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The Sardine News on TV – Inhaca GT and other stories

Julio Rito with a fiesty green jobfish caught on the jig somewhere between Inhaca and Macanete about exactly.

The Sardine News on TV – Inhaca GT and other stories

Getting a trip together with Bino Nordine, out off Inhaca and Macanete, made my entire last month in Mozambique! Fetching me from Fatima’s nice ‘n early, although almost not early enough, as we took a while to get ship shape and beyond the threatening low tide. But soon we were passing Xevina Island and it’s crazy archaic looking prison ruins.

There used to be so many sharks here, that it was the ultimate prison. Free enforcers! From a reliable source, I heard that Samora himself hid out on this forsaken little island – here was the safest he could be – in full view of Maputo!

A quick stop at the “turning buoy”, a few casts and a few chases, but off we had to go, in lieu of a beasterly easterly that was forecast And never came!). It’s a good 20 miles to the reefs. But eish, what reef. Scattered over a large area, kind of joined though, and dropping from 20 metres to 40 and more, in no time. Reef and pinnacles, all full of showings, all over the place. It was a question of finding the fish that were feeding, rather than finding the fish. There were fish everywhere! We caught a bunch, letting most go. A couta and a kakaap for the pan came home!

When we got a live bait out finally then, a stupid hammerhead came knocking, biting the tail right off our hard earned hapless bonnie. Getting the bonnie away from the shark, we teased him for some fun. Aggro little hammerhead!

Tottering around, from showing to showing, reef to reef, eventually, we were finding more and more promise on the  underwater TV Channel (by Garmin). Bino, from years and years out here, knows exactly how to position for a drift accounting for all the many variables that this takes. Then it happened, Bino went away solid. In fact, the fish was so aggro, it hit and missed twice before Bino found jaw and hooked up. It was a long hard fight which turned out to be Binos biggest GT, by estimate. Enjoy the video…! Like and subscribe and whatever tx!

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Check out our many fishing experiences available all over, including Inhaca, at…

https://thesardine.co.za/product-category/fishing-experiences/

Let us know what you kind of fishing you would like to experience in the Inhaca area. Amberjack. Marlin. Wahoo. Sailfish. Snapper. Tuna. Dorado. Kingfish. The list is pretty impressive and it’s all tucked in nicely around the Inhaca s Island System.

With the new bridge about a year away from completion, get your fishing slots booked now already. It’s gonna be a short hop from Durban up to Maputo. Where we take over! We arrange the whole lot. You avoid the tangles and hang-ups that can be experienced trying on your own.

Our boats are top notch and versatile. Options from The Joker, a lovely YeldCat at 19ft, to Sholay, the huge marlin purposed rig that at 28ft can go anywhere, very fast!

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JP, the Mydo SS Spoon, and the Bluefin Kingfish

JP Bartholomew fishing on the Mydo team in Mauritius catching loads of bluefin kingfish on his Mydo SS Spoon range.

JP, the Mydo SS Spoon, and the Bluefin Kingfish

JP, the Mydo SS Spoon, and the Bluefin Kingfish: Following JP Bartholomew aka Bartman, on his fishing excursions across the oceans. This time JP checks in from Mauritius somewhere. Details are scant at this stage, but stories of big bust-ups are filtering through.

The Mydo SS Tuna Spoon that JP was throwing for a really big GT, got chowed by the most beautiful kingfish of all – the Bluefin Kingfish. aka Bluefin Trevally. Latin name is Caranx melampygus. If you speak latin?!

MYDO Team Member JP Bartholomew with a magnificent Bonefish taken on a MYDO SS Spoon on the KZN North Coast
MYDO Team Angler JP Bartholomew with a magnificent Bonefish taken on a MYDO SS Spoon on the KZN North Coast

JP also snagged a real trophy on any lure – a bona fide bonefish that looks like 10 pounds! There notoriously fickle and difficult fish to catch grabbed the SS Tuna Spoon in a wave being dragged through a shoal of baitfish that the boneys were feeding on. Boneys are very hard to catch.

When JP returns, we can expect his full journal of what he has been up to. Fish by fish. But in the meantime take a look at the Mydo SS Spoon range in the catalogue at the following link…

https://thesardine.co.za/product-category/fishingtackle/mydolures/mydossspoons/

Follow JP right from his phone at the GT Adventures Facebook page at the following link…

https://www.facebook.com/BartManzn/

Or his page on The Sardine News at…

https://thesardine.co.za/product/catch-fish-pro-guide-jp-bartholomew-gt-adventures/

Read about the entire Mydo range:

  • The original MYDO Baitswimmer – swims a dead bait like it’s alive!
  • SS Spoon – light and lively, highly advanced
  • Luck Shot – a heavy duty drop shot that actually swims

Watch the Luck Shot in action in this video…

And learn more at https://thesardine.co.za/mydo

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Fishing the Inhambane Estuary: Bludger Kingfish by The Frenzy

Fishing the Inhambane Estuary: Bludger Kingfish by The Frenzy

Fishing the Inhambane Estuary is completely cool. You just need that fishing licence from Maritimo, and a few cold beers for the afternoon into evening. Sunset. A light stick with a Mydo Luck Shot and jig fly combination, and another heavy stick with live bait trace completes the outfit.

Since it costs a small fortune in dollars to moor on the Inhambane Pier, there is very seldom any boats parked on the outside wall, and we have it all to ourselves. There is a fun contingent of local fishers who come down to the pier after work, to relax and chat, and of course, catch dinner. Some are in fact fishing for dinner.

Which comes happily in the form of these little Bludger Kingfish. They don’t get very much bigger than this unlucky one that fell to The Frenzies charms…

After two fruitless and exhausting episodes on the sea with the Kayak, The Frenzy was at the end of her tether. So off we went back to the city of Inhambane, to try for a bludger kingfish. We were privy to some inside information leading us here. It is absolutely wonderful fishing of the main pier out the front of Inhambane.
Parking at Pachiso Backpackers, right on the lagoon, we prepared over an ice cold 2M cerveja. Sabiki/Yozuri jigs with a Mydo Luck Shot on the end. The Luck Shot acts as an attractor and looks like a competitive fish chasing the little jigs.
Nothing happened for a while and then one of the local gangster giant kingfish showed itself in a spectacular display of anger as it smashed the living daylights out of the little sardines we were so eager to catch and put out live. The GTs here are black in colour and I have been splashed soaking wet right on the top of the jetty before! The problem is that it is nigh impossible to fight these big fish from the pier. There are just too many obstacles and we all know a GT. There are the razor sharp shell coated pylons making up the pier. Serious rocks 8m below. Endless water taxis coming and going, into the night. Anchors and moorings for the water taxis. Actually, it is impossible.
Then two humpback dolphin came swimming up the tide and also had a feast. All the while the bludgers were smashing away at the endless shoals of baitfish below us.
And then The Frenzy went away. Her rod buckling and line melting we were both convinced the Mydo had been taken and so she put the pressure back on the fish. A few minutes later and there it was, a beautiful shiny bludger kingfish. But it had taken a jig and the Mydo Luck Shot #2 was just plain gone!
How were we going to haul the hefty little bigger all the way up to the top of the pier? One chance and we took it. The fish lay still for a second and The Frenzy just hauled in one consistent motion.

And there it was! Fresh fish for dinner!

The huge Inhambane Bay. Whitesands to starboard, Linga Linga to port. Panzy Island dead ahead. Sunscreen causes cancer! Get your shade on instead!These giant blue tailed mullet are caught daily off the pier. They are gaffed with weighted trebles and hauled up. They use light handline with tiny hooks to hook these pretty fish. with.The view from Xai Xai across to Inhambane City
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The Mydo fishing clinic in Danwood’s

Mydo Fishing Clinic

The Mydo fishing clinic in Danwood’s

From Durban side north to Stranger, Danwood Fishing Tackle has you covered – for Mydo lures.

Mydo SS SpoonsMydo Luck Shot #2SS Garrick SpoomMydo Baitswimmer #4 rigged into couta traceMydo Lure PouchThe Mydo Luck Shot # 1 in action.The MYDO Luck Shot #1 at a bit of speed and filmed underwater. Showing the magnificent air bubble and smoke trail from it.The Mydo Range in Danwood Fishing TacklePartners in marketing...Desigan Govender of Danwood Fishing Tackle and Sean Lange of Mydo FIshing Lures

Nice and central in Tongaat just out of Durban, Danwoods is also close to the best fishing spots on the north coast. Big names like JP Bartholomew can be spotted patrolling the bays, points and gullies spinning for his favourite – the GT!

Danwoods has just been stocked fresh with the entire range of innovative Mydo lures and accessories.

Including the revolutionary Mydo Handy Pouch. Organise your boat and tackle like never before. Clear PVC sealed with Velcro pouches make fishing so much safer. Perfect for skis. They even take a phone or your car keys.

No more tangles or hooks in feet or fingers!

MYDO Handy PouchMydo Lure Pouch in size tinyMydo Lure Pouch: Can fasten lure on rod for safe travels and fishingFor Mydo fishing tackle in Margate, head in to The Craft StoreThe original baitswimmers love their new packagingMYDO Lure Pouch used to protect almost anythingMydo Pouch with hard plastic lure

Catch us on Facebook at…

https://web.facebook.com/MydoFishingLures/

https://web.facebook.com/Danwood-Fishing-Tackle-Tongaat-894065263988435/

…and all about The Mydo and The Gummy ranges at…

https://thesardine.co.za/mydo/

We are doing a fishing clinic in Danwoods right now, today 13 September 2017.

Come and visit!

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Fishing IGFA with Mydo by Captain Len Mathews

Fishing Igfa with Mydo worked for Jannie Griesel here at Sodwana Bay last weekend. #3 sized Mydo Baitswimmer

Fishing IGFA with Mydo

Jannie Griesel with his Mydo caught couta at Sodwana this last weekend.
Jannie Griesel with his Mydo caught couta at Sodwana this last weekend.

Every Mydo lure made is totally IGFA compliant. But the baitswimmer couta trace, when rigged with trebles, is not.

Why do we rig with trebles? Popular demand. The treble hooks available nowadays are incredibly strong and sharp, compared to the old 2X’s that we used to get. And the fish are more scarce, making a hook up meaning so much more than it used to.

Mydo anglers were never even introduced to IGFA, back when it all rolled into South Africa, in the 80’s. The main competitions never used IGFA rules either. It took a long time before IGFA rules were applied to money comps. Trebles were the standard issue for catching couta, and still are, with most anglers.

But the rules have changed slowly and now many competitions on the circuit are IGFA now. This is great, as trebles are not really suited to releasing fish at all. Singles inflict far less damage. Captain Duarte Rato fishes single hooks wherever he can. But he still uses trebles for couta traces!

Captain Len Mathews only fishes IGFA rules. This is how he rigs the Mydo Baitswimmer.
Captain Len Mathews only fishes IGFA rules. This is how he rigs the Mydo Baitswimmer.

Captain Len Mathews has been part of the Mydo team for a long time now. He catches great fish. And he only fishes IGFA. Two Kendall Rounds, rigged nice and light. This is the reason Len reckons, that he doesn’t lose fish. Len admits to a slightly more complicated hook up, but that when done right, snags his fish as many times as trebles would. But his use of singles means much more solid hookups.

Meaning he can pull much harder.

Which is great for the sailfish and marlin, who scrounge Lens’ well-presented couta baits often. And for pulling fish away from the taxman.

According to Len – there are a bunch of good reasons to stay single!

Thank you Len!

Learn more about the Mydo Baitswimmer range of lures right here…

https://thesardine.co.za/mydo/

Len Mathews about to release a striped marlin at Zavora, Southern Mozambique
Captain Len Mathews about to release another billfish at Zavora, Southern Mozambique. Len only fishes IGFA using single hooks on his Mydos. A factor which helps in easy and quick releases for the many fish he catches.

 

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