Sean Lange 
Hunting huge Amberjack on the South Coast Ray Bannister-Jones caused a mild sensation when he weighed in what was then thought to be a giant Cape yellowtail, way back in the sixties. BJ (the reef’s namesake), fished the deep waters off Hibberdene as a commercial, whenever the current allowed him. He had found those canyons … Read more
Captain Duarte Rato tracked down fishing in the Ascension Islands Well we found out what Captain Duarte Rato has been up to, and have photographic proof! Yep, these guys have been nailing yellowfin over 200 pounds on surface poppers?! In fact, as was reported by Duarte, an angler from Germany, fishing off the side, got … Read more
ORI: 30 Years of tagging fish A press release from Stuart Dunlop of ORI (Oceanographic Research Institute) announces 30 years of tagging fish in and southern African waters. “The Oceanographic Research Institute’s Cooperative Fish Tagging Project (ORI-CFTP) was the brain-child of past ORI Director Rudy van der Elst and was initiated in 1984. After 30 … Read more
How to stop the Natal Sharks Board from killing our sharks In Australia, after much debate and some sterling protesting from pro-shark activists, Colin “Cullin” Barnett eventually accepted the stupidity of drum-lining sharks to protect humans. Although this is relatively old news, the decisions were made in 2014…but there was some leeway regarding certain activities … Read more
Mick Fanning survives shark in attack in Jbay Brandon Lange down in Jbay for the contest was witness to the shark attack on Mick Fanning today. Fanning felt something touch his leg rope and so instinctively kicked back hard thereby avoiding the business end of a huge looking great white stupid, and probably saving his … Read more
