Fly fishing Umdloti with JP Bartholomew

Fly fishing Umdloti with JP Bartholomew And here we have JP Bartholomew entertaining us again with tales of fly fishing Umdloti, just north of where JP lives… A final break in the weather and I wanted to get some flyfishing in and especially to see how my right arm was doing after battling with Tennis … Read more

Chris Leppan and his 40kg Zambezi in the Umzimkulu

Chris Leppan and his 40kg baby Zambezi Shark in the Umzimkulu

Chris Leppan and his 40kg Zambezi in the Umzimkulu Read all about it – Chris Leppan and his 40kg Zambezi in the Umzimkulu. Last week, fishing right in front of the Umzimkulu Marina. Chris has become an absolute expert light tackle spinning enthusiast racking up phenomenal catches in the Umzimkulu River in Port Shepstone, over the … Read more

Biggest couta ever caught at Zavora

Zavora - the biggest couta ever caught

Biggest couta ever taken at Zavora Zavora earlier last month… A 57.7kg couta was weighed. And that’s all we know for now. More details to follow. We still checking the facts, but anyway…100 cm girth was also mentioned. Len Mathews, who sent in the pic to thesardine.co.za, fishes the Zavora waters like a local. Evidence … Read more

46kg couta at Cape Vidal by Etienne Thiebauts and GoFish

46kg couta at Cape Vidal by Etienne Thiebauts and GoFish

The Full story…

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Here is Ettienne Thiebauts incredible story of his quite remarkable catch at Cape Vidal on Friday, 17 June 2016…..

“So on my way back from Vidal this afternoon the WhatsApp messages start pouring in and facebook breaks my data bundle. Here’s my side of the story (a bit long winded, but it is a fisherman’s tale after all?)

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JP Bartholomew catches 8 gamefish on lures in the Umzimkulu

Catching gamefish on lures in the Umzimkulu River like this is dreamy

JP Bartholomew catches 8 gamefish on lures in the Umzimkulu “JP Bartholomew spent this last weekend down on the Umzimkulu river, fishing with artificials only. He consistently outfished everyone, by far, including the live baiters. I have fished the Umzimkulu since I could paddle, and never have I seen so much success, from one angler. … Read more