Your Personal Catch & Release Record
On my recent trip to Wavecrest Hotel in the Transkei I was fishing mostly with paddletails, but I spent a bit of time fishing with bait as well. My Dad, at the age of 81, is a bait fisherman, who loves targeting edibles from the rocks. Standing next to him on the rocks waiting for a bite gave us plenty of time to chat, and amongst the various wisdoms imparted, he told me how much […]
I have just returned from a magical trip to Wavecrest hotel in the Transkei, where I spent some time casting paddletails for kob in the surf and had some good success when conditions were right. I also learnt a bit, as I do every time I fish, and a few more pieces of the kob spinning puzzle fell into place. Conditions weren’t on our side when we first arrived and for the first few days […]
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 […]
