Possible final sardine report for 2017 Possible final sardine report for 2017 – although you never know! Sometimes the sardines only come in September and later?! Sardines have still been spotted along the backline, sporadically this last week of August 2017. With some huge fish harassing them. And now it turns into a fishing report! … Read more
Four Fish Trading in Nelspruit stock The Mydo Years of experience and connections in the fishing business, have led to the opening of Four Fish Trading in Nelspruit. Open for a few months now, the store is jam-packed with stock, including The Mydo range of fishing lures. Read all about them right here (https://thesardine.co.za/mydo/), and … Read more
Catching blacktail Trolling gulleys and walking beaches, light scratching stick in hand, a few sardines…blacktail fishing! It’s called scratching for a reason – angling for blacktail is a great escape for when things are all quiet on the big baits. And they make a great live bait too. All you need is a christmas tree … Read more
A long KZN south coast fishing weekend at the Umzimkulu Marina These long weekends are just great and this one was filled with enthusiastic anglers from all over the globe. It started on Friday early morning with a 5kg kob taken off The Block on a paddletail. This set the tone for the long fishing weekend … Read more
Flashback to 17 June 2007: A brace of couta at Hibberdene by the Posthumous brothers A brace of couta at Hibberdene by the Posthumous brothers: The sardines had come at last. Trucks, cars, bikes, planes…were buzzing up and down the lower south coast of KZN Natal like bees. Every man and his dog was on … Read more
