing Galjoen, kob, shad, and more. These self-catering rondavels are rustic, comfortable, and surrounded by nature — ideal for early morning missions and sunset braais with your catch of the day.

Whether you’re a seasoned angler or a weekend warrior, Coffee Bay delivers the goods. The coastline is dotted with rocky ledges, gullies, and deep channels — all prime Galjoen territory. Local bait like red bait and white mussel works wonders, especially when paired with a strong trace and a bit of grit.

Planning your next fishing trip? Book a stay at Wildview Cottages and experience the thrill of Transkei angling. With a 3.7kg Galjoen already on the board, who knows — the next record-breaker could be yours.

And this is what a 3.7kg Galjoen looks like!
And this is what a 3.7kg Galjoen looks like!

To learn more about life at Wildview Cottages click right here!

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

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UNDERWATER: Brusher, Blacktail, Karanteen, Stone Bream, Puffer Fish KZN South Coast #fishing #report

Brusher, puffer, blacktail, white shark

UNDERWATER: Brusher, Blacktail, Karanteen, Stone Bream, Puffer Fish KZN South Coast #fishing #report

UNDERWATER: Brusher, Blacktail, Karanteen, Stone Bream, Puffer Fish KZN South Coast #fishing #report: this video is published to our members audience. People who suppoort the channel by joining us on YouTube at the following link:

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okay welcome back
sardine news members only division
Chelsea making a noise alright
we are at Sunwich Port
what a beautiful spot holiday season water is clean
check that clean clean clean anyway
I know this is a good spot for brush and stuff
I mainly wanna film
garrick or snuck or something in the
in the surf zone but here goes the first quest
ah it broke
the camera broke this
the line broke and the camera landed up in a rock pool
for real
so now I gotta go fetch it and then there’s two
I got two shoes on there you see two yellow shoes
hmm
not anymore now there’s only one yellow shoe
but there’s still a camera
there’s still all my stuff
on the other side of the rock there
but one thing’s for sure that ocean is dangerous
doesn’t matter what you look check how bleak I am
doesn’t matter who you are what you do
don’t ever face your back to the waves
first of all right
little bit of a time lapse while we get ready again
retie the leaders and all that
thank goodness the so the line broke the braid broke
it was damaged somehow
don’t ever lend your rods out and uh
thank goodness it landed in the rock pool
now re tie here and there’s check one 1 shoe gone
okay but here comes the action sandwich port
case it in this could be anywhere
but just a place where I can get the camera in safely
so we get our first fish coming up
now wonder what it could be
very exciting when the water is clean like this
and you can learn a lot of stuff from from oh
who’s that did you see it
ah here it comes again slow mo hey
who’s that Mister Black Tail cool aye
so that’s the first cast and I’m
I can’t see this stuff until I’ve bought it home
and Chelsea stop making those noises how’s it
alright camera’s rolling along the ground like that
obviously I’m just trying to cover ground
and the current is strong down there
the main thing you can learn
is what your bait would look like in that current
down there
alright your breath stinks little dog
okay that’s a little reef that precedes the gully
let’s call it Ian’s Gully
anyway lots of fish coming up on this video
it’s only 8 minutes long or less so just bear with me
okay retrieving again
by now I kind of very worried about the waves
there we go
what’s gonna happen now what is gonna happen now
Chelsea your breath stinks you’re eating sardines again
alright so we just covering ground
and perhaps I should have speeded this part up
but this is a members only video
so you’re only watching it here because you can
no one else can watch this
so that was a bit of a waste
I could have edited that out
sorry about that in fact
I’m just going no
what’s going on here
and I think now we drop back into that little gully
this is by the way in Mozambique
when I threw the camera is a kingfish with child
the camera ha ha ha ha ha
they thought it was a plug in
I never put a hook in but I got some good footage
I’ll find it somewhere alright
here we go ah
we even get another time lapse
is it because
I think I was freaked out by the rocks and the waves
it was just getting it was just chaos at this point
really really dangerous
but I mean you can stand further back obviously
but I’m trying to get that camera right out there
alright there’s a little rock full of quarantine
full up full up
full up full up
there must be like 50 other buggers
check it out doing what they do
so obviously they chow off the rocks
you can see that very clearly yeah
there’s a lot of them it might be 20 or thirty
are you moaning again
moan moan
moan
camera back in the water watch it
what’s going on here watch out
watch out watch out Chelsea
watch out watch out
what’s going on it’s so pretty
it’s also beautiful
where is the brush
no fuck ah
there they are
ha ha ha ha ha it’ll go in slow mo now
ewwz ah
2 hey Chelsea do you see that anyway
what a score I I just can’t believe it
I’m so so I’m so stoked um
not sure what I’m filming here now
but and it’s mainly just to get a
a good glimpse of what it’s like down there
of what it looks like down there so lekker
all you want is a garick to swim past
but I shot the garick the other day
so I know I’ve got those guys number
I’m gonna get them at the sand spit next
I’m gonna throw a grapnel sinker
and then I’m gonna chuck
I’m gonna slide the camera down
facing up with a live bait on top
and we’ll see what’s going on
but yeah that’s underwater at Annelie’s Sandwich Port
it’s beautiful there’s hardly too many rocks there
trying to find a crayfish
I think the crayfish have all been taken out
no crayfish no crayfish um
another cost what’s gonna happen now
hey what fun
but I’m gonna I’m gonna just let it play out
now talked enough short members only
ha ha ha ha so funny hey
some people ask me please
can they be part of the members only
oh you gotta sign up
59 bucks a month
and you get to watch underwater stuff like this
I’m not gonna release this to the public
not a hell will I release this to the public
and I can’t even ask you guys to like and subscribe
but thank you that’s the main thing
thank you all for 59 bucks a month
you’re gonna get lots more of this stuff boy
watch what coming next
okay Ciao
all the fish and more all the fish and more
that’s for sure okay there goes the camera
I’m not gonna tell you where this is
because you probably know where it is
just a nice estuary
there’s the first carrot that these guys are common
frequent they actually frequent every estuaries
they can get into at the moment
next month or so even longer
long as the water stays clean and doesn’t rain
there’s a sardine bait on the end of my camera
I just put it there
just to be like some kind of attractant
sometimes I don’t put a camera a bait
anyway this could be one fish
that’s for sure that’s what Alan Carby says
but in a couple of these instances
you can see it’s not one fish and at the very end
you’ll see there’s a lot of fish
not sure exactly what that
last shell coming up at the end is
but yeah six sightings so far keep going
so you guys who wanna catch these fish in estuary
or in the surf here
that you can come and get in touch with me
and Callum and Ian
and we will take you to where these fish are
and we’ll fish with lures and live baits
you don’t catch these fish very easily
definitely not just not with sardine
sometimes you can catch them with a sardine
by the way a moving sardine works
that’s what Ian Logie’s trick is
but yes just get in touch
the numbers are on the screen there
and in the comment section below
and you can also go to the sardine.co.za
or umzumkulu.co.za or umzumkulu adrenaline.co.za
all these websites perform different functions
but they’re all full of content
and you can check out a lot of Estee fishing
on our YouTube channels as well
but the main thing is come fishing now
while these things are here
we got a boat we got accommodation
and we have dialed into this river again
we know exactly what’s going on now
it takes a while to dial into any river system
you don’t just go fishing
you gotta go and study what’s going on
and figure out where the bait is
there’s that soul top left
it’s hard to see but that’s a lot of fish
like a lot might be the green spots okay
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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

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Hot WIDE Marlin Bite Out Off Bazaruto Right Now #mozambique #bazaruto #fishing

Wide Marlin Bite out of Bazaruto Right Now

Hot WIDE Marlin Bite Out Off Bazaruto Right Now #mozambique #bazaruto #fishing

Hot WIDE Marlin Bite Out Off Bazaruto Right Now #mozambique #bazaruto #fishing: it is always so lekker hearing from Duarte and the fleet out there right now taming marlin. The weather and ocean conditions this time of the year up in Bazaruto waters can be excellent. Days at a time of flat seas and light winds. Exactly what is needed for chasing those big mommas.

Enjoy the marlin release…

yes we’re back up with Duarte
Duarte is back on the water
he’s out wide at the moment fishing for blues
stripes and blacks in between
here is his latest submission
how’s that boat real screamer
Captain Morgan one from 1 on Black
500 North from four on blues
the citation it’s a real screamer
two for 2 yesterday
doing alright eh
blues blacks and stripes
this is dreamy stuff here
really really cool stuff going on in bazaruto
there’s a little baby marlin washed up
sometimes they just die or they get hit by
I don’t know maybe that one got hit by a boat
you never know what but
there is a certain level of mortality amongst
that population
and which means the population’s in good health
funny enough according to Professor Turton
he told me that okay
so that’s the one post
and then we got the other post coming up
so basically out deep beautiful flat days
200 meters or more
um you get these fish
how’s that one nice hey
nice photography late afternoon
looks like it definitely
bit blurry that’s one
that’s one of the other boats
drop your rods these are cool boats eh
but they’re a little bit slow
ha ha
takes a while to get there and back
but very economical and very comfortable
and they’re great to fish off
okay that is Duarte
moving along don’t forget to like and subscribe
if you want more of this news
Ciao ciao

FishBazaruto marlin bite
Email Duarte at dudasmares7@gmail.com to get in on the marlin bite…

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

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The Bad News Coming From Harding This Rainy Season

The Bad News Coming From Harding

The Bad News Coming From Harding This Rainy Season

The Bad News Coming From Harding This Rainy Season: the Farmer’s Dam in Harding is jam-packed with raw sewage, and it’s all heading straight for Port Shepstone this December holidays!

Yip, each end-of-year, our loyal and eager holidaymakers make their jolly way down to the coast for holidays. Little do they know about the state of the water they plan to swim and play in. For at the very same time that the tourists are heading down to the coast, so is every pathogen available in the failed sewerage system that the ANC refused to maintain for three decades.

These pathogens and nasties can become immune to all the drugs that can also be found in human sewage. Antibiotics, anti-retrovirals, oestrogen – are just a few frontline medical defence mechanisms that are currently being defeated by pathogens and other superbugs in these eutrophic bodies of water. They are becoming stronger and eventually can become immune to these vital treatments.

The pathogens have been waiting patiently for the rains to come. The inevitable flood waters that free them from the dams and the failed municipal sewage systems inland. The rains take all this bad stuff that has been fermenting in pure sewage for months now with it downstream.

All the way to the beach.

Currents

The prevailing current off our coastline is the magnificent Agulhas current. It is so-named due to its needle-like shape as it screams down the east face of the continent of Africa. Resembling a marlin’s bill. Marlin are named Peixe da Agulha in Portuguese. An agulha is a needle in that lovely, poetic language.

On either side of this torrent (reaching incredible speeds of up to 6 knots or so), the water is turbulent and swirls (gyres form). These pockets of swirling energy combine to create a counter-current. You can use counter-currents to navigate up a flooding river if you can identify and channel into them.

This also happens on the inside of the Agulhas Current, as it bumps up against the continent. And against the fresh floodwaters. This results in an inshore current that goes in reverse. It is this turbulent energy system that so effectively distributes the sewage-borne floodwaters up and down the coast. It does not simply get whisked away by the Aghulas.

As winter approaches, the Agulhas starts acting crazy and speeds right up. It also starts to wobble, and big chunks of this raging current break off and do their own thing. This phenomenon was known as the Natal Pulse because a main cause of these huge chunks of water breaking off is the continental shelf off Durban. Where it goes out for miles and greets the now-meandering and energetic Agulhas.

As these huge vortexes of warm water head south, they encounter the Agulhas Banks off the Cape. The swirling maelstroms interfere with the colder water down that way, where the sardines live. And drive a wedge of this colder water right up against the continent. Where it is captured by the reverse current created by the now-screaming Agulhas.

And it’s full of sardines! Aka The Sardine Run!

You can clearly see the Agulhas Current by Windy.com right here…and if you zoom right in you might find some counter current action. Depending on when in the season you are reading/watching this.

Solution

There is no solution available until the ANC is voted away. Only then can the looting and swindling be addressed and people held accountable for such travesties. Travesties as big as allowing an entire town’s sewage system to fall into total disrepair, decay, and even resulting in death. A young child drowned in the open sewage works at Harding recently, and nothing has been done about it.

There is no accountability for anything, whilst the judicial system refuses to prosecute or take on municipal managers and municipal staff. The system is rotten to the core and needs total re-addressing to make anything make sense in any KZN municipality again.

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Please like and share the video far and wide, and please warn our visiting tourists if you see them haplessly walking into a polluted sea. If the water is not crystal clear, do not go in it.

And go fishing now while conditions and the water are still so good!

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

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