Trawler Watch The sardines are prepping for their annual suicide run up the east coast of Southern Africa right now. And so will be illegal fishers. Preparing to gorge them with their huge purse seine nets and get them into a supermarket near you. That the overall population is dwindling as rapidly as every other … Read more
A box of Mydos in the mail! Order your Mydos online at thesardine.co.za Wish I was getting a box like this one, in the mail! Order your Mydos online at thesardine.co.za #mydolures #thesardine! The Sardine News shop is back open to the public, in order to reach those anglers, whose tackle stores don’t stock our … Read more
The Umzimkulu River is cleaning up! After a great time catching eel and barbel in the flood waters recently, the rains have finally slowed and the Umzimkulu River is cleaning up! So it’s gonna be all about the rock salmon, grunter, perch, kob, flagtail and kingfish as the waters become that murky green the gamefish … Read more
Bazaruto Baitball Blowup The recent cyclone and weird weather may have had something to do with things but Bazaruto has been absolutely off the scale. Yellowfin tuna as far as you can see in every direction, with bonito and skipjack filling in any spaces. And the marlin and sailfish are still around for a fight, … Read more
Radical new IGFA rules The new IGFA rules published recently include some long overdue and revolutionary amendments. The main one to me, is that you are now allowed to tie your top line ie the line class you are fishing, to your backing, no matter what backing! There is a minimum stipulated length of top … Read more
