Environmental issues and discussions.
Good fishing at Hibberdene continues… Shad and garrick created all the buzz on Hibberdene Beach this weekend…many fish came out. With the season fast coming to a close (1st October), the shad, were coming out by the hundreds…and the large crowds of fishermen making it difficult for the Ezemvelo guys to keep up. Many anglers could … Read more
The year of the crocodile couta We were on Protea Reef off Shelley Beach, earlier this year, when the trap stick out off the nose screamed that scream. Our guest was on it in a flash, but the fish just kept going and going, the little TLD 25 just holding on. Eventually it stopped, and I saw that … Read more
Banana Beach It’s been controlled chaos as so many people jumped in, all with good intentions, to help the Banana Beach estuary (Koshwana River), and it’s fishy residents, survive the water lettuce (Pistia) invasion. First there were the local surfers – who started removing the invaders, and rescuing dying fish by running them over and into … Read more
Sardines at Sunwich Port: Photograph Janet of Orca’s Bar and Restaurant, in Sunwich Port, keeps a sharp vigil for marine life passing by. Here she captured one of the many shoals of sardines – that are causing quite a stir down on the KZN Lower South Coast, at the moment. Janet has a machine of … Read more
Netted Whale Shark: Oh so that’s what’s been happening…? Duh? So, since I started working in the Inhambane waters, 7 years back…I would say the decline in whale shark encounters I have had, has been about 90%. I mean, this whole last trip myself and Roosta just did, for 12 days, Ponto D’ Ouro to Pomene, … Read more
