SA Cricket’s Dale Steyn & Coach Mike Young go Bass Fishing

[Fishton]

Mike Young gave me a call on Wednesday afternoon asking me if I wouldn’t mind taking him and a friend bass fishing the following day.  Naturally I agreed as we were both busy in the morning but had the afternoon free, and who needs more of an excuse to go fishing?

After putting the phone down, I had a terrible flash in my mind of SA Cricket’s fielding coach slipping off the bow of my boat and putting himself out of action for the rest of the season.  I could just see the headlines – ‘FishTec’s John Easton puts SA Cricket team in Jeapordy!’  My only hope of friendship after that would be to ‘request friendship’ on Bryce Lawrence’s FaceBook Page.

So the natural thing to do was to call Rob Fisher and see if he would be able to assist.  I only got as far as “… fishing … Inanda …”, and a loud growl of “I’m there like a bear!” came through the ear piece.  So we were on!

When I arrived at the hotel I was surprised to see Mike with Dale Steyn walking out the lobby, one of the three top bowlers in the world.  These guys were amped to go fishing.

As we arrived at the dam Rob Fisher was in his beautiful big Triton ready and waiting.  Both guys hopped on board in a flash and were off to Steep Banks near Libby’s.  I met up with them a little later after getting my boat out of the boat locker.  Mike decided to hop on board with me, and Dale stayed with Rob.

The fishing was tough to say the least, but both parties got some fish on the boat, and the guys loved it.

 

All's well that ends well ...

 

[Mike D]

Nice to have good company on board - however, judging by last nights performance, prehaps they should stick to bass fishing! :sa: Go SA cricket - we still love you!

 

[HennieS]

It is actually amazing how many of the top sportsman in SA love getting out fishing for a day to relax themselves! I was lucky enough to host a lot of the Bulls rugby players on my boat a few times, the like of Bakkies, Victor, Danie, Gary, Fourie, Heineke and Pedrie all people I fished with. They were all a bit camera shy as they reckon they dont wat the public to know how they spend their relaxing time which is understandable. But its always huge fun and also makes you realize how competitive they are, there is always a competition going for the biggest fish!

Now that I am back in SA i must get this going again!

 

[robfisher]

And I have to say that Dale Steyn is a down to earth and fun guy... we had a blast... and he can fish! Next time we'll make it a full day and go to the dam that is working!