Offshore photo comp - your most memorable moment

[southcoastspearo]

Went to Vidal for the weekend in febuary.went looking for a couta.put out a dead bonnie and 3 mins later a baby marlin takes it !!

it put on an amazing show on the light tackle we were using and eventually got it alongside ,removed the hooks and watched it swim away !!

My girlfriend has caught many couta and dorado but this her first marlin...even if it was a baby.

Best part of this story is the friday afternoon we found out she was pregnant !!So it was an amazing weekend for both of us

 

[benniejordaan]

Forgot about the comp! My bad... We will crack it!

Thanks for all the entries!

 

[benniejordaan]

And the winners are...

1st prize - Bow For Electric Blue
2nd prize - Cam Mundy for PB GT

Congratulations guys. Please contact me with details.

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[BOW]

THANK YOU

 

[Cam Mundy]

Awesome Shot!

 

[pieterh]

Congrats to the winners.
These shots are something to remember.

 

[Gerhard]

Nice photos guys,

Congrats to the winners.

 

[Reel Magic Charters]

Hooked FOREVER!
Somewhat late but this kid will never forget this!

 

[benniejordaan]

Reel Magic Charters wrote:

Hooked FOREVER!
Somewhat late but this get will never forget this!

A little late... But keep it, we will start a new comp in the next week or so. Just looking for a sponsor!

 

[Marthin]

would langebaan lagoon count?

 

[benniejordaan]

Marthin wrote:

would langebaan lagoon count?

Absolutely. Anything boat angling related.

 

[Marthin]

Nothing spectacular, nothing big, not even edible.....
But was the first time in a very long time i had an oppertunity to fish with my dad in the sea and the first time i was able to take him on the water.

With nothing happening HE decided i should put on a whole maasbanker for him, not 2 minutes later this smoothie took off, and he was over the moon....

(everytime the story get's retold it grows substantially).....

 

[Mouldz]

65cm poensie ,released

 

[thika]

Not my fish

Posted by a Sealiner a few years ago

Protea

Shimano 25 TLD

The fish won

 

[thika]

And this Mako jumping close to Cape Point, ALSO not mine!

 

[Mouldz]

thika wrote:

And this Mako jumping close to Cape Point, ALSO not mine!

Wow ,is this a genuine photo ,no bs?

 

[thika]

Genuine

It was hooked

A Sealiner posted it

 

[Mouldz]

Whats happened to this comp?????

 

[fishystory]

I do not have a pic, but I can tell you all about my most memorable experience, I grew up fishing, my dad owned a tackle shop , built boats at one time, and fishing was his everything. we fished SA Bass as kids with him , me and my boet, we got SA colours in art lure fresh water fishing , the three of us. we fished inshore, of shore, estuaries, everything, he showed us the way, and our whole lives me and my boet have always been fishing. My boet lives in Sodwana, and he use to do charters, but now does bore holes and water systems, but still gets on the water every time he gets a gap. I moved to Mozambique, and did 6 years of fishing before settling up in the cape where I sell boats , so needless to say , boating and fishing is everything. unfortunately time waits for no one, and my Dad is getting old. He is currently battling Cancer, and still has a hard time ahead of him. he came down to the cape a couple of months ago, and due to back pain, and other health problems he does not get to go surf launching with my brother in Sodwana anymore, but I managed to get him on a boat in false bay , launched out of gordonsbay, and got on a small reef just off macassar. spend most of the day sitting in pouring rain , piss cold, catching and releasing undersize reef fish with my dad. and as much as he was in pain eventually , he didn't want to go back, because he didn't know when or if he would be able to catch fish off a boat with me again, so we sat in pouring piss cold rain for hours, and caught small reef fish one after the other, just enjoying being on the water, and catching fish , because in essence it is who we are, and what he gave us, and something that will always bring us together.

I hope his Cancer is cured when he is finished with chemo in two months time, and that he is spared by God , so we can still have many years with him, and I hope that he gets to show my boy how to cast a line when he get a bit bigger, but that day I could only sit back , look at the glimmer in an old man's eyes and say "thank you dad, thank you for showing me how to fish, and how to live"

 

[benniejordaan]

fishystory wrote:

I do not have a pic, but I can tell you all about my most memorable experience, I grew up fishing, my dad owned a tackle shop , built boats at one time, and fishing was his everything. we fished SA Bass as kids with him , me and my boet, we got SA colours in art lure fresh water fishing , the three of us. we fished inshore, of shore, estuaries, everything, he showed us the way, and our whole lives me and my boet have always been fishing. My boet lives in Sodwana, and he use to do charters, but now does bore holes and water systems, but still gets on the water every time he gets a gap. I moved to Mozambique, and did 6 years of fishing before settling up in the cape where I sell boats , so needless to say , boating and fishing is everything. unfortunately time waits for no one, and my Dad is getting old. He is currently battling Cancer, and still has a hard time ahead of him. he came down to the cape a couple of months ago, and due to back pain, and other health problems he does not get to go surf launching with my brother in Sodwana anymore, but I managed to get him on a boat in false bay , launched out of gordonsbay, and got on a small reef just off macassar. spend most of the day sitting in pouring rain , piss cold, catching and releasing undersize reef fish with my dad. and as much as he was in pain eventually , he didn't want to go back, because he didn't know when or if he would be able to catch fish off a boat with me again, so we sat in pouring piss cold rain for hours, and caught small reef fish one after the other, just enjoying being on the water, and catching fish , because in essence it is who we are, and what he gave us, and something that will always bring us together.

I hope his Cancer is cured when he is finished with chemo in two months time, and that he is spared by God , so we can still have many years with him, and I hope that he gets to show my boy how to cast a line when he get a bit bigger, but that day I could only sit back , look at the glimmer in an old man's eyes and say "thank you dad, thank you for showing me how to fish, and how to live"

Hi,
Thanks for sharing your story. All the best for your Dad.

Is your Boet's name Francois by any chance?