Sean Lange Aaron Passchier drowned whilst spearfishing, off Tofo Point on Friday. There has been a memorial service with his family and friends. We are all deeply saddened at the loss of such a huge character, and all offer our condolences to Aaron’s family and friends.
An afternoon launch into a glassy, flat ocean put us onto the baitfish in no time. It did take a while to catch a few maasbanker (karapauw) and shad because some cheeky yellowfin had come into the shallows and were smashing them to pieces all around us. We got off to Protea at full speed … Read more
Karl Gouws and Elton van Rooyen went deep off Port Shepstone with live bait to load this hard fighting and heavy weighing Amberjack. Pulling these things from 60m on anchor is no joke…but they get up to or more than 60kg’s on some of the deeper Kwazulu Natal lower south coast reefs! Protea Reef has … Read more
Fishing the Umzimkulu River off Spiller’s Wharf yesterday afternoon, local angler Ahmed, pictured, hooked into a beautiful Leopard Ray. It took him a solid 10 minutes on ultra-light tackle. Fishing the Umzimkulu is made very comfortable at Spiller’s Wharf. There are a choice of restaurants – Bela’s Mozambican themed diner is most popular. There is … Read more
The first drift yielded not a touch on our awesome spread of live baits. Until we reached the southern pinnacle on Protea Reef, off Shelley Beach. Funnily enough the first beating was taken on a plug with the drag set to 8kg’s the yellowfin swam around the boat as if it was still hunting. Only … Read more
