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Last legal galjoen of the season... KP doing the business in strong southeast, hopefully that southeast will bring in some summer fish soon!

Hi Andreas, with the southeast wind and overcast conditions over the next few days fishing should pick up even though it's neap tide. Best advice would be use chokka and fish bait to target kob in areas where the water is discoloured. It's neap tide so the fish generally don't move much, spend...

One of four steenies I got, all on 20-25m cast. Also got a gillie but no photo... hopefully a nice kobbie is next.

Nice little cape bream aka hottie aka bamboos vis on the KP.

I like a challenge and this summer I'm looking to up my species score on KP reels. The standards KP reel cost R327 for a 6'5inch reel...the cheapest R&S reel you can find (smaller ones are a bit cheaper and larger ones bit more). With everything becoming more expensive and disposable income on...

Agreed with Willem, much of a muchness. We have seen a a lot of change in recent years when it comes to preferred rods. A couple years ago the preferred rods included those made by Blue Marlin, Purglass, Gremlins, Kingfisher and off course Assassin. It seems of late Assassin has taken over a...

I'd say it takes about two seasons and a lifetime to get to know the fishing in and around the Cape. The first season you are just winging it trying catch anything and therefore mostly nothing unless you are lucky. The second season you have a better idea of what bites when and where and...

A couple weeks ago I went scratching of the cliffs here in my local targeting Hotties/Cape Bream/Bamboes fish whatever you want to call it. Used fairly light setup 11ft Berkley air and Calcutta 400 with 20lb braid. Thought I hooked a little cracker when this guy showed up... measured it when I...

Is it something you find in general from the leeries or just this season? Maybe water temp or fish condition? I've found the cold water fish tend to fight much harder, more oxygen, and given that this is probably towards the northern extent of the leeries range they may not be as game as in...

Please do a thread on the free swimming of baitfish, not something we do much here in the Cape, but if you reed the old books the guys with the Scarborough/KP reels use to swim bait quite often since they didn't slide and couldn't (didn't need to) cast the livies out. There is a legendary video...

How wrong was I, seems this winter weather is going to pump us until end September. The latest predictions are above average rainfall until November (probably a bit colder than usual) and then above average warm summer in the Western Cape... let's see, hopefully things turn for the better...

Hi Griffin, I've set myself a mission to figure out the Overberg spots, particularly Hermanus to Struisbaai this upcoming season. Hermanus use to be renowned for world class fishing but most of the stocks collapsed and not much attention has been given to the area in the last couple decades. In...

As spring beckons and it looks like this week is the last one we will be pumped by three consecutive cold fronts in row I'm looking forward to some proper summer fishing again! What do you guys think this summer will hold? What's on you bucket list? To me, I want to catch some proper fish this...

If you are in the market for a rod for the Torium 20 then that's perfect. If you do decide to go over to a grinder then rather save up to buy a balanced combo, i.e. a rod and reel that matches. It will make fishing a whole lot more enjoyable. Fishing a grinder on a multiplier rod you are only...

If you are looking at a grinder setup that can handle a medium inedible (for arguments sake a 30kg bronzie, because medium inedible is bit a of a relative term) I would say first budget for a reel and braid and then look at the rod. You are looking a size 8000 grinder and 40-50lb braid, the...

For new rods maybe give a bit more info i.e. what reel/braid combo will you pair if with, what species do you want to target and basic budget. In general Loomis & Franklin comes in at a very competitive price point and the blanks are decent (and really a matter of personal preference when it...

Search Saltaholic on youtube. Basically all you need to know about Betty's Bay and the type of fishing tackle, bait etc.

Out of interest I have been using my 15ft setup with 40lb JDB without a braid leader for the last couple months. I have been using 4-5oz sinkers and small baits, i.e. worms, prawn, mussels etc. and not clipping the bait. Only have a 0.70mm mono leader of ±2m which is just slightly shorter than...

The only time Witsand doesn't fish well is if there is too much fresh water coming down the Breede, i.e. June, July, August. The rest of the time it depends on the river flow. Generally the best months for Southern Cape are around March/April, second is October/November.

The coast at Oubaai is situated on steep cliffs so access to the water is limited and also can be dangerous so be very careful fishing there. That said, in December you will be able to catch shads/elf at dusk/dawn and into the night. Spoons or pilchards are best bait. Also, there are the normal...