Hello all fishing paddlers, Our great sport is gr

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Ignobilis Lunker

New member
Hello all fishing paddlers,

Our great sport is growing at such a rapid pace, that it is needing some sort of control.
This control will bring a measure of safety and avoid any nasty incidences.
What we need to do is start a club!
This club will be assocaited with the newly formed South African Kayak Fishing Assocaition, SAKFA.

The main purpose of this club will be safety, and a numbering system for our members will go along way toward this.

I suggest a meeting amongst as many interested parties as possible, as soon as possible.
I have an example of a simple constitution for a North Coast club, we can work from this to make our own.
Stealth have kindly offered their shop in Centurion as a venue for these meetings.
I reccomend tuesday 7 April, or wednesday 8 April, at around 7pm, Or tues 14 April or wed 15 April.

It is difficult if not impossible to contact all the kayak anglers in Gauteng, so if you know of somebody who kayak fishes, please forward this onto them.
Please forward me your comments and suggestions as well.

Cheers

Brian Jacob
Hunter Ski cc
Cell: 0723799577
Tel: 0114690950
Email: brian@hunterski.co.za
bnjacob@gmail.com
Website: www.hunterski.co.za
PO Box 1233, Lonehill, 2062.
 
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Ian F

Senior Member
Hi Brian, I would like to join (need to be registered, etc) when you get up and running. I only fish sea water, but would not mind joining you guys for a paddle from time to time.

For your kick off meeting, just consider the traffic for the poor guys coming from the JHB side. Maybe a Saturday would be a better bet

Ian  F

 
 
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Ignobilis Lunker

New member
Hi Ian,
Traffic is always an issue in our wonderful GP.
Thought if we have the meetign at 730pm it would help a little.
Looks like thursday 17 April is going to suit most people.
Is this good for you?
Maube in the future we do it on Sautrdays, can gauge at the meeting.
Cheers

Brian
 
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Ian F

Senior Member
Assume you mean Thursday the 16th. Please provide directions. I am coming from JHB on the N1. I will attempt to get there (depending on the traffic.......if it's a complete nightmare, I will give it a miss)

Ian F
 
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Ignobilis Lunker

New member
Hi Ian,
Even if guys get there late, we can start the meeting around 8is.
Yes, you are right it is the 16th!
The address is: Unit 5E Jakaranda st, Coachmens Park, Centurion.
From JHB on N1: Take John Vorster offramp,left. Left at next robot onto Lenchen rd, straight until you get Jakaranda, right onto Jakaranda. 400m left into Coachmans Park.

Hope to see you on thursday!
 
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Ignobilis Lunker

New member
Gauteng Kayak fishing club inaugural meeting[/b]
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Minutes


Those present: Andre Daniell, Brian Jacob, Calvin Fourie, Clive Fourie, Andre Prinsloo, Stanton Daniell, Diff de Villier, Ian Fourie.

Agenda

1. name for the club – GP KFC( this might be slightly to informal and can be viewed as spam mail on the internet) Gangsters ]Kayak fishing club? Our nickname will then be “Gangsters”

2. Purpose of the club – the primary purpose of the club must be safety, to advise and control the safety regulations for the clubs members. We can work from other clube rules and regulations to find ones that best suit out club. An added advantage of the club will be the network it creates amongst its members.

3. Membership/ list/ termination/ Application form – keep the points on these to cover ourselves at a later stage, ie rather more intricate constitution.

4. Constitution – Safety Regulation/ Rules

From http://www.sakfa.co.za:
To fish from a Kayak in South Africa you must adhere to the following SAMSA minimum requirements..
Purchase a fishing licence from the Post Office or KZN wildlife office
Pay for the angling and skipper of a vessel on your licence
Kayak must be over 3 metres in length to go to sea (beyond the backline)
Kayak must have minimum 30% buoyancy
You must wear an approved PFD (personal flotation device)
Carry a 10 metre rope. (tow rope)
Pencil flares (not out of date)
Bailing device (bucket or collapsible bucket) You can use your tackle box or a sponge
You must have 750ml drinking water.
You must not exceed 1km from land (1000m)
You can launch anywhere except if the launch site is restricted by Port Authority, Private owner, Parks Board, or Municipality for which you may be asked to pay a fee

SAKFA also recommend...

Paddle leash
Attach your paddle to your ski via a leash (some like to detach during launching and beaching)
Kayak should display approved SAKFA identification number something like KFSC69 which means Kayak Fishing (KF) Scottburgh (SC) and allocated number. So if your Kayak is found out at sea NSRI or anyone who finds it can phone SAKFA or the club which issued the number and get your details

Carry a cell phone][size=in a waterproof pouch programme in 082 911 SEA RESCUE

[font="Times New Roman"]SMS your launch and return time or leave a float plan with someone[/font]
SAKFA recommend you join a local Kayak club

Always check the weather forecast before you leave and keep checking when you are out at sea
Make sure you can turn over and climb on your Kayak if it capsizes

Never paddle alone always paddle with at least one person

If your Kayak capsizes stay with it and phone for help

Tell someone where you are going and estimated time due back
Complete a launch register at your launch site if applicable

Check your Kayak before leaving for cracks and leaks. Make sure the bungs are in!

Remember -  know your own personal paddling capabilities and do not exceed them
Don't forget your fishing licence and vessel licence (both on the same licence)
Obey any Parks board or municipality launch site rules and pay fees if applicable
A plastic whistle is also handy to have to attract attention

A mirror to use for attracting attention (using suns reflection)

Write your SAKFA number and cell number on your paddle and equipment
- Requirements for joining

Termination of membership / 75% majority is required
Alteration of rules / 75% majority is required



5.    Fees – Once off R50 and R250 annually, this will be made up of admin /stickers/SAKFA joining fee

6.  Meetings – with emails it will hopefully not be necessary to have too many meetings, maybe once every three months, AGM once a year with 14 days notice. Meetings can be combined with bait demos or social functions in the future.

7.   Committee – Chairman – Brian Jacob; Club Captain – Calvin Fourie; Secretary – Andre Daniell; Safety Officer – Brett Challenor/Brian Jacob; Treasurer – Stanton Daniell; Member – Diff De Villiers.

8.  Venue – Bid thanks to Stealth for allowing us to use their shop in Centurion as a venue.

9.   Financial accounts – Year end must be before AGM, simple spreadsheet.
 
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