Fishing Browntown Fishing Browntown: the rod screamed, and I just couldn’t understand what could be in this absolutely dirty water?! What could be at the end of my light line? I was trolling a tiny blue balsa rapala (this was in 1983) past the old bridge pillar, in the Umzimkulu Estuary, on my tiny little … Read more
The Anatomy of a Water War The Anatomy of a Water War: The air in the room is thick with cigarette smoke, made surreal by the flicking light of an about-to-die fluorescent tube. The air conditioner pounds with the rhythmic throb of a horseman, riding through the swirling mists of danger, on an important secret … Read more
Stay Out Of The Brown #water #ocean #conditions Stay Out Of The Brown #water #ocean #conditions… how about that for a big patch of brown waterbut as you can see from the haloclinethe Agulhas Current gonna push that stuff awaybut there’s so much coming still anywaycurrent scenario at the sand spitstill looks very fishy to … Read more
When a Water Sample is Not a Water Sample When a Water Sample is Not a Water Sample: For the past two weeks, here in South Africa, a heated debate has been brewing over water quality sampling protocols in large water bodies. While the technical jargon—centred around “statistical representativity”—might put you to sleep, the public … Read more
Fishing Tip: Drinking heaps of water WILL save your life We all know how good it feels to be drinking loads of water each day. It purifies the mind. Lubricates your body. Gives life. And then here’s a story… Drink water! Avid angler from Maputo Jolito, and his girlfriend were working down on the Komati … Read more
