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2017 Sardine Report June 30

2017 Sardine Report June 30

2017 Sardine Report June 30

Sardine Spy Jay Steenkamp compiled this piece of news yesterday…with cool gallery depicting from whence the news comes. Nice and deep in the Transkei…

Howzit. Still loads of Bottlenose Dolphins moving north along backline. In the deep lots of whales moving north.
For the last 3 days and this morning Port St John’s has been very active.
Let’s hope we get a decent cold front to push them up. The sea temp has dropped to 18 so that’s good news.

The Elephant Seal in the pic, about the size of a big rotweiler, must have been on some kind of mission when he pitched up here on the KZN South Coast. And posed for Jay.

Also from Offshore Africa in Port St Johns, came reports of Skipjack Tuna joining the frey. This is great news – skipjack are fiesty fighters with bad manners around the boat too. Great to throw little MYDO spoons at, with your 20lb braid filled spinning outfit. They also come close to shore and can easily be cast to from the rocks, especially at places like Orange Rocks or the Margate Pier.

This years Sardine Reporting has been sponsored by Pelagic Fishing Gear available at Fishings Finest, in Pretoria. You can also order online, from their very cool website at http://fishingsfinest.co.za

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Elephant Seal by Jay Steenkamp

Elephant Seal by Jay Steenkamp

Elephant Seal by Jay Steenkamp

Our intrepid and voluntary sardine spy – Jay Steenkamp, has infiltrated the sardine fraternity to such an extent, that he can produce shots like these!

From Jay…

“Elephant Seal chilling on the beach today on the South Coast. Very rare to see one of these on our coast. Apparently only 9 have ever been seen on our coast in the last 40 years. This one is still a puppy but it’s the size of a large dog.”

This is the oddest news in today’s journalĀ of all things sardine this 2017 on the KZN South Coast. Stay tuned as we try compile a comprehensive account of all the stories from all the sardine spies up and down. There are many reports!

However, they all agree on one thing – Sardines!

Literally everywhere, except the places we are all waiting for them. The Sardine Team has been patrolling, and the varied, but accounted for reports amount to many sardines, but in the faraway and literally unreachable places.

Except by boat!

That’s when you need Offshore Africa in Port St. Johns…they already all smell of sardines! They have been in the thick of it for a couple of weeks now. Swell or no swell. And there has been some swell! So if you are not feint hearted, and you love the smell of sardines in the morning – get in touch at…

http://offshoreportstjohns.com

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