Captain Duarte Rato of FishBazaruto.com fame has been shooting magnificent shots of fighting gamefish and seascapes for decades now, in and around the Bazaruto Archipelago, and has created a new downloads page – fishbazaruto.com free downloads, for the readers of thesardine.co.za to enjoy.
Duarte has been resampling his .RAW footage into useable chunks, and features these photographs extensively on fishbazaruto.com. In bite size, these images are easily used as as desktops (or static screensavers), on mobiles, desktops, laptops…etc.
Follow the following link to fishbazaruto.com’s new downloads link, with instructions:
PSJ from underwater by Ant Kobrowsky and Offshore Africa
Anthony Kobrowski from Sea Candy – an underwater image production company, spent a few seasons with Rob Nettleton and Debbie Smith of Offshore Africa in Port St. Johns, chasing sardines and the predators that follow them.
This short film, put together by Sea Candy, portrays the vibe that gets us all so amped each sardine season.
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Well, in a cowrie shell…don’t go to work! The fishing is better than it’s been in years.
A few minutes ago my Dad on the Niteshift saw P.J. Botha and son boat a nice big ‘couta off the Umzimkulu River.
Last night Mike Stubbs got his kob. A big fish that went 32.5kg’s. (Photo coming soon). He was enjoying these amazing conditions fishing off the Sandspit in Port Shepstone, while just across the way, rock and surf anglers fishing from The Block, caught: yellowbelly and catface rockcod, a scotchman?!?!, during the day a bunch of garrick…
Darrell Hattingh has been having high adventures under water spearfishing the Hibberdene and Ifafa points. A Great White was spotted at Ifafa, a baby of about 3 metres.
And in the next pics, my other brother Darrell, I mean Marc, with Koos and Andre Viviers and a bunch of nice fish, mostly caught, but the grunter shot off Chakas right up from the Sandspit.
Then down at Mdumbi, I gave a few local subsistence anglers my new lure to try out, the Mydo Luck Shot #1, and check the pictures…
Check out the Mydo Luck Shot Mini #1 right in the shads mouth. News from the area is that Blue Shad are full up in amongst kob and garrick and all sorts.Yes well I do also notice that there is one more shad in this picture than what is allowed, but heck, maybe there were two anglers? Either way, fresh fried shad is the order of breakfast everywhere in the good old Transkei. Many thanks to my good friend Thulani, for keeping us in the news and for fishing and catching with my lures…
Another fine specimen, of a Blue Shad. Fact: Blue Shad are just normal Shad, but as the fish go through their growth cycle, they turn blue in bigger sizes. But this is not across the population, some big shad are distinctively grey.
So, get to a tackle shop, tackle up, and GO FISHING!
(As for the rest of us working, I am in Pretoria right now distributing lures, we will keep the economy going while you guys all go fishing!)
Fortunately the internet and guys like Jean Tresfon can team up and disseminate photographical evidence of major pollution problems. From this, people can collude further, as what have done here…and maybe a result can be attained. More often than not, the scapegoat government we have is really up to it’s eyeballs in literal poo-poo so that it really is up to us, the people, to persevere, buzz the right bells, click the right links, make the right calls. That’s right, we have to get involved. Help even. It really is up to us now. They that are there, just aren’t…
Acknowledgements to Jean Tresfon, catch him on FB right here…
Early morning sardine report in Port St. Johns on the Transkei Wild Coast. This is how every morning should be! Please share!
Early morning sardine report
Port St. Johns is where you want to be for the 2015 Sardine Run, which at this stage looks promising, as the weather plays along and lays down the conditions required for the shoals to head north.
