My First Carp Young Primal Provider in the making Young Primal Provider in the making Colten went to Homestead Dam in Benoni and here is his story:I caught my first carp, he was a monster and couldn't believe the fight. Normally I fish for bass but I recently started Carp...
The Red Roman and other reef species
Catching Red Romans and other reef species in False bay on artificial lure Target Species The species you can target with regular success on the deeper reefs in False Bay include Red Roman, Red Steenbras, Carpenter, Brown Hottentot, Blue Hottentot, Panga, Klipvis and Shysharks. However, there is always a chance...
Ecooda Black Hawk 2 5000
Ecooda Black Hawk 2 5000 This reel definitely stands out as one of those rare gems Primal Provider Ray I recently was asked to do a field test on the Ecooda black hawk 2 5000 reel, at first I was apprehensive as the market is pretty much flooded daily with...
Man vs Seals
Man vs Seals It was one of those fishing days that will go down in the history books for me.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aFkO0AurE4&feature=youtu.beI had a look at the weather to make weekend fishing plans and the Saturday was looking perfect, sunny, no wind, and flat seas with a nice water temperature. The excitement...
Be the ultimate Primal Provider: Master the outdoors
Be the ultimate Primal Provider: Master the outdoors This article is the best of what we've learnt The past year, here at Catch Cook, we’ve learned from friends, the best local and international Primal Providers and from some of the most dedicated competitive fishers, foragers, spearfishers and hunters across the...
Winch Braid
Winch Braid The WINCH story is almost like a real fisherman’s story - the only difference is that we don't let the fish get away!https://catchcook.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Winch-Rainbow-Aug2020-Large-540p.mp4WINCH story is almost like a real fisherman’s story - only difference is we dont let the fish get away!I am a rock and surf angler,...
Arniston fish cakes in Sedgefield
Arniston fish cakes in Sedgefield I was right! My wife had a huge smile on her face when she saw what we got. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeA7LgOKwN0 In the 50 years I have been deep sea fishing, I have had the privilege of fishing in awesome spots across South Africa, but it’s not...
Urban foraging etiquette: Finding your food outdoors
Urban foraging etiquette: Finding your food outdoors Rules everyone should follow Foraging is the search, identification and collection of edible treasures growing wild such as plants, herbs, mushrooms, fruit, nuts and even shellfish, you just have to know where to look. You’ll be armed with nothing but a basket, boots...
Sardine Run 2020 Recap
Sardine Run Recap #SardineRun2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN2wzzOTecQ&t=3s The Sardine Run is an annual phenomenon in KwaZulu-Natal where large sardines shoals swim by the East coast during the winter months. This year we had Aanad give our Catch Cook viewer's a front row seat of all the action of the #SardineRun2020 WATCH SARDINE RUN...
Winter tuna slam on artificial lure
Winter tuna slam on artificial lure It wasn’t long into the fight then my handle of my Finnor LT80 broke off giving me even less hope of landing the fish. During a recent Tuna fishing trip I was invited on a large commercial fishing vessel and boy, o boy was...