Index Archive July 2010 to December 2010

(21-Dec-10) 14 ft Cox-Craft Boat for Sale

Good Condition, No Leaks, No Damage. Comes with Life Jackets, Boat Cover, lots of saftey equipment. Ideal for Fishing & Spearfishing, easy to launch. 30 Yamaha in good condition. Boyancy Certificate. Seaworthy.

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(21-Dec-10) Juan Greef with Cracker & Soldier taken off East London

We have some new fish pictures in the gallery.

(15-Dec-10) Aliwal Shoal Report for November 2010

Basie has sent through his usual amusing report on Aliwal Shoal, read it here News and Stories

(06-Dec-10) Darryl Hiscock with an excellent catch in PE area

We have some new fish pictures in the gallery.

(06-Dec-10) 2 Photos of Mike Pellegrini with good catch at Ballito

We have some new fish pictures in the gallery.

(03-Dec-10) Coffs Harbour - November 2010

Coffs Harbour report for November 2010 by Mark Kallman is in the News And Stories.

(03-Dec-10) Monthly Report for November

Not much to report for the month of November, but read John's full report here

(04-Oct-10) Few photos of Michael Le Cordier at various places

We have some new fish pictures in the gallery.

(08-Oct-10) Aliwal Shoal Report for October 2010

Basie has sent through his usual amusing report on Aliwal Shoal, read it here News and Stories

(20-Sep-10) Coffs Harbour - October 2010

Coffs Harbour report for October 2010 by Mark Kallman, giving us some welcome news from Aus, is in the News And Stories.

(04-Oct-10) Monthly Report for October

Not much to report for the month of October, but read John's full report here

(04-Oct-10) Photo of Keegan Wrathmall with a 39kg Daga Salmon

There is a picture of Keegan Wrathmall with a 39kg Daga Salmon in the gallery.

(30-Sep-10) Photo of the Entrants to the Border Open Comp 2010

There is a picture of the Entrants to the Border Open Comp 2010 in the gallery.

(14-Oct-10) Natal Trial - 10 October 2010

Congratulations to Jaco who got an amazing bag of fish in tough conditions. Jaco also shot a Whitespot Rockcod of 3.8 kg’s which is a new SA record.  John Girdza holds the previous record at 2kg, shot in 1983.

Below and attached are the results:

(12-Oct-10) Border Open Spearfishing Challenge 2010 Report

Click here for the report or go to News and Stories

(08-Oct-10) Aliwal Shoal Report for September 2010

Click here for the report at Aliwal Shoal or go to News and Stories

(06-Oct-10) Crayfish Competition - South Coast

There is a crayfish compo on 23rd October 2010, click here to get the entry form (right click, select save-as to download it)

(04-Oct-10) Monthly Report for September

Not much to report for the month of September, but read John's full report here

(30-Sep-10) Taken on the the wreck of the Nebo

There is a picture of Barry Skinstad with a 55kg Daga Salmon in the gallery.

(27-Sep-10) FOUND - Buoy and line off Port St Johns

From a post on Sealine...

I came across a compressed orange spearing float 4km off Port St Johns.
There is an ID number written on it 6803285289089.
Also attached were 20m of line and 2 stainless line holders. The end was frayed and looked like something had been rubbing on it.

I'm keen to find out what happened. If anyone knows please let me know

Cheers

Steve

http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=44118&forum_id=68

(20-Sep-10) Coffs Harbour - August 2010

Coffs Harbour report for August 2010 by Mark Kallman is in the News And Stories.

(19-Sep-10) Central Natal Trial Dates for 2010/2011

(19-Sep-10) New License Fee Structure

Of Interest to Spearos is page 10, detailing the new license fee structure effective from 1st October 2010. Click here to go to News And Stories to get the artical.

(18-Sep-10) Day One Results

Ryan Bermester came 11th and South Africa was placed 8th   overall for day one. Ryan managed to shoot three conger eels, Craig one and Angelo hit a blank. Conditions were rainy with a strong wind and current with the top placed diver managing 11 weighers.

(17-Sep-10) Day One of Worlds Today

Day one of Worlds. South African team diving today is Ryan Bermester, Craig Heslop and Angelo Spada. Competition is from 10:00 to 15:00 and we will let you have the conditions and results as soon as Andrew sends them.

(13-Sep-10) More news from Worlds

18 countries taking part in worlds. comp boats are all ducks with 40 - 60hp motors.minimum weight is 500grams ungutted and one point per gram. exception is conger eels which must weigh min 2.5kg and you get 2500 points regardless of size. fish targeted are congers, forkbeards, scorpions, mullet, blacktail, karanteen, class fish are dentex, gilthead bream, yellowbelly and outside chance of amberjack. guns used 60cm for tight work in caves going up to 120cm. mostly 75cm used. the spanish team have previously surveyed the entire area and each team member has two divers to work with to show the lengths some of the teams go to.

(13-Sep-10) Dealing with Maine Parks

An Interesting Topic considering we find ourselves facing the same closures. Dealing with the issue of marine protected areas by Mark Kallmanin the News and Stories

(08-Sep-10) Taken on the South Coast recently

There is a picture of Ryan Daly with a 30kg Daga Salmon in the gallery.

(08-Sep-10) Border Open Spearfishing Challenge

Click here for the Entry Form to the Border Open Spearfishing Challenge (right click and save as to download it)

The Musselcracker will be there, Will You? Don't be a Poenskop, enter early please.

P.S.: Don't forget you spearo licence (and cray if you want), skippers ticket and seaworthy, book your boat space early.

(07-Sep-10) Aliwal Shoal Report for August 2010

Click here for the report at Aliwal Shoal or go to News and Stories

(07-Sep-10) Lastest News from South African Team at Worlds

Locals report that this has been the coldest water for many years in this region. It has started to warm up with 21c on top and thermo at 20 meters of 18c. Fantastic diving but very few fish to be found in the cold water. Guys are using a 2.5kg drop weight and making 38 meters. Diving until 19:00 as it is the European summer and only gets dark late.

(06-Sep-10) Lastest News from South African Team at Worlds

Water warmed up 1.5 degrees and thermocline down to 20m+. Guys starting to find a few more fish but small isolated rocks difficult to pick up on sounder and some teams using tow boards to cover more ground. Areas are very big and the fish are mostly deep. Guys are out today and will update tomorrow.

(06-Sep-10) 50kg tuna taken in Sri Lankan waters

There is a pic of Russain spearo Misha with a 50kg dogtooth tuna taken in Sri Lankan waters in the gallery.

(03-Sep-10) News from South African Team at Worlds

We will be having a daily update from Andrew Henwood who is part of the South African Spearfishing Team at the World Spearfishing Championships being held in Croatia.

Ryan Bermester and Brent Borslap report that conditions are very trying with cold water and very little fish life. Any fish that are seen are very deep mostly past the thirty meter mark. There are a lot of big boulders on the bottom but these do not seem to hold much fish. It seems like there is more fish life on the isolated smaller rocks. Andrew and the rest of the guys fly out on Friday evening and the first report should be up by Tuesday 7 September

(03-Sep-10) August News

John's spearfishing report for east coast of Africa for the month of August is up. Click here to go to it

(19-Aug-10) Ultimate Spearfishing

The 3rd Volume of the Ultimate Spearfishing Mag is out, Its a great mag with a FREE subscription, their web address is www.ultimatespearfishing.com for subscription. This is a preview sent to us.

(18-Aug-10) Bluewater Challenge

"The 2010 Challenge took place at Sodwana Bay on the KZN northern coastline. Sodwana Bay forms part of the Isimangaliso Wetland Park, a World heritage site and being part of a marine park it is a gamefish only area. It is one of the premier gamefish locations in South Africa", John has more here.

(31-Jul-10) Sardine Fever!

Its Sardine time again, and there have been sardines right up the coast, the small fish were recently netting at Addington beach.

News from the past month in Johns report was posted today as well, you can read it here. We have also got news from Coffs harbour up today from Mark Kallman.

The news from Basie at Aliwal shoal, Its been a very quiet month with very little happening at all, his report has more.

(16-Jul-10) Gallery

Some nice photos of fish shot in the gallery, thanks for sharing the photos.

NB: Please take note that the date for the Border Open Hole in the Wall has been changed to Sat 2nd October.