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Pre-fishing treatment for your brand new reel

I got a new reel!

Pre-fishing treatment for your brand new reel

MYDO Fishing and Lures are putting together a series of videos and articles, on how to maintain your fishing tackle.

This is the very first one!

And deals with how to bullet-proof your brand new fishing reel as much as possible right at the outset.

Brand new reel – by the MYDO Fishing Tackle Survival Guide

Getting a brand new reel, or even a secondhand brand new reel – is an emotional occasion for any angler. But even more emotion, bad stuff this time, really features during tackle failure of any sort.

Over time we have learnt a few basic steps that we follow to keep our tackle lasting as long as us. This is the very first step! Half opening a brand new reel and spraying it lightly with a water-displacing coating, like silicone or whatever really, stops the salt and corrosion right from the start. It really makes no sense skipping this basic step. There is NO point in spraying your reel only after it is already corroded and jamming.

Although the demonstration in the video uses a spinning reel from Okuma – this strategy applies across the board for all fishing reels. Just be extra careful to go nowhere the drag washers with the spray. Nor the line. And to wipe the excess off to shiny.

It may seem overkill to do all this for freshwater fishing tackle as well, but corrosion will come eventually. Just takes one trip to the coast! So treat them too!

This series will unfold over the next few months as we settle back into the Umzimkulu Marina in Port Shepstone, for the December 2020 silly season. We are running a fleet of boats in the Umzimkulu this year. You can get in touch many ways but +27 79 326 9671 or umzimkulu@gmail.com work the best and fastest.

The Umzimkulu River
Fishins Cool Fishing School is just one way you can come and hunt kingfishwith us at the Umzimkulu Marina in Port Sheptone
Boats ready and good to go down on the jetty at The Umzimkulu Marina
Brown water in KZN: Andrew van Biljon and another baby kingfish about to be released back into the Umzimkulu
The Umzimkulu Marina in Port Shepstone. Self catering dream fishing location.
Looking down over the fishing grounds to the mouth of the Umzimkulu River
Umzimkulu River rock salmon fishing spot

The fabulous fishing news website – The Sardine News – https://thesardine.co.za tells all the stories for the Umzimkulu Marina since those morons on Facebook have blocked our Umzimkulu website for featuring those poachers who then reported me?!

Crazy hey?

There is a helluva lot more on our YouTube Channel these days. And you can stay in touch via Facebook if you have to.

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Final Solution for Port St Johns Garrick and Kob Slaughter

Final Solution for Port St Johns Garrick and Kob Slaughter

Final solution for Port St Johns garrick and kob slaughter: Well first off, apologies for going so quiet. I was on a secret mission in the Transkei somewhere. Job just finished. For obvious reasons none of the fish I caught on this trip can feature in this video. But. Watch this space!

Second apology is to the individuals who work at DAFF. Please understand that as a collective you guys are ineffective and things have to change. And we as anglers, are here to help. 100%.

Port St Johns Garrick slaughter: Slipway illegal jiggers Port St Johns August 2020
Slipway illegal jiggers Port St Johns August 2020. When DAFF finally came they arrested the wrong people. AGAIN! This is one of their favourite past times. Many stories behind this one.

I am back in the studio now. And will be publishing content on a far more regular basis again. This rant touches on many sensitive subjects and I am open to conversation so please feel free to comment with your thoughts. Positive or negative. It all counts towards a greater understanding for us all. Abuse…ummm…you will just lose your own credibility anyways. So. No!

When you are done watching, please consider a Like and Subscribe on my YouTube channel – so that I stay inspired to keep up the fight. Thank you to all viewers and subscribers thus far. We are mainly short of environmental lawyers and the like. But any constructive contribution is most welcome.

Let’s do this!

Like and Subscribe to the channel to ensure more content like this will flow.

We got lots of rogue government organisations to roast. Starting with DAFF!

And who can guess who is next?

Ya!

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Ox eye tarpon one of 5 species in 1 session in the Umzimkulu

Ox eye Tarpon on Dirty Prawn Umzimkulu Special by Sean Lange

Ox eye tarpon one of 5 species in 1 session in the Umzimkulu

Its been a helluva long weekend and we have been fishing flat out. And we, my guest Ben Scheepers and I, are so ultimately thankful, for yesterday.

Watch this!

You see, we caught nothing, the entire rest of the time!

Ok well not nothing, Cesar from Argentinia caught an Eel. Francois from Toti caught a blacktip kingfish. But otherwise, its been a long haul.

And then all this action went down!

So much adrenalin. Luckily my guest Ben has been around the block fishing and knew exactly what to do in all instances. He even grabbed the camera for when needed and shot all the tarpon footage in the video.

Ben is, as am I, well impressed by Daves Dirty Prawn Umzimkulu Special. This is the last photo taken of the one in the movie…

This was the last time we saw the Dirty Prawn 'Umzimkulu Special'. After it caught a tarpon, a GT and a kob, it was devoured by a rock salmon.
This was the last time we saw the Dirty Prawn ‘Umzimkulu Special’. After it caught a tarpon, a GT and a kob, it was devoured by a rock salmon.

We are running a special promotion due to all this chaos. The lure that caused it all is now included in the MYDO Estuary Pack available online and right here on the Sardine News.

The Dirty Prawn ‘Umzimkulu Special’ is hand-made by local pro David Phillips who has been perfecting these particular bucktail designs for three decades now. Dave has recently decided to join the fight against the importers and is proudly producing super high quality lures for the right prices, right here in KZN.

Available on their own, or as part of the super fun MYDO Estuary Pack available at a cool R300, including instructions!

MYDO Estuary Pack

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And if you would like to take your chances on some fishing like this, please do not hesitate to contact me while the going is this good. Sean on umzimkulu@gmail.com or +27 79 326 9671 anytime.

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Illegal Jigging in Port St Johns continues

The illegal jigging in Port St. Johns continues unabated

Illegal Jigging in Port St Johns continues

Witnesses report 15 garrick jigged out on ONE DAY! This exact weekend!

The following letter to The Sardine News is disturbing for many reasons. Firstly 15 garrick were witnessed being taken out at Port St Johns this long weekend. So imagine the ones that are getting taken that are not witnessed. This is slaughter. DAFF where the “£$%^& are you this time?

And then the guys reporting this to us – get a fish. A lekker little estuary garrick. But it was full of holes and line and hooks all over its body. When it was exactly that poor fish was jigged full of holes, we just don’t know. It could have been the day before. It could have been when they first started their immoral slaughter of the garrick back during controlovirus stage whatever.

Even more disturbing is the many different coloured lines all tangled up together. That poor garrick must have been swimming sideways dragging all of that around. He must have been a victim of multiple jigging lashes during his time in that once beautiful and pristine place.

In other words. It appears, that the illegal jigging continues.

Ok read the letter…

Dear Sir
I recently watched your YouTube video on the illegal jigging in Port St Johns in August 2020. We are currently staying at Cremorne Estate and a pensioner from Pennington, who was also staying here, personally witnessed 15 Garrick being hauled out between two fishermen using illegal jigging. He was livid and as I did not have any proof of my own, I could not comment. Let me mention that We are avid catch and release fishermen.

Today, whilst trawling towards the mouth, I hooked a Garrick and when I brought it to the surface, I Was horrified to find a birds nest of line and trebles. (See attached images). I cut the fish loose but retrieved the lines and lures for the main reason of informing you that these practices still continue.

It is horrific and everything needs to be done to stop this. You have my utmost support.
Yours sincerely
Kevin Tarr

The illegal jigging in Port St. Johns continues unabatedThe illegal jigging in Port St. Johns continues unabatedThe illegal jigging in Port St. Johns continues unabated

So its blatantly evident that the slaughter of our closed off and endemic garrick population continues unabated in Port St. Johns.

Haven’t any of you locals got long range catties or something? Don’t kill anybody. But fire a few warning shots into the water in front of them. I promise you one thing…

DAFF won’t be coming to investigate.

When there is NO law left, what do you do?

Thank you Kevin for submitting this. It must have been heartbreaking to write all what you saw. It is unbelievable that this could be happening to the garrick. And us!

Please get in touch with me Sean on umzimkulu@gmail.com or +27 79 326 9671 if you have any ideas or resources to commit to this disaster left by the ANC government.

Catch us on YouTube as we document the goings-on in and around Southern Africa waters. And please don’t forget to Like and Subscribe if you like what we are doing.

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New release of Common Sea Fishes of Southern Africa by Rudy van der Elst needs your photos!

New release of Common Sea Fishes of Southern Africa by Rudy van der Elst needs your photos!

We have ALL paged through Common Sea Fishes of Southern Africa by Rudy van der Elst. Published first in the 80s, this book has been a guide and an inspiration for conservation-minded fishing since then. And continues to be.

And now, its getting an upgrade. And Rudy, as can be read below, is asking for contributions on the form of fish photos! And if you get this all right, you will receive a signed copy of the latest published version of Common Sea Fishes! – Sean

Letter from Rudy van der Elst

Dear Angler
You may have come across my book ‘Common Sea Fishes of
Southern Africa’, originally published in 1984 by Struik
publishers. Because of its popularity, not only as an
identification guide but also as a source of scientific
information about the habits and behaviour of our main
angling species, I have decided to substantially update the
book by adding important new species, updating the latest
scientific information, and refreshing some of the photographs.
In view of the strong support I have received from the angling
fraternity, it would be a pleasure to have a number of the
photographs attributed to anglers. So, if you have a good photo of
one of the species on my list, and it meets the quality standard set by my publisher, I will formally include your photo in the new book and, in addition to being acknowledged, you will receive a free
signed copy, hot-off-the-press. Alternatively, if you catch one of the required species you can take a fresh photo as described below.

There are some basic quality criteria:

  • The photo must be your own, at least 2Mb in size, and freshly caught (with a twinkle in its eyes).
  • The specimen must be clear, in focus, and without sun or shadow marks.
  • There is no need for the lucky angler to pose for the photo. S/he will be photo-shopped out anyway.
  • Avoid having too many hands or tackle, etc. masking the fish.
  • Place fish, ray or shark on any background with fins exposed.
  • Background should not be too bright (white) or dark – as it will expose the specimen too light or dark respectively.
  • I can modify the background by using photoshop.
  • Please try to expose the fins – by pulling them out. Use a piece of line if needed even a finger can be removed from the photo.
  • Try to face the upper (darker) side towards the sun direction as it gives a better light balance.
  • Place the fish in full shade and avoid light spots on the specimen.
  • Avoid using a flash.
  • Take photo side on but if possible position the camera slightly in front of the midpoint. This provides a better image with the head a little accentuated.
  • Take a number of photos of each specimen to be sure we cover the different options.
  • Be sure that each photo is at least 2Mb


I look forward to receiving your pictures, by email or ‘we transfer’. Preferably one at the time. Please attach your name plus the location and the size of your specimen. I will indicate immediately whether the photo meets the basic quality criteria. In which case you will be informed around mid-2021 if your picture is selected for publication.
Rudy van der Elst
rudyvanderelst@gmail.com
3 August 2020

Priority Species

Priority Species list . pg number refer to pages in my book –1998 edition,
Pg species
49 diamond ray
50 brown stingray
51 honeycombe ray
52 bluespot ribbontail
53 round ribbontail
55b sixgill shark
55 sevengill shark
57 manta
60 eagleray
61 bullray
63 zebra shark
61 cownose
65 spearnose skate
69 banded catshark
70 tiger catshark
71 puffadder shyshark
72 striped catshark
73 blackspot catshark
74 leopard catshark
76 spiny dogfish
77 bluntnose spiny dogfish
155 Cape yellowtail
348 blacktail (S Cape)
243 rock salmon
288b silver kob
288a dusky kob
290 geelbek

Yowser ok thank you Rudy for this lekker opportunity! See you in your inbox!

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