Catching blacktail

Captain Blacktail

Catching blacktail Trolling gulleys and walking beaches, light scratching stick in hand, a few sardines…blacktail fishing! It’s called scratching for a reason – angling for blacktail is a great escape for when things are all quiet on the big baits. And they make a great live bait too. All you need is a christmas tree … Read more

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Chris Leppan does it again, and again…

Chris Leppan does it again with this lovely sailfish

Chris Leppan does it again, and again… The beautiful sailfish caught by Chris Leppan off Durban North on Thursday, is not what this story is about. No, it’s actually about the black marlin, his second on his kayak in a year, that Chris RELEASED, a week or so before. Chris has made an outstanding year … Read more

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Winter spearfishing KZN is hot as hell

Winter spearfishing hot as hell in KZN

Winter spearfishing is hot as hell Jason Heyne on the boil after his sailfish shot last week on Aliwal Shoal, reports in with more intel from what goes on under the water. Evidently it’s wahoo, big couta, sailfish and garrick – true winter gamefish here, that are causing all the commotion. Well the diving conditions this week … Read more

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First 2017 Sardine Report

2017 Sardine report

First 2017 Sardine Report The first 2017 Sardine Report, as usual, is about the birds. The seabirds that signal the start of the waiting season, have pitched up exactly on time as usual. The Sardine News has a network of sardine spies setup along the Wild Coast. Mpandi, Mdumbi, PSJ – we got these sardine … Read more

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Jason Heyne get’s his sailfish on Aliwal

Jason Heyne's sailfish shot on Aliwal

Jason Heyne get’s his sailfish on Aliwal Just in from Jason Heyne down the south coast of KZN, happily reporting his sailfish. Epic conditions on the shoal today – lost two cracker wahoo – these fish continue to elude me. At the moment the score is Wahoo 6, and me 0. One came in close … Read more

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