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Praia da Tofo A beautiful Sunday morning today lasted about an hour when an amazingly strong onshore squall hit hard. Local fishermen were out early but were literally blown back to shore. Our back door was blown completely off its rails and smashed – 30 secs after this pic was taken! The rain is pelting … Read more

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Roger Davidson’s Cracker!

Roger Davidson

Fishing off Karl Gous’ boat – Roger Davidson brings home a real “Skomolo”, while Marc Lange shows us a real nice bull dorado. Fishing seems to be really good down south. Note the Umzimkulu River’s brown/orange colour in the background – characteristic of these summer months. By about April the river returns to a clear … Read more

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Storm surge…

The scene of the time two local fishermen saved the life of a local kid caught in a high tide surge. The previous article carries the story… This pic shows how much sand was taken away over a week of onshore winds reaching 35 knots or more some days. The locals have had to move … Read more

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Umzimkulu Dorado!

Marc Lange fishing on the Niteshift out of the Umzimkulu...dorado!

When the rivers fill right up with brown pigmented water from the summer rain catchment areas in Kwa-Zulu Natal, they  spew out into the ocean hitting the current to form a beautiful seam between the brown and blue water. This is Dorado time on the Natal and Transkei coast! They swim up and down this … Read more

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Tofo Season Roundup

The fishing was fantastic late November through early December. Some boats were pigging out and reports filtered through of catches of 20 couta and 16 snapper (rock salmon) in one trip?! The locals also hammered it and on some days 100 couta were marched across the beach at Tofo. No mercy! The little white Isuzu … Read more

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