Short fishing stories for when you have nothing better to do!
Fish Eagle 0 Fish 1 Our two resident fish eagles, a pair that have been living and breeding here on the lower Umzimkulu River, for decades it feels, were circling over head. The colours of the afternoon showing no sign of the impending cold front. The sun was out. The river had swelled magnificently since … Read more
Max Mogeson’s first Rock Salmon A few weekends back we had a huge influx of fishing mad kids down at the Umzimkulu Marina. Including a chap named Max who took the right ride out to rock salmon alley, on the Mad Mullet. He caught his first rock salmon – and so he brought it home … Read more
Flashback to 17 June 2007: A brace of couta at Hibberdene by the Posthumous brothers A brace of couta at Hibberdene by the Posthumous brothers: The sardines had come at last. Trucks, cars, bikes, planes…were buzzing up and down the lower south coast of KZN Natal like bees. Every man and his dog was on … Read more
Another great Umzimkulu fishing story by Kiran Ramjiawan Friday, 21st October, was the day we took the short journey with plenty of food, beer and a variety of bait. We booked in with our fantastic hosts Brian and Geraldine Lange, and met our friend Elvis, the always smiling river’and qualified barge skipper. We quickly tackled … Read more
Fly fishing Umdloti with JP Bartholomew And here we have JP Bartholomew entertaining us again with tales of fly fishing Umdloti, just north of where JP lives… A final break in the weather and I wanted to get some flyfishing in and especially to see how my right arm was doing after battling with Tennis … Read more
