Black marlin caught in shark nets off Durban Caught in the shark nets. It happens all the time. Dolphins. Whales. Turtles. Even huge kob and couta. Fall victim to the indiscriminate slaughter with gill nets. Randomly executed by the Kwazulu Natal Sharks Board. And this beautiful young black marlin is also now dead too. All … Read more
Mydo vs Rapala vs Fly I found this beautiful old balsa Rapala, handmade three decades ago, in our lockup in Mozambique. Stashing it in my bag (in it’s box still), I dragged it all over on my work travels, until finally, I got to the KZN South Coast, for the winter estuary season. It was … Read more
How do our Scomber Japonicus (our KZN mackerel), end up in cans? It’s been a while since I stopped buying tinned fish. It took a great deal to get me to stop. I mean, tinned tuna is off the charts delicious! And sardines! Eish – the basis of so many quick and easy and scrumptious meals! … Read more
Bliksem groot tuna wins at Shelley Beach 2017 After an interesting week of fishing, the absolutely magnificent yellow fin tuna caught on Bliksem, took first prize. At the 2017 Mercury Shelley Beach fishing tourney held this past week. 40.9kg’s May not break the scales in Cape waters, but here in KZN Natal, that is a … Read more
State of our Oceans by Mr. Al Spaeth Like great author and eye opener – Callum Roberts, author of “The Ocean of Life: The Fate of Man and the Sea” and other tales of environmental gloom and doom, Mr. Al Spaeth, in his description of the state of our oceans and our fisheries, has the ability to … Read more
