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Praia do Tofo: the best place to learn to surf

Praia do Tofo: the best place to learn to surf

Thulane Gustav shows us how cool Praia do Tofo, Inhambane, Southern Mozambique, is. With it’s rolling right handers – the perfect size for learning – and it’s vibey shorebreak, Praia do Tofo does wonders for guys like Thulane, a seasoned local, and for the visiting tourists. Who love to learn to surf!

The warm and clear water means no wetsuits, just suncream, and four or five surf sessions a day, are the norm. When you get a bit more confident, just around the headland lies Tofinho, a mean barrelling (when there is sand) right hander, to get you to the next level.

Thank you Thulane for the pics. And stay in the water and out of trouble!

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Chelsifire and The Rolling Stones

Chelsifire and The Rolling Stones

Chelsifire (aka Chelsea aka Smellsea) gave us her rendition of ‘Miss You’, by The Rolling Stones. Chelsea is a long serving member of thesardine.co.za staff, her focus mainly on quality control and sales.

She is also a mean fishing dog and has pounced on many a hapless ‘couta, tuna, dorado…as it hit the deck. She also howls like this when a rod goes, the best ratchet sound I ever heard. It’s like a joy filled siren.

Chelsea has done many seasons at sea, her favourite fishing grounds are the Inhambane waters between Praia do Rocha and Pomene. She has helped boat quite a few marlin. She loves the water, and at one point, when we passed an island, she just jumped off, of her own accord, and swam ashore?!

Her best bait is a freshly crushed ghost crab. She can murder 5 in a 5 seconds, when the moon is full. Her pet hates (ha ha) are terns (my favourite birds), and she could chase them up and down the Barra peninsula all day long. I think she suspects by now that the mightily intelligent tern has been purposely leading her into the shore-break at full speed, all this time?

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The Mydo mobile factory in picturesque Port Alfred

The Mydo mobile factory in picturesque Port Alfred

An Instagram feed journal of the activities of The Sardine News activities…

The Mydo mobile factory in picturesque Port Alfred #mydo #thesardine - Instagram Journal
Sitting pretty in Port Alfred. The Mydo assembly line can be moved around with us. Here we are preparing to stock Sports n All in the main centre of town, with a range of Mydo Luck Shots and luck Shot Minis

The Mydo mobile factory in picturesque Port Alfred #mydo #thesardine

Sports ‘n All in Port Alfred are officially stocked with the Mydo Luck Shot range. These lures are suited to these waters, where kob and garrick abound.

The Luck Shot Mini’s are for big casts and erratic retrieves. They mimic a wounded fleeing baitfish. The two sizes, one for estuary, and the other # 2 for the surf, can also be used to cast to baitfish, mackerel or tuna.

The Luck Shot can be trolled, jigged or fished on the bottom. Their ‘weedless’ hook positioning makes it great for dragging a drift across a reef. They also sit tight in the wake at higher speeds, so marlin anglers can pull konas and all the while be in line for a high speed yellowfin to swim as live bait. They come in three sizes, #2, #3 and #4. There is also a monster #4.5 in the oven, coming soon with a 10 inch plastic from McArthy.

The single hooks hook ’em right in the corner of the mouth and so can go back healthy, and you get to really pull during the fight as the big reliable single hook won’t pull out like the trebles of other trolling lures.

 

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For fishing tackle in Malalane

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For fishing tackle in Malalane

Distributing MYDO Lures around the country has been an interesting task. And the vixen of a GPS system I am using, has been playing real tricks. I have ended up in such the wrong place at such the wrong time, many times.

But along the way, it has guided me to unexpected gems, one of which is TwinCity, in Malalane.

The only fishing tackle store in Malalane, it is run by Jakob and Mohammed, who are evidently as fishing mad as any other tackle store owner. To get to the shop, turn left at the Engen (presumably you would be well on your way to Mozambique coming from inland), then wing a right down towards Home Affairs, stop street, left and (vixen American drawl) – “your destination is on the left“.

The store also carries sporting and school wares, making for that good old family shop feel, that we used to get in our small old towns of yesteryear. In fact Malalane, still carries that outpost vibe, and it was easy to linger and watch the cars go by.

It’s the last tackle stop shop on your way into Mozambique, so save the details into your GPS.

Natal snoek or sailfish? You can choose on the islands pal! (c_ Captain Duarte Rato
On your way into Mozambique, stop at TwinCity in Malalane and stock up on tackle. Maybe you will get to release a sailfish like this one, shot by Captain Duarte Rato from fishbazaruto.com
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OK guys. I'll try not to load too many pics but the Instabug has bitten. Expect a flurry for now…coffee on the fire early bells. Camping out in Port Alfred. – Instagram Journal

An Instagram feed journal of the activities of The Sardine News activities…

OK guys. I'll try not to load too many pics but the Instabug has bitten. Expect a flurry for now…coffee on the fire early bells. Camping out in Port Alfred.

OK guys. I'll try not to load too many pics but the Instabug has bitten. Expect a flurry for now...coffee on the fire early bells. Camping out in Port Alfred. - Instagram Journal

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