Short fishing stories for when you have nothing better to do!
Max Mogeson’s first Rock Salmon A few weekends back we had a huge influx of fishing mad kids down at the Umzimkulu Marina. Including a chap named Max who took the right ride out to rock salmon alley, on the Mad Mullet. He caught his first rock salmon – and so he brought it home … 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
Another great Umzimkulu fishing story by Kiran Ramjiawan Friday, 21st October, was the day we took the short journey with plenty of food, beer and a variety of bait. We booked in with our fantastic hosts Brian and Geraldine Lange, and met our friend Elvis, the always smiling river’and qualified barge skipper. We quickly tackled … Read more
Fly fishing Umdloti with JP Bartholomew And here we have JP Bartholomew entertaining us again with tales of fly fishing Umdloti, just north of where JP lives… A final break in the weather and I wanted to get some flyfishing in and especially to see how my right arm was doing after battling with Tennis … Read more
Caught at sea in a cut off low storm Our current weather scenario prompted a rewrite of an old favourite yarn. It was first published in 1992. “It had been a long day, way back in 1992, and we had not caught too much. Stubbornly we anchored off Boboyi, in the 26 metre area, to … Read more
