The sards are coming!

The sards are coming!

The sards are coming! The sards are coming! – that’s the word from Offshore Africa down in Port St. Johns. Debbie Smith and Rob Nettleton make up the backbone of the team operating down there at the moment. And they are right there at the starting gates of the annual Sardine Run, this 2017. Yesterday, … Read more

Jaco Blignaut wins gold at Spearfishing Nationals

Jaco Blignaut number one again

Jaco Blignaut wins gold at Spearfishing Nationals Jason Heyne reports in that Jaco Blignaut has taken the nationals again! And a few other things from under the waves up and down the KZN spearfishing coast. The diving conditions were OK Saturday and Sunday then swell and wind every day made for an upset sea. Couta … Read more

R900 a crate of sardines!

Sardines netted at Scottburgh - photo by Jay Steenkamp R900 a crate of sardines 2017

R900 a crate of sardines! Yep. That’s the opening bid of the 2017 season! Not sure if they get sold at such high prices, for bait or for eating?! But here is another cool little video clip right from the beach at Winkelspruit yesterday…another shoal was netted, and that’s where the stupendously high prices were … Read more