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With William's relocation to the Western Cape and a new chapter in his competitive journey developing, follow his progress, results and get in touch through his new platform linked below!

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Phantom Fin Fishing Phantom Fin Fishing
Competitive bass angling since 2017 with multiple Team Angler of the Year titles, tournament wins & top-5 finishes. Representing SA twice and 2025 WC Small Craft Rookie of the Year & 3rd overall on new waters.
Subtle. Silent. Certain.

William taking 3rd place at round 8 of the 2025 SCL Small Craft League in Western Province.

Split comp between day 1 on Clanwilliam Dam and day 2 finishing on Bulshoek dam.

William managed a 3rd place on the overall season log and Rookie of the year!

What a nice venue with so many fishable water and an abundance of fish.

Rounds 4 and 5 of the 2025 WC SCL was held Lomond Wine Estate before the start of the winter break. William placed 12th on the Saturday, and having covered much of the water during the first day put together a strong game plan for the 2nd day, clinching the win on the Sunday.

By being versatile, adapting to conditions and pulling slightly off the abundance of reeds and focusing on grass edges, William managed 2 good results and moved up on the season log to 2nd place overall.

Now for a good winter break and with 3 difficult, new venues from August, it will be a tough battle on the log. Looking forward to the remaining challenges that the season has to offer!

Fun event for William at the 3rd round of the SCL WP at Poortjieskloof dam. An abundance of fish, though bigger fish were very scarce.

Still sitting in 4th overall on season log. Next up: Double header at Lomond Dam, again new waters with some exciting challenges up ahead!

Western Province Small Craft League – Leaderboard Update (3 of 8)

The competition is heating up as we reach the halfway mark of the season! Here’s a big shoutout to our current Top 10 anglers after event 3:

1. Jan Hendrik Kunneke – 288 pts
2. Coenie Fourie – 283 pts
3. Hendrik Jansen – 282 pts
4. William Myers – 269 pts
5. Reich Lategan – 266 pts
6. Johann Fourie – 266 pts
7. Malcolm Palmer – 263 pts
8. Deon Rossouw – 263 pts
9. Roy Douglas-Henry – 259 pts
10. Charles Pitout – 258 pts

Tight margins at the top – every cast counts from here on out. Well done to all anglers for your efforts and sportsmanship!

Had an absolute blast fishing some new water!

William managing to catch his first ever smallmouth (obviously his PB then😂 of 1.47kg)

Iron River SA Freshwater Fishing
Berkley South Africa

We would like to congratulate Father and Son team Garmin MC for qualifying for the up and coming SABAA Team Tournament Trail Presidents Cup. Craig and James from Marine Components always makes sure our boat is running smoothly and it's nice to see them competing on this stage.
Best of luck and go and enjoy the experience!

William managing a 4th place finish on the Breede River at Skurwekop during the 2nd round of the WP SCL Small Craft League. Jumped up to 4th overall on the log.

Challenging conditions being on new water and with a tough summer bite, but managed to put together a 170cm bag by focusing on reaction bites predominantly.

Thanks to the WP SCL committee and sponsors for putting up a quality event.

Leg 2 of the LBT took us to Rhenosterkop. We've never fished the venue before but were excited to fish new waters and it didn't disappoint. An 11kg bag and second place with no practice was a brilliant result for us. Thanks to Greg and his team for organizing a amazing event and truly taking the LBT to new highs.

What a tough TTT final. Managed to scrape a limit together on both days, just needed that one bigger bite. Dean enjoyed fishing his first TTT nationals and we are both happy with a 7th place finish.
Sometimes you need a bit of luck.. caught 2 nice fish on one cast cranking. Thanks to all the organisers for a very well run tournament.

Blessed beyond measure!
The goal was to try and win both Lowveld Bass Trail and Small Craft Bass League Lowveld AOY titles for 2024 Season.
With the LBT AOY title in the bag, the pressure was on. With a tough day at Klipkopje a couple of highs and lows, Dean got the job done to secure his log win. Winning both titles is something we will treasure for a long time. Looking forward to the SABAA Team Tournament Trail final to end off a amazing season. Thanks to all the support from friends, family and sponsors.
Marine Components
Berkley Fishing

Back to back wins to secure AOY 2024. Injaka was kind to us with three 2kg+ fish to make up our winning bag of 8.24kg. Thanks to Garmin Marine for keeping our Boat in tip top condition.