We managed to put together a crew of 5 guys, which later grew to 7...including oryx and ruler of sealine, as well as my brother, 2 friends of his and a mutual friend..The plan was to meet ruler and oryx on Friday (10th of July), in Port Shepstone at 2:30pm but due to usual delays, we met at around 3pm. We then transfered vehicles and loaded ruler's ski onto the Landy and off we went....Â
Report:Mnyameni 10th-14July
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We arrived just before sunset..after a quick bite, oryx and ruler wasted no time in setting up and going down to the surf,the rest of us decided to stay in for the night..they returned a few hours later..they caught a few shad...ruler cast out a shad head, using an assasin medium with a saltiga40 and was soon onto a nice fish..after stripping him to the braid, oryx took over and landed a 1.450mt bronze whaler shark..sadly no camera at hand..that concluded the first night...
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as for ruler and I, well we didnt bring the skis along for nothing..the surf looked flat in the morning so we took the skis down..suprisingly,the surf had grown from the morning, lol. I was to follow rulers lead but he took off like a bullet..i caught a bad wave and before i knew it, i was in the water, ski upside down..so start again..an unknown by stander helped me this time(a big thank you to him) and when i had a break, i was clear..we trawled with clark spoons but had no hook ups, although i did have a brief run...we paddled some distance before stopping.We then bottom fished a bit. Ruler hooked a decent rocod but lost it. we both caught a few slingers and just when things were looking up, the wind picked up and before we knew it, we had drifted to qwanyan bay! Ruler wisely suggested that we head back and so the trek began,wind in our face. After a while, i decided that enough was enough and so i convinced ruler to get out at the nearest bay, shad bay. the surf was huge so we decided to come out just to the left, only to find that there were rocks all aound! we skillfully(i mean luckily)avoided the rocks and were back on land! What a relief..we hired some guys to carry the skis back to the cottage..phew, that was an eventful day to say the least...
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we got back at around 2:30pm, eargely anticipating the arrival of the crew from Qwanyan..they arrived at sunset..not 1 shad was caught,however, few bonze brim were caught using prawn as bait...they took no pics but just to give you an idea of the size of the brim that they caught, here is a pic of 1 which was caught during this trip...
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after a exhausting day on the ski, i decided to have an early night..the rest of the guys headed down to the surf to fish the night...the shad were on the bite again, smashing any bait put into the water, whether sardine or chokka...here we see oryx demonstrating proper bait presentation...
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On Sunday, we had 3 guys pack up and head back home, the rest of us decided to fish on until Tuesday..so we spent Sund night fishing for kob a bit further away from the cottage in an effort to avoid the shad and it proved successfull..we only managed to get a few small rocod and barbel though, with oryx catching a Cape stumpie, rare for the area...
