Mydo ‘n Mackerel

Mydo n Mackerel The original Mydo Baitswimmer number 2 rigged with a fresh mackerel definitely enters you in the big fish lottery. Even yellowfin tuna gobble them in spite of the wire. Tuna normally hate wire traces. Slow trolling for big couta has always been fun. But sometimes the tuna or bait get all excited … Read more

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The Umzimkulu River comes alive

The Umzimkulu River comes alive Pictures and stories are hammering in as the fish around the Port Shepstone area have really come on the bite. The weekend started with guests Mike and Brian (straight out of the movie ‘Gone Fishin”) opening their account with a beautiful kob on the Friday evening, taken from the jetty … Read more

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Jean-Pierre Jordaan with a 34kg beast of a couta

Jean-Pierre Jordaan with a 34kg beast of a couta Jean-Pierre Jordaan with a 34kg beast of a couta speared at the Patingo, a few clicks out of Richards Bay. Jean-Pierre is the son of legendary Koos Jordaan so those big north coast cruisers better watch out! It certainly is big ‘couta time now, and reports … Read more

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Clive Barber African Vibrations

Clive Barber African Vibrations The first time i heard of Clive Barber was in the Godfreys house in Seal Point- they have a poster from his surf film ‘African Vibrations’ on their wall, the film itself has been lost in the ether, the reels lying somewhere between here and Australia. I have since seen, and … Read more

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Bruce Gold checking in…

Bruce Gold checking in… And another commentary instalment from Bruce Gold aka “Bruce-I-fire” as the winter swells start rolling in. Looks like JBay squeezed the most out of this little swell – by the time it reached us here on the KZN South Coast it was full of lumps and holes, like something bullied it off the … Read more

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