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World Record Garrick – ultra light tackling in Port Elizabeth

World Record Garrick – ultra light tackling in Port Elizabeth

World Record Garrick by Jonathan Booysens.

Garrick
Image courtesy IGFA please visit http://wrec.igfa.org/ for more world record information.
“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 Richard’s Bay in his home country of South Africa. Booysen skillfully played the fish for 40 minutes after it hit the live bait he was slow trolling. The current IGFA record is 8.5 kg (18 lb 11 oz).”
Check out more on the International Game Fish Association’s website here
The skill required when fishing super ultra light line like this, comes from angler, crew and skipper. Flat, protected waters are a bonus and Port Elizabeth has a few such sheltered, garrick infested fishing spots. And as you can see from the table below, the Port Elizabeth area is the go to fishing city for record garrick.
210.33 LEERVIS (Garrick) MEN 1Kg 8.75 TREVOR HANSEN E.P. 1998/05/23 JEFFREYS BAY 8.50
210.33 LEERVIS (Garrick) MEN 2Kg 11.50 GEORGE RODOCANACHI E.P. 1989/05/27 ALGOA BAY 11.50
210.33 LEERVIS (Garrick) MEN 3Kg 13.00 TREVOR HANSEN E.P. 1998/05/01 JEFFREYS BAY 13.00
210.33 LEERVIS (Garrick) MEN 4Kg 14.10 PETER D. MATTHEWS E.P. 1987/03/29 ALGOA BAY 18.20
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Roger Davidson’s Cracker!

Roger Davidson
Roger Davidson
Roger Davidson

Fishing off Karl Gous’ boat – Roger Davidson brings home a real “Skomolo”, while Marc Lange shows us a real nice bull dorado. Fishing seems to be really good down south.

Marc Lange
Marc Lange

Note the Umzimkulu River’s brown/orange colour in the background – characteristic of these summer months. By about April the river returns to a clear green and on the stronger high tides – the blue Indian ocean water comes right up the river. The Umzimkulu is a great estuary to fish, even when it’s brown like it is now. Perch, rock salmon (mangrove jack), grunter, kingfish, catfish / barbel, garrick (leervis)…feed on the mullet, prawns (mudprawns, tigers, pink) and crabs (all sorts) that live in the mangrove associates and along the muddy banks.

In winter, in the clear water…and especially at night time…anything can happen! For estuary fishing, the south coast of Natal still has a few surviving tidal/semi-tidal lagoons.

Check out http://www.umzimkulu.co.za for more information on fishing these waters…

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