Off the Hook: Kayak festival starts this Saturday (4th)
For more info or queries on the entries, contact Jacques du Plessis at 083-6506406 or Jamie Wardell at 084-4050301.
THIS year’s Umgeni Kayak Fishing Club’s Kayak Angling Festival will be held on May 4 and 5. Visit www.ukfc.co.za to download entry forms.
For more info or queries on the entries, contact Jacques du Plessis at 083-6506406 or Jamie Wardell at 084-4050301. You could also email ukfc11@gmail.com.
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Fishing during the course of last week was not as fruitful as fishermen would have liked it to be, due to the heavy rain experienced on the South Coast.
In some areas, no fishing was done because rivers had been in full spate and many had broken their banks.
The river water, when flowing into the sea makes it hard to fish because the water becomes muddy and murky.
This is a disadvantage for fishermen because the fish are unable to locate the bait through the muddy water.
As the weather began clearing up, Englishman seemed to be a popular catch for many.
Fishermen who went out to sea on boat Wotalotigot, skippered by Wikus van Kraayenburg, were lucky enough to reel in some good sized Englishman and even a tomato rock cod.
The tomato rock cod, scientifically known as the cephalopholis sonnerati, is a beautiful, deep-bodied fish with a humped head.
Their colours range from a bright red to pale brown and have red or reddish-brown spots on their head and upper front body.
The larger and darker spots can be seen on the upper gill cover.
Tomato rock cods are most commonly found in coral reef and tropical inshore waters at depths from roughly 30m to 100m.
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