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Fishin’ in the Rain at Umzimkulu Adrenalin

Fishin' in the Rain down on the Umzimkulu River in Port Shepstone

Fishin’ in the rain at Umzimkulu Adrenalin

Fishin’ in the rain: we have got you fisher folk covered!

Yes it’s raining! Again!

But check out our huge riverside tent – right on the edge of the Umzimkulu River estuary. In Port Shepstone. KZN South Coast. Where the salt comes right in. Bringing the shoals of inshore gamefish that we all love to catch. Rockies. Kingies. Grunter. Perch. Have all been coming out consistently. In between floods, that is!

Although it’s raining, the river is not flowing hard. The high tide is pushing saltwater right up to us here at Spillers. Where the fishing has been great. You can sit in comfort and out of the rain (or sun), and fish all day with our Day Pass. And we have a unique and tasty Egyptian restaurant, right here too!

Live bait is the right way. There are plenty rock salmon in the estuary right now. This week we were checking things out way up river, where there is not one atom of salt anywhere. Looking around on the 3D finder, we saw so many fish and even baitballs in some of the deep patches. And as we returned to trailer the boat – there a local guy is handlining a proper fish in, that he had just hooked on a live mullet. The water was so brown we could not see what the fish was until it was on the bank.

Rock salmon!

Rock salmon caught on live mullet 7kms up the Umzimkulu River in the pure fresh floodwaters. Zero salt. This was on Monday.

Finding these beautifully powerful and aggressive fish all that way upriver in the pure fresh, makes you wonder just how far they actually do go?

Another kilometre? Up the next two rapids? Or way up around the next few pools and bends where it’s totally untouched and full of amazing rock features right in and around the river valley up there. It’s uncharted really. And we need to get up there and fish.We can spend the night no problem. We have all kinds of boats, kayaks and things here at Umzimkulu Adrenalin.

Garlic n Naan

And we are extremely stoked to announce that we are lucky enough to have an Egyptian themed and flavoured Halaal restaurant, right here on the premises. So you can check in here for the day. Catch some live bait. Throw out a few lines. We have restrooms. And you can order delicious freshly cooked food!

You’ll need to use the app to order, but we have wifi if you need it. You can click right here, to get to the Garlic n Naan menu. Or the big Menu button below.

MENU

Or…

So, there is something to emphasise however.

This is not a walk-in style restaurant. You need to order ahead on the App. Or you will have to wait for quite some time for your food. Since all the food here is freshly baked and cooked.

We do offer takeaways. Order on the App, and select your pickup time, at checkout. Cash, card or EFT.

But with the Umzimkulu Adrenalin Day Pass, you will even have your own table to enjoy your food with the fantastic views we have here.

When you visit on an Umzimkulu Adrenalin Day Pass, you get a table with a view. So not everyone has to fish. Ladies can enjoy the tented lounge area. And all the amenities here. Kids love the place.

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February 2022 Surf Reports by Brucifer

February 2022 Surf Reports by Brucifer

February 2022 Surf Reports by Brucifer: Back in Black!

Enjoy the picture show…

Feb 2022 Surf Reports by Brucifer

And we are very stoked to announce that Brucifire is back with his informative and entertaining commentary from Jeffreys Bay in South Africa.

Where there have been some summer waves already!

Two or three sessions under the belt and its not even Valentine’s Day?! There is a lot of cyclone and frontal activity all over the southern hemisphere right now and you can only wonder if this is a result of the recent volcano in Tonga.

Anyway, a couple cool stories for you to listen to and a few waves for you to watch. Special thanks to Piet Cloete for filming a session featuring the Moroccan Princess Amal, with his drone. Finally some decent footage on the surf report! And a folky fun soundtrack put together by Matt Vend, Sawyer Sauce and The Great Idea (banned). There’s also a crazy kiteboard segment in this particular issue of the brucifire.co.za surf report – which leads me to the new big thing. The new big thing is brucifire.co.za

Yes, it’s official, Brucifire has a website! it’s still in its formative years at the moment and looks a bit haphazard but we are working on it. But for the most part, it’s Brucifire on tap and online. Soon you might even be able to buy some merch!

And it’s gonna be a lot more fun than those social idiot sites everyone is addicted to, promises Bruce. And you can get a real education too!

Other cool websites and apps by The Sardine News:

https://thesardine.co.za – never miss a wave or a sardine

https://portcaptain.co.za – excellent Egyptian cuisine in Port Shepstone

https://umzimkuluadrenalin.co.za – let’s goooooooooooo

https://spillershouse.co.za – BnB right on the Umzimkulu Estuary

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Fresh news in from Bruce Gold…

The Brucifire Surf Report: Bruce Gold calls the thunder!

Never squander a sunrise or healthy ego…ja ja but where does the ID come into IT…. ha ha…think ITS Latin for IT…our better wiser nature…if we can find IT feed IT….WE MIGHT BECOME IT NE!
Early seventies tribe of Californians….Brotherhood of Eternal Light..or so…rocked up here long hair, flutes….fasting…meditating and saluting the sun….monkey see monkey want to do….easiest was the long hair jaaa.
Mike Diffenderfer really great shaper who influenced many SA shapers was pretty religious with his greetings from highest points…sunsets toi naturally….captured him surfing tubes on super 8…recently got original footage back plus John Orams early seventies 16mm film lost for nearly fifty years…rather young Chris Knutsen shaping at Cosy Cot and surfing supers…Nautical chart call it Noorskloof Point…now you know. Today the two and a bit minute reels are off to be digitalised if viable…anticipation station ne.

Sent from my Samsung device

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The Sardine News Summer 2021 22 Season featuring the Halocline and Flood Pulse

Summer mornings in KZN. Spillers House.

The Sardine News Summer 2021 22 Season featuring the Halocline and Flood Pulse

The Sardine News Summer 2021 22 Season featuring the Halocline and Flood Pulse: enjoy the picture show…!

Starting with homework… Email your comment/objection to Barbara Dallas Creecy’s diabolical attempt to oust public objections in matters of the environment in South Africa.

PLEASE PERSONALISE THE FOLLOWING EMAIL AND SEND IT

Email to: agabriel@environment.gov.za Re: Consultation to amend Section 24h Registration Authority Regulations by DAFF

Attention: Barbara Dallas Creecy / Alvin Gabriel (agabriel@environment.gov.za)

“Good day I would like to register my objection to your proposed change to Section 24h Registration Authority Regulations. Document Number 1655. Dated 31 December 2021. Aside from being a direct threat to our democracy, it is high-handed and arrogant to think you can just shut the public up as you intend. Especially in matters of the environment in which you are very clearly tasked to protect.

Please make sure that I am on any mail list, to receive notifications on future acts like this one.

Regards”

Ok with the important but boring stuff out of the way…onto The Sardine News…Summer 2021 22 Season featuring the Halocline and Flood Pulse Where we have flooding inland and the catchment areas are spilling their wares out down every river possible.

But.

The current is back in full force, aided by the strong winds, and the halocline is presently sitting exactly in the right place. And extends for miles up and down the coastline. Ideal conditions for…

Dorado

They haven’t been wild (yet). But the perfect conditions are just around the corner. All we need is a few days of west winds and it will be ON!

Billfish

Same as the dorado, they love this colour line!

Others.

Big tuna have been coming out. They will also be hunting along the line. Ready to devour your livebait.

There are also couta getting caught.Yowser for real!

Let’s goooooo!

Check out the Single Strike offering from Umzimkulu Adrenalin. A package deal that will spoil you rotten and see you out fishing.

Check it out on https://umzimkuluadrenalin.co.za

More fun apps:

https://thesardine.co.za
https://fishontheriver.co.za
https://portcaptain.co.za
https://spillershouse.co.za

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Umhlanga Spearfishing Club (USC) end of year Function and Prize giving 2021

Umhlanga Spearfishing Club (USC) end of year Function and Prize giving 2021

End of year functions are always fun to attend and the USC end of year bashes are no exception to this rule! Well done Club Chairman Kyle Richter and Diving Diva Christal Botes on making this year’s event extra special.

The Bear has decided to rejoin the club and has heard rumours that big things are afoot for 2022!

Ladies division and now Juniors/scholars!

Running a Spearfishing Club is challenging and running a Club that is sport orientated in COVID times must be one hell of a job. Looks like restrictions are being opened up so 2022 should see some great events from USC. Sodwana blue water open and Crayfish compo are open to the public whereas Club champs, Diving Divas (ladies Champs), Dec –January Snoek skins, Grand Slam and Species compo are club members only. Club Membership is currently open for people to join the club and costs R450 including end of year bash (spit braai!) club t-shirt and cap plus the compos above! Whatta deal! Especially if you need diving buddies, advice, tips, reports and boat dives!

Contact Diving Diva Christal Botes on 073 390 9374 WhatsApp for details and I have attached a pdf USC entry form to this post.

Well I only managed to pitch at the Function just before 6pm at Wings Club Virginia Airport Durban North. It normally starts around 1pm for Family to come down and bring kids for jumping castle etc before the serious stuff starts around 6pm ish followed by dinner and a dance to tunes spun by Durban’s original Dj and long standing club member Stuart Green AKA Firestarter.

To say a few lads and ladies had a head start on the drinking before I arrived is an understatement of note! Club member Paul THB had donated a whole keg of draft from That brewing Co. and the lads had given it a good sampling already. R30 gets you a 500ml plastic beer mug and it is drink it till it’s done!

I saw a lot of old faces and quite a few new ones at the function and this bodes well for the club in the new year. It was also great to finally meet Paul and Taylor Toich in person after doing articles for them in the past (Taylor’s 1st Daga Salmon and Border open 2021) but via social media. What a lovely couple…be seeing you two for a dive East London or Kei sooner rather than later! Also awesome to see North Coast divers I have not seen for a while Andrew Hayworth, Christo Muller and Zander.

Prize giving went well with MC Chairman Kyle Richter and Diving Diva Christal Botes assisting. Some of the stories that came out while I was there were totally unbelievable. Newbie James Purcell did very well this year getting most improved diver, placing 3rd in club champs (was running 2nd but Stuart Green’s late entry slab 11kg plus Brusher put him in 2nd bumping James to 3rd) and also getting shared Dick of the year award with Christo Muller was priceless! Hahahaha…

Also Master Alistair Jones getting biggest fish of the year (17kg plus Cape Tail) and most records broken in the year (Cape Tail and Brusher) and placing 2nd in the Grand Slam year compo! Aweh!

Well done Andrew Hayworth on placing 1st in Club Champs and Master Richardt Botes on placing 1st in the Grand Slam compo! 7 fish out of the 10 selected species is a new achievement for Master Richardt ! Aweh! And well done Diving Diva Taylor-Rose Toich from East London on placing 1st in the ladies Diving Diva USC Champs! Aweh! Great to see ladies joining and growing the Club.

Needless to say prize giving done the crowd ploughed into the spit braai for dinner and thinned out dramatically after bellies were full and quite a few peeps had long drives home. BUT!!! The hardcore Club members prevailed and the tunes pumped from DJ Stuart Green and the Dance was on. Next thing around last call at the bar this bottle of Jaegie appears out of nowhere (Kyle you evil individual) Hahahaha… Richard Forman was Zulu dancing and The Botes couple were cutting rug big time with Kay, Candice and Tanja bopping along to the tunes. James was definitely on his second wind with Dylan not far behind. Thanks on the spot camera man Morne for capturing the action. Nope I am not going to share the videos here. Join the club then I will PM you!

I have included pictures from the various divers with fish from the year and pictures of the prize giving and function.

Can’t wait for next year already! SEE you there!

CLUB CHAMPS:

1st Place: Andrew Hayworth

2nd Place: Stuart Green

3rd Place: James Purcell

4th Place: Daniel Cilliers

5th Place: Clive Honiball

6th Place: Rowan Coleman

7th Place: Leon Grobbelaar

8th Place: Dean Lailvaux

9th Place: Morgan Griffiths

10th Place: Roché Haviga

GRAND-SLAM CHAMPS:

1st Place: Richardt Botes

2nd Place: Alistair Jones

3rd Place: Paul Ten Hoorn Boer

4th Place: Christo Muller

5th Place: Morne Claasens

6th Place: Kyle Richter

7th Place: Steven Newby Fraser

8th Place: York Lawrence

9th Place: Alex Rice

10th Place: Quintin White

11th Place: Dylan Koekemoer

12th Place: Richard Foreman

USC DIVING DIVAS CHAMPS:

1st Place: Taylor-Rose Toich

2nd Place: Jana Wegewarth

3rd Place: Christal Botes

MOST RECORDS:

Alistair Jones

MOST IMPROVED DIVER:

James Purcell

As always Dive safe and Straight Spears from the Bear…

Oh ya here is the Application Form 2022.

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