Overberg Angling

One of my favourite fishing destinations, is the Cape Point Nature Reserve at the Southern tip of the Cape Peninsula . Living as I do in the City Bowl bordering the Cape Town CBD, the trip to the Reserve is a long one, and invariably takes me past Muizenberg, Kalk Bay, Fish Hoek and the naval town of Simonstown.

During the 2006 season, on my way to the Reserve I frequently noticed a lone angler religiously spinning off a spot known as the Battery in Simonstown, an inconsistent area known to produce the very occasional yellowtail to those lucky enough to be there on the right day. I stopped one day in October to make this angler’s acquaintance, and an instant friendship was born.

I have seen many lipless cranks in many tackle boxes that have never been used, the reason I think is that people buy them and do not know how to fish them and when they try them they get snagged.

Lipless cranks in the past have mostly been used for fishing deep points in a jigging style, and that is the way I fished them for many years, they have also been used for slow trolling.

In this article I am going to explain a method for fishing lipless cranks sub surface, in shallow water and near structure, and this is an explosive and exciting way to get some awesome takes and some big fish.

As long as the bait is bloody and the hooks are set proud you can use almost any fish head. We have found that the best heads to use are yellowtail, bonito, skipjack, shad and small shark heads. A very good idea is to cut the gill plates open to expose the gills, this will add more flavour.

The fresher the bait the better the results.

Sometimes, even if you have bonnie or yellowtail heads in the freezer box, you will find that a fresh head like a shad will produce a quicker pickup.

Hi Fellow Jiggers and Poppers, we trust that everyone is well and preparing for the next trip to chase the BIG ONE.

In this Newsletter, we are announcing the arrival of some wonderful new products from Jigging Master that have just arrived in South Africa.

Die jaarlikse Struisbaai 5 Spesie Rots and Strand Hengel kompetisie wat aangebied word deur Ashton Hengelklub het op Saterdag 27 Februarie 2010 plaasgevind. Die doel van die hengelkompetisie is om hengel as n familie sport te ontwikkel en die jeug betrokke te kry.

Die organiseerders het besluit om dit meer as net n hengelkompetisie te maak nadat die Struisbaai Geelstertfees gekanselleer is. Die tema het toe van n hengelkompetisie na n hengel fees te verander.

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Awesome Charters and Jigstar Africa have just teamed up to provide you with the best jigging experience around. With the sponsorship of Jigstar jigging rods and the Alutecnos Gorilla reels distributed by Jigstar Africa we will let you feel the might of the Cape Yellowtail and the pure adrenaline rush of catching these monsters on the best jigging outfit around.

The 2010 Jigstar Kojak rods have been designed by one of the best jigging rod designer/builders in the world.

The Breede River Fishing Challenge presented by The Outdoor Arena in Bonnievale takes place on 19 – 21 Maart 2010. This is unique competition in that it covers most facets of angling. They will have a Bass Skins, Float Tune Challenge, Bank Angling, Junior Challenge and Rock and Surf Angling. Afterwards anglers and their family can enjoy the evening at Outdoor Arena which includes a spitbraai.