Natal Deep Sea Rod and Reel Club

This past weekend we hosted our annual interclub competition. Fishing kicked off at 2 pm on Friday with scales closing at 11 pm giving the anglers a good amount of time to fish in the dark. Fishing on Saturday started at 10 am with scales closing at 9 pm however the second day was called off early at 6:35 pm due to a very strong south westerly wind. The fishing was tough all round however we did see some great catches including a few Dusky Kob over 20 Kgs on 10 Kg line. There are also 2 pending records amongst the catches. Thank you to all the clubs and teams who came to take part in our interclub and a big thank you to the skippers who got everyone out and back safely in the dark. A big thank you must also go to the Commitee of the Rod and Reel Club and the ground crew who worked incredibly hard to make sure the competition was a success. A massive thank you also goes out to our very generous sponsors, we thank you for your contributions and understand that these events would not be possible without them.

Congratulations to Umhlanga Ski Boat Club for winning this years interclub with over 400 points separating them from second place.

Byron Kane from Umhlanga was the Top Angler and shared the prize for most species with Martin van der Vyver from the Gonubie White team each catching 4 species individually.

Top Junior went to Keagyn Mocke who was fishing his first competition for the Natal Association team.

Top Lady went to Geraldine Vivers from the Gonubie Blue team.

Graham Doman on the boat “Teraglin” was the Top Skipper achieving a massive 1148.62 points over the 2 days of fishing.

Good luck to all the teams coming to take part in the Natal Deep Sea Rod and Reel Club Interclub this weekend. Safe travels everyone and we look forward to seeing you at the club later. Please note that registration will start at 16:30 followed by briefing at 18:00.

Congratulations to Riaz Hussain who captained the Natal White team who came second at the All Coastal Inter-Provincial held at Richards Bay Ski Boat Club. Riaz was also the Top Angler at this tournament, congratulations Riaz. We also say well done to Graham Doman who captained the Natal Black team who came third in the same tournament, Graham was also 5th Top Angler.

Well done to our Rod and Reel Junior Team of Alex Tyldesley, Jethro Doman and Matthew Thompson which came second at the Mapelane Ski Boat Club Junior Interclub this past weekend. They weighed a nice couta on day 1 and released a Giant Kingfish on day 2 measuring 116 cm fork length, converting to 30.40 Kgs, a very nice fish on 10 Kg line which scored the boys big points. Thank you to Mapelane Ski Boat Club for hosting this very successful event and thank you to Shaun Aspden, their skipper for the weekend, for taking good care of our Juniors and putting them on some nice fish.
Mapelane Ski Boat Club
Shaun Aspden

Our July Monthly Mug was fished last Sunday the 16th of July and some very fish were bought to the scales. The placings were as follows :

1st : Russell Hand on the boat Hands On with a Daga Salmon of 15.14 Kgs.

2nd : Megan Oberem on the boat Why Knot with a Daga Salmon of 14.78 Kgs.

3rd : Craig Oliver on the boat Happy Hooligan with a Yellowtail of 12.66 Kgs.

Top Lady : Megan Oberem on the boat Why Knot with a Daga Salmon of 9.94 Kgs.

Congratulations everyone on some very nice fish.

Congratulations to our own Andie Griffin who was part of the Natal Deep Sea Angling Association team which won a gold medal at the Tuna Inter-provincial held in Shelly Beach this weekend. Andie was also third Top Angler overall, this was also her first Natal Cap. Congratulations Andie.

Good day all. This is a friendly reminder about our July Monthly Mug which will be fished this Sunday, 16 July, weather permitting. Please note that launching is only permitted from 4 am and scales close at 3 pm.

Gary Groves with April's mugs winning fish
Well done