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Caught my first Leervis and first fish on live mullet at Swartkops. Simply pushed a cable tie through the eyes and hooked the loop with a 6/0 circle hook. Releasing such a fine specimen is extremely rewarding.

This past weekend I was unfortunate to encounter a huge seal close to the Motherwell bridge , Swartkops river. This seal has a huge appetite where it devoured my freshly caught Grunter weighing around 2.8kg . Almost grabbed my second grunter from the net , thereafter it ate two electric skates...

 I can have one made in PE to fit my Mercury 115HP for R200.00 which is for nothing . My concern is that stainless has no give so should you hit something you could loose your whole skeg which creates an even bigger problem. Also I dont like the idea of drilling holes . Any advise?

Spent last Saturday night on the Swartkops river . Had just anchored it was about  the last hour of outgoing tide. My dad and son were fishing with me . On my dad's first cast I asked him if he had ever caught a spotted grunter before . He replied NO within four minutes his reel was screaming ...

At a local tackle store they are selling whole anchovies . I think Baitman is the supplier. I have never used them before . Where would you use them , what would you be targeting and how would you present it? Would it also work in estuaries.

How do I go about obtaining a tagging kit in PE.

My personal best by far , measured 73cm weighed 4.2kg .OTI 4.5kg? Caught at Swarkops river on Friday afternoon at 15h00. Took me 30min to land onto my boat the incoming tide was quite strong. We caught eight big ones and about ten smaller ones and a good couple of barbels. Our new name for a sea...

What is the correct method of setting your reels drag ?

At a glance I had seen a boat with a LED tube light mounted at the "console" area. Does anyone know where to get these lights.

Next weekend is the Proserves 5000 compettion at Sundays River. Are any of you PE guys attending?

How about the PE guys doing google earth placemarks for the PE area. A few requests have been made as to where the fishing spots in PE are. This would also be a great help to me.

With so many different types of cotton available which is the best to use and when. I see a latex cotton is now available what are the benefits?  

As a newbie I have found some interesting articles which I would like to save for future referance. As an example their is a very good post on how to service a Diawa Grandwave reel. Unfortunetly it consists of pages. How do I save it to file.

I enjoy catching elf but unfortunately cannot always eat the fish on the same day as is commonly known elf is best eaten fresh on the day. I am wanting to build a smoker which can hold at least four elf. Any ideas would be most welcome.

To all you guys that fish in the Cape St Francis area I am looking for pointers on the best spots to fish for edibles,elf,steenbras and musselcracker.:fswim