Gordon Turnbull found in a Barrel

With astonishment and awe, what was meant to be a normal sunny day of tube riding, south coast surfers were treated to a surprise blast of good old GT. Yes. Gordon Turnbull. Here he is, shot by Baconovich in a place that only Gordon and a few others know where is…

Warm winter waves on the KZN South Coast

Warm winter waves on the KZN South Coast Warm winter conditions revealed cranking waves right up and down the KZN South Coast as a formidable east swell just kept on coming. The startling number of locals around these days focused on the more secret spots, leaving the more well known breaks wide open. This good … Read more

Insane Cape Verde blue marlin bite continues!

Insane Cape Verde blue marlin bite continues!

by Captain Duarte Rato

“Hey brother and the insane bite continues…

This morning we only fished a half day (5 hours) because our clients had to catch a plane back home….but we made it count and released 2 out of three fish.

The first fish come in hot on the teasers 15 minutes after we started and switched on the big ballyhoo pitch bait – hookup and release!

An h0ur later we get another one up on the short left teaser and hookup again. The fish, about 350 put on a great fight on the stand up #50 (that´s all we fishing) before release.

Before getting back we still had another that jumped as the client was feeding and never hooked up…

Two blues before lunch ain´t bad!!!!”

Shad as usual…and sardines in Southport

So the shad, hardy little survivors they are, are back on the KZN South Coast this season, on cue, and in relative numbers. The shad all but disappeared in the seventies, and strict measures put in place the Natal Parks Board of old, now Ezimvelo, brought them back. There were no bag limits back in … Read more