Geelbek Salmon at night: with umzimkulu.co.za A great evening out on the Niteshift, with John van Reenen and Elvis Olimpio as crew… “Winter time is Geelbek time, and although the ‘Bek do feed during the day time, night time, is the right time. So when conditions do play along, and the surf is small…and the … Read more
Cptn Brian Lange takes us through the Umzimkulu River Mouth launch and fishing for the morning. Using MYDO lures and livebaits, we only managed a nice Tiger Shark that Mike Stubbs filmed up close and personal with his GoPro camera, which was then nicely tail swiped by the angry shark. A clean release and back … Read more
As we were packing to go home from the story before this one (Protea Reef 16 Feb 2013), we were treated to seeing one of the biggest king mackerel / couta caught on Protea Reef in a while! With Noel were none other than 3 of the Posthumous clan – Louis, Dawdie and Sean. This … Read more
After the usual hectic river mouth launch out of the mighty Umzimkulu (Port Shepstone), we headed out on a bumpy sea, to Protea Reef a few miles out, to take on the yellowfin tuna that frequent it’s pinnacles. The first two drifts at 3.5knots yielded nothing, but on our third attempt, things hotted up fast. … Read more
