Mercury Shelly Beach Ski Boat Festival 2017 is ON!

The Mercury Shelley Beach Ski Boat Club comp

Mercury Shelly Beach Ski Boat Festival 2017 is ON! It’s that busy time of the year again, when teams from all over the country assemble to compete in Shelley Beach. The Mercury Shelly Beach Ski Boat Festival 2017 is ON! You can read all about it right here… http://www.shellybeachskiboatclub.co.za/ski%20boat%20festival.htm We have a few correspondents around the … Read more

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Umtentweni Crocodile ‘Couta

Sharene van Vuuren on her way home from placing 8th in the Rock n Surf Nationals down in the Cape…stopped off at Port Shepstone and went fishing on the Niteshift. At her old stomping grounds Umtentweni she caught this mean crocodile sized couta.

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Noel Allchin’s 32kg Birthday ‘Couta

Noel Allchin, on his birthday, lucked into this magnificent fish.

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

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Umzimkulu Dorado!

Marc Lange fishing on the Niteshift out of the Umzimkulu...dorado!

When the rivers fill right up with brown pigmented water from the summer rain catchment areas in Kwa-Zulu Natal, they  spew out into the ocean hitting the current to form a beautiful seam between the brown and blue water. This is Dorado time on the Natal and Transkei coast! They swim up and down this … Read more

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