Champagne Breakfast at St. Helen’s Rock, KZN, Port Shepstone Champagne Breakfast at St. Helen’s Rock, KZN, Port Shepstone: Sian and her friends visiting the south coast down from Jhb had pre-booked a ride with us quite some time before. But we had a surprise in store. For Sian and her enthusiastic crew. St. Helen’s Rock […]
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Sharks vs People Sardine Report 23 June 2021 Yip! Sharks vs People Sardine Report 23 June 2021: It’s all happening. The sharks are leading the assault with the dolphins and tuna and other feasting gamefish backing them up. People in a distant 10th spot. This is happening daily literally up and down the KZN South […]
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So why do the sardine shoals not come at all some years? So why do the sardine shoals not come at all some years?: Well I got a call from Mr Adam Kamdar of Township Hyper yesterday evening. Great dude and really in the know in the fishing scene. I had guests and dogs and […]
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Protea Reef delivers the goods again and again Protea Reef delivers the goods again and again: guest stars Eric (Queensland, Oz) and Neville (‘Toti, KZN) joined us for a very friendly high tide launch two mornings in-a-row. What luck! Watch the video right here and read all about it below… Day 1 Brown water extended […]
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First sardine report for 2019. Officially, the sardine run has begun. 10 Nets were taken over the weekend – at Amanzimtoti. And another down a bit further at Glenmore. Yesterday the long-awaited South Westerly came busting through, after an incredible surfing morning, up and down the south coast of KZN. Whales were jumping out the […]
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Raggies Fishing Tackle in Ramsgate and KZN South Coast fishing synopsis There is a great new fishing tackle shop just off the main drag in Ramsgate, on the KZN South Coast. Raggies! Owner Roy is always there, and willing to help with your fishing requirements. He is fishing mad too, but knows that fishing is […]
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Darrell Hattingh Garrick on KZN South Coast Paradise conditions being experienced down on the KZN South Coast. Its that beautiful time of our year again. The wind calms down. The sun comes up earlier. The water stays clean. And the Garrick are here! As noted by Darrell Hattingh who never misses out. Living smack bang […]
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Scholtz sardine run talk at Crocworld on 12 August Local scuba diving operator Pieter Scholtz from Crystal Divers will deliver a talk titled the “greatest Shoal on Earth” focusing on this year’s sardine run at Crocworld Conservation Centre on Saturday 12 August. “The talk will be a highlight of this year’s program and is […]
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Mydo vs Rapala vs Fly I found this beautiful old balsa Rapala, handmade three decades ago, in our lockup in Mozambique. Stashing it in my bag (in it’s box still), I dragged it all over on my work travels, until finally, I got to the KZN South Coast, for the winter estuary season. It was […]
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Chasing the goose – surfing the KZN South Coast in summer Surfing the KZN South Coast in summer…Onshore, offshore, side-shore, cross-shore day to day. Bluebottles, sunburn traffic and brown water, dawn patrols and of course chasing the proverbial golden goose. I woke up way too early the other morning again to a sweet and very uncharacteristic […]
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