The first day - Thursday, 23 May - of the Williams Hunt PE 2019 Tuna Classic hosted at the Port Elizabeth Harbour was a huge success, with plenty of big ones being weighed in. The winners of the tournament will be announced tomorrow - Saturday, 25 May - with another full day of fishing taking place before the prize-giving. Prizes will be awarded for the top ten individual fish, top 5 boats, first fish of each day, biggest Dorado, biggest Skipjack and First Marlin released. Thys Koen landed … [Read more...] about What a Whopper
Fishing
Social Fishing Club members hook a big one
On Saturday afternoon 7 June 2014 at approximately 15h10 a fishing outing to Swartkops river turned into a disaster that, luckily, didn't become a tragedy. Members of the Get Hooked fishing club were socialising at The Hook and Reel Angling Club and noticed a small cabin boat leaving Tiger Bay on a fishing outing. They commented to each other that the boat was laying fairly low in the water with 2 people on board, and it wasn't long when some of the members realised the boat was … [Read more...] about Social Fishing Club members hook a big one
Tuna Classic 2014 will rock the harbour
The 2014 BLG Logistics Tuna Classic will be hosted by the Port Elizabeth Deep Sea Angling Club in the Port Elizabeth Harbour from the 30th April to the 3rd May 2014. One of the features of the BLG Logistics Tuna Classic will be the Beer garden with live music every evening for the duration of the event, which will operate alongside PEDSAC, in the PE Harbour. The beer garden will operate daily from 12 noon till late, with plenty of specials and entertainment", said PEDSAC tournament director, … [Read more...] about Tuna Classic 2014 will rock the harbour
Annual Noordhoek Stockfish Derby celebrates 25th Anniversary
On Saturday 04 May 2013 approximately 100 boats will take to the water from the Noordhoek Ski-Boat Club in Noordhoek, Port Elizabeth totaling a field of more than 500 anglers. They will all be hoping to get their hands on the prizes to the value of more than R120 0000, including the first prize for the biggest stockfish -a brand new Indigo E 400 boat and trailer and 30hp Yamaha motor sponsored by Indigo Boats valued at R80 000 .The event, now celebrating its 25th year, has become one of the … [Read more...] about Annual Noordhoek Stockfish Derby celebrates 25th Anniversary
Are RASSPL Fishermen Deserving of the Title Hooligan of the Day?
After a long weekend that saw close to 70 tuna caught and killed and innumerable stockfish caught and fried I wondered why our local Herald Newspaper would name the Rock and Surf Super Pro League (RASSPL) as the Hooligan of the Day, especially as RASSPL go to great lengths to catch, tag and release the fish that they catch. The brouha was all over a reef 'lawnmower' known as the Bronze Bream. The main prize on offer at the recent RASSPL Nationals, held in Port Alfred over 26 to 28 April 2012, … [Read more...] about Are RASSPL Fishermen Deserving of the Title Hooligan of the Day?
