Malabar Rockcod by Darrell Hattingh

 Malabar Rockcod by Darrell Hattingh   Darrell Hattingh, marine artist and sculptor from the KZN South Coast, has created a Malabar Rockcod sculpture, to add to his already comprehensive range of fish and marine mammal collection, available by order. Darrell also does custom requests and consignments. Other fish and stories by Darrell can be viewed … Read more

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Loggerhead Turtle

[twitchermap] Submitted by: Sean Lange Report: Last night on a sunset cruise from the Umzimkulu Marina, the crew and guests were treated to three sightings of presumed Loggerhead Turtles, swimming around the Umzimkulu. It is quite regular, this time of the year and in the brown water, that turtles are encountered in the river and … Read more

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Meet the team at thesardine.co.za…

Meet the team at thesardine.co.za… The Wild Bunch comes to mind…but these guys run a tight ship – you can trust them with your online marketing goals… Check out thesardine.co.za’s entry level campaign offering right here. Starting at R500 for a foot in the door and the peace of mind knowing that your products or company … Read more

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You never know until you see the colour…by Dave Sproston

You never know until you see the colour…by Dave Sproston

Memoirs: by Dave Sproston

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Dave Sproston with a couple of delicious geelbek caught back in the days when…

 

Way back in 1990, I ran a small charter fishing operation from Shelly Beach, Kwazulu Natal. I skippered my own boat, a 17ft. Ace Craft with twin Yamaha 85’s, but maybe I will cover the specs of this amazing craft later on.Anyway, on this particular day I had two guys who had chartered the boat for the morning, we normally launched at first light and we’re back by lunchtime, and set off for the Protea Banks, a fifteen minute ride, to look for some YFT ( Yellowfin Tuna).

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Mnyemeni Rock Salmon

Mnyemeni Rock Salmon Ryan Saunders of Port Shepstone with a lekker Rock salmon, caught in the Mnymeni River in the Eastern Cape (or Transkei Wild Coast). Mnyemeni is actually quite near the Casino. The fish was taken on a live mullet in the middle of the day. This fish was caught a while back but … Read more

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