Trophy fish at the Breede River Catching a once in a lifetime Trophy fish in a wheelchair at the Breede River So, this is my story of the best day in my life when it comes to my hobby and that is fishing but let us start at the beginning.My...
We Know A Guide on the Orange River
We Know A Guide on the Orange River Meet De Villiers Uys. If you want to catch trophy large and small mouthed yellow fish on fly and artificial lures, then he's your guy. De Villiers Uys Meet De Villiers Uys, a 34-year-old guide who lives in the quaint town of Lambertsbay...
West Coast Gangsta – The Cape Snoek (Thysites Atun)
West Coast Gangsta - The Cape Snoek (Thysites Atun) What they say the anglers do, is to remove the eyeball and rub the clear jelly like substance called vitreous humour on the wound which will stop the bleeding. This species of fish is a sort after Cape delicacy, which has...
Targeting Kob (Mulloway) in East London
Targeting Kob (Mulloway) in East London I hope I have given you some good tips, tricks and food for thought for your next fishing trip. Morning Catch Cook viewers, my name is Adrian Sellers and today we are talking about drop shot fishing - a sport that makes many wonder...
Gotta love Struisbaai – and the names the locals give fish
Gotta love Struisbaai and the names the locals give fish . . . . . . . . . Chuckies I went deep sea fishing the other day, it’s very different to rock and surf fishing and what a peach of a morning it was. As you can see in...
Foraging: A poetry in motion in the Elgin Valley
Foraging: A poetry in motion in the Elgin Valley Let's go Foraging You can find me mushroom foraging in a grove of apples in the Elgin Valley. Foraging is a full sensory experience for me and I love the moments where I take in all that Mother Nature has to...
Catching Marlin off a jetski
Catching Marlin off a jetski After what seemed like an eternity of trawling without luck one of the reels screamed off in the characteristic cuta “zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz”. They say “lightning doesn’t strike the same place twice” but this is definitely not the case for Marlin strikes if you are Kevin “Slayer”...
Mulloway Charters Breede River
Mulloway Charters Breede River I never knew then that it would become my job to take clients out to catch these fish and let me tell you – I enjoy it every second of it. My name is Gerhard Groenewald and grew up in the Witsand area, I love fishing...
Cape Sea Safaris opens up their tally
Cape Sea Safaris opens up their tally The fish had lock-jaw and weren’t interested in the dead baits and thus a change of tactics was required. The tuna have arrived and Cape Sea Safaris are on the scoreboard, the Hysucat Assassin, powered by twin Yamaha 115 motors, left the Hout...
Mustad Daggerman Jig
Mustad Daggerman Jig A vertical jig specially designed for aggressive predators like amberjacks, yellow tails and Dogtooth tunas. The Daggerman jig is a 60:40 front weighted vertical jig specially designed for aggressive predators like amberjacks, yellow tails and Dogtooth tunas. The Daggerman is best presented in short rapid pumps with...