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Luring Mermaids:
Luring Mermaids: Mermaids have been a popular subject of art and literature in recent centuries, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of an Irishman, and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in British folklore as unlucky omens, both foretelling disaster and provoking it. Mermaids have also been described […]
How to catch Trout in Winter
How to catch Trout in Winter How to catch Trout in Winter is a question often asked here at Fishing Pro Shop in Pretoria. Below Charles Stewart from Fishing Pro Shop will do his best to assist in a short article. All the staff at Fishing Pro Shop enjoy fishing for trout and will be […]
How to catch Trout this summer
How to catch Trout this summer How to catch Trout this summer by Charles Stewart of The Fishing Pro Shop. in Graeme Rd, Pretoria. ”Where the trout are, it’s beautiful.” – Thomas Garrigue Masyryk. Fly fishing in South Africa will put you into places where your soul needs to be. Especially after this difficult and […]
Fishin’s Cool 2020 Fishing School is on at the Umzimkulu Marina
Fishin’s Cool 2020 Fishing School is on at the Umzimkulu Marina Fishin’s Cool at Fishing School has fired up again, this July, 2020. We are following all the rules and have therefore limited slots available. At this stage, we are…
Sardine Run from a spearo’s POV: video by Breathless
Sardine Run from a spearo’s POV: video by Breathless Featured image by Ryan Daly. The Sardine Run from a spearo’s POV: video by Breathless. In as much as this year has been really good (so far anyway ha ha), during…
Mr. Ant Nel teaching us a kingfish lesson in the Umzimkulu!
Mr. Ant Nel teaching us a kingfish lesson in the Umzimkulu! Those of us who know Mr. Ant Nel (Port Edward fame) as school teacher to a bunch of the marauding south coast kids – also know how well he…
Juvenile Black Marlin – Mozambique
Juvenile Black Marlin – Mozambique Although they are known to be prolific in the first quarter of every year, it certainly seems, that for the past few months, the Mozambican coast is experiencing unusual numbers of exceptional small juvenile Black Marlin. This as certainly being the case off the Bazaruto Archipelago. In the last few […]
2020 Blue Marlin World Cup
2020 Blue Marlin World Cup As most of you know, the Blue Marlin World Cup is a one-day fishing tournament held around the world on the 4th of July. Blue marlin weighing more than 500 pounds are the only eligible species and competing teams fish in their respective time zones from 8:30 am to 4:30 […]
The Bonefish of Pomene – Mozambique
The Bonefish of Pomene – Mozambique After the few awesome days at BD (Bartolomeo Dias), where Duarte Jnr. released his first Marlin, we came home. For one short night! Pick up Mum, groceries, drinks and more fishing tackle and, the next day we were driving 3 ½ hours south to another very secluded and special […]
Fishin’s Cool at Fishing School this 2020
Fishin’s Cool at Fishing School this 2020 Fishin’s Cool at Fishing School has fired up again, this July, 2020. We are following all the rules and have therefore limited slots available. At this stage, we are offering Fishin’s Cool from 9am to 4pm, every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Just down from Durban in KZN, South […]
Video: Protea Reef in The Sardine Run 2020
The Fishing Pro Shop’s Johan Wessels joined us for the sardine run down at the Umzimkulu Marina for a few days. This is how it went. Protea Reef included!
Sardine Run 2020: the search is on!
Sardine Run 2020: the search is on! Well, the same as this time last year, there are sardines everywhere! And checking back through The Sardine News archives collected from over the years, we are following the same familiar pattern – and the next few weeks historically are the ones that really count. So, stay posted […]