Memoirs

Pomene dreamin’…

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Pomene dreamin’… After having driven from Port Shepstone to Vilancoulos, and then back to Pomene, we were pretty worn out travellers when we made camp somewhere down on the Pomene estuary.. But waking up to that glorious scene – the ocean to the East, and the estuary to the West – in a bright red … Read more

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St. Patricks Day in Indonesia

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St. Patricks Day in Indonesia Two Irish. Two Saffer. Two Ozzie. Six kids from the Channel Islands. A few more scragglers. And a girl. Lucky, the agent. Indonesia. Hankering to get to Desert Point…winter, 2003. “$250 Get’s you Desert Point…one week on beeeg boat. All foood. All driiink.”, goes Lucky. “Whoohoo!”, go me and Roosta. … Read more

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You never know until you see the colour…by Dave Sproston

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You never know until you see the colour…by Dave Sproston

Memoirs: by Dave Sproston

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Dave Sproston with a couple of delicious geelbek caught back in the days when…

 

Way back in 1990, I ran a small charter fishing operation from Shelly Beach, Kwazulu Natal. I skippered my own boat, a 17ft. Ace Craft with twin Yamaha 85’s, but maybe I will cover the specs of this amazing craft later on.Anyway, on this particular day I had two guys who had chartered the boat for the morning, we normally launched at first light and we’re back by lunchtime, and set off for the Protea Banks, a fifteen minute ride, to look for some YFT ( Yellowfin Tuna).

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