Catch reports with stories, photos and/or video…
…then we shoulda had something in the hatch this day…! A week of tackle prep…an endless tally of MYDO lures and traces…perfect livebait…beautiful water…crack of dawn launch…etc… However, our tally for the day… – 1 Porpoise (first time ever this has happened with any of us, but a porpoise chowed the very first live bait … Read more
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
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
A nice fish taken by Frenzy pictured here with guest at the Umzimkulu Marina, Jacques. Jacques also caught two Paling (eel) a bit later in the evening… Summer time in the river is characterised by these muddy fish…winter time is when we encounter the kingfish, rock salmon, grunter and even Garrick (leervis). The perch (up … Read more
