Surviving the heat: Barra to Linga Linga and back…

Co-ordinating the large crowd to our Barra mooring… Johnny English did a sterling job and had us under steam to Linga Linga at 11am. The mid day sun tried to roast us on the hour long sail to Linga…but shade and excellent grilled chicken was waiting. Trolling lures never produced anything but we were treated … Read more

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Umtentweni Crocodile ‘Couta

Sharene van Vuuren on her way home from placing 8th in the Rock n Surf Nationals down in the Cape…stopped off at Port Shepstone and went fishing on the Niteshift. At her old stomping grounds Umtentweni she caught this mean crocodile sized couta.

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Tofo: high seas drama!

(above) George Venter throws his boat into a wild Tofo shorebreak… Mid-afternoon Tofo market and word spreads fast. A hobie cat piloted by a few elderly gentlemen has capsized out front. A few hundred metres north of the point…and there it is…but we can make out one of the crew perched on an upside down … Read more

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Jimmy Bonefish!

Jimmy Bonefish! Anyone who has fished the point at Tofinho, in Inhambane, Mozaambique, will have been impressed by Jimmy Bonefish’s skills. Fishing with a rod and a handline, he consistently produces  the best catches…sometimes hauling in two fish at once. I have seen Jimmy coming back from fishing at night with 2 queenfish, 2 kingfish and … Read more

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