Your Personal Catch & Release Record
To tube or not to tube is a shouldn’t be a dilemma. Although targeting Trout from the bank and stalking a fish is the way to go on arrival at any dam (as long as you get their at the proverbial crack of), to not jump in your float tube when fishing any decent sized dam is just limiting your options. The design of any established still water means that accessibility is limited from the […]
I just got back from a trip down to the Breede river in the Western Cape. I went to target spotted grunter on surface lure, as it would be my last chance to do so before summer ends and the grunter fishing slows down. We were there over a neap tide, which was a first for me. The water was very warm and clean. It measured around 24 degrees on the fish finder every […]
The last time I fished a Transkei estuary was during winter. It was a different experience, with clear, cool water and finicky fish. I was very happy to have an opportunity to go back to the Transkei last week and fish one of those beautiful, unspoiled rivers during the height of summer. February is the month where the sea temperatures in the Transkei have the highest average temperatures. This meant that some of the more […]
