The Sharks of Protea Reef The Sharks of Protea Reef: A couple of decades back, the late eighties – Protea Reef off the KZN South Coast, teemed with fish. The ‘couta were wild and came through in huge shoals. Yellowfin would get in the way all the time. A live bonnie was a cast … Read more
The Department of Forestry and Fisheries have released their 2014/15 Marine Recreational Brochure. It can be downloaded at the following link, and makes for an interesting read…
https://thesardine.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Marine-Recreational-Brochure-2014-2015.pdf
Or follow the read more tag to see it in the Google Viewer…
Gray Shark on gray shark by Brandon Parsons, at Hibberdene on the KZN South Coast. Brandon Parsons with an estimated 60kg Gray Shark caught and released just up the beach from Hibberdene, on the KZN South Coast. Not to worry, Gray Sharks don’t bite people, although they do cannibalise themselves – the bait Brandon used … Read more
Tropika Summer Fever 2014
Things will be heating up this summer when the annual Tropika Summer Fever beach festival hits Margate and Ballito in December.
The Festival will run at Margate Main Beach from 21 to 24 December and Ballito Main (Willard) Beach from 26 to 29 December from 10am to 4pm daily, and entrance is free.
World Record Garrick – ultra light tackling in Port Elizabeth World Record Garrick by Jonathan Booysens. “South African angler Jonathan Booysen may have potentially broken the men’s 1 kg (2 lb) line class record for leerfish (Garrick) (Lichia amia) with a 9.6 kg (21 lb 2 oz) fish he caught on October 12th while fishing … Read more
