No access

[DINO8]

exactly my point!! the neighbouring land owners are acting as if they own the roads as well ! Its just a matter of time before most of the Eastern Cape is fenced up! leaving us very ;ittle coast to fish from.

And it is not my problem if a few anglers spoil it for the rest of us, i have rights as a responsible angler too, and i want acess to beaches, as stated in our constitution! period!

Find another solution to deal with the problem anglers...

 

[Mouldz]

Good example is Mpekweni ,on the East side is a hotel ,on the West used to be a track that was open to the public and could drive onto the beach ,now there are about 6 private houses and a electric gate

 

[boepens]

Don't remind me about impekweni.

Jinne between 3anglers over 2days we kept 8grunter @ 1cob
We received a snotty email from the people staying in the first house complaining how we raped their fish etc.

Bunch of clowns were naar cause they couldn't catch a thing

We released 7leerie 2skippies 1piggy and about 50grunter

Here's one my little one got

 

[Imfeni]

This is nothing new, Its been happening for years all along our coast, I have seen this in the west coast especially in St Helena Bay area. (It got so bad at a stage, that owners of the land above the high water mark came to chase us away from the beach 'You can just gues what my reaction was")

The law states that the land between low and high tides belong to the government, If we look at the law regarding driving on the beach, it does not state if you own the land above the high water mark you may drive on that stretch of beach “NO BEACH DRIVING IS ALLOWED”

To get back to the point, It’s not fair and very sad that we as recreational anglers can, not even access a third of our coastline and even this, sometimes seems to be too much for the law makers.

 

[Mouldz]

Fish River is another case ,on the west you have a few private shacks ,fortunately they allow access but this can change if one of them gets a bug up his a....
On the East the access is blocked by a caravan park and a hotel

 

[Occie]

Think a lot has to do with these roads being de-proclomated (think it is the right term lol) by the goverment which they are then not responsible for there up keep anymore.Dont think it use to be so easy to do this in the past.
Our farm road in the eastern cape got de-proclomated which allowed us to put up gates to prevent poaching.

 

[killer strepie]

......maybe its like owning/walking dogs..............it is not of any interest for them.....close everthing. This is a sad story for any person who loves this sport

 

[Richard83]

Occie wrote:

Think a lot has to do with these roads being de-proclomated (think it is the right term lol) by the goverment which they are then not responsible for there up keep anymore.Dont think it use to be so easy to do this in the past.
Our farm road in the eastern cape got de-proclomated which allowed us to put up gates to prevent poaching.

Occie, my understanding is that public roads handed over to private owners allow you to block the road for saftey reasons.
However you must allow public access. This has happened on district roads such as Kwandwe. I make sure that I drive on this road whenever I am in the Eastern Cape. This ensures that the landowners are keeping up the access for all those who wish to use the road. I suppose a similar situation would be the boomed areas in Gauteng. If they Roads leading to the estuary or beach are public they must allow access.

Reagards,

Richard