‘Magic Malan’ lands heaviest fish at inter-club finals

Dean Angrove and Schalk Nichols were among some of the award recipients.

December 22, 2020

South Coast Herald 1 minute read

Charlie Lamb and Gavin Eales bagged three impressive dorados in Southbroom, two of which weighed 10kg and the third weighing 7kg.

The Margate Construction BBS Freshwater Angling Club in Southport held its annual inter-club finals last Saturday.

Eight anglers made it to the finals after a few weekends of hard-fought fishing to land the big one, trying to qualify.

Schalk Nichols with last minute competitor, Hugo Botha, who won the heaviest bag of the day.

Hugo ‘Black Book’ Botha snuck in the backdoor after a fellow competitor withdrew last week, and ended up winning the heaviest bag of the day with a total of 10,345kg.

Johan ‘Tilapia King’ Mahoney ended second with a bag weight of 8.755kg.

Fanus ‘Magic Man’ Malan won the heaviest fish of the day with a total of 3.065kg.

Floating trophies were sponsored by Aqua-Tec Plumbing for the finals and handed out in the following categories:

Most promising angler: Richard Swanepoel.

Schalk Nichols congratulates Fanus Malan for winning heaviest fish of the day.

Thanks for coming trophy: Dean Angrove

Stirrer of the competition trophy: Schalk Nichols.

The angling club thanks sponsors, Charlie Ward, Schalk Nichols Family Trust, Magic Baits, Aqua-Tec Plumbing, Margate Construction and Lucky’s Port Shepstone.