Overberg Angling

On Saturday 2010/04/10, Wep, Wynand, PlayOn and myself had an early start. Namre and Elfkiller joined us later.
Two small hornback skates in the 5kg range was landed by Wep and myself.
Then, Wep was picked-up and the leader was bitten off. At the same time PlayOn was picked-up and the shark dropped the bait.
Straight thereafter I was pick-up and after 45 minutes the snell hook (hoodlum 11/0) of the steel trace was bent open by the shark. A massive fight. Namre joined us and on his first cast he hooked a massive huge raggie which we lost in the surf. The fight was half and hour, judging on the size we saw in the surf, it was in the 150 to 200kg range. The barbles hook came out of the mouth. Really bad luck Herman as the fish was so close and we just about had her.
Wynand landed a smoothy of about 4kg. A hard days work with very sore bodies.
The first pic is of Namre fighting the raggie.

Another one of Namre. Its hard work.

A 11/0 hoodlum that bent open due to pure power of the shark.

Looks like the big bronzies have moved on for the season....

Ish, that hoodlum is not looking to good.

A pity about that lost raggie for Namreh

Wat kan ek sê, sou my PB gewees het.............................thats fishing boys

Sirkel hoeke mannne- DIt is die beste vra vir Mr. Namreh.

Dit was n groot bronzie wat die hoeke so buig. 350kg+. Dit net na hy soos n marlyn op die water loop en sy spierwit maag so kant toe wys, maar nou ja ek is nog nie deel van die GW Club nie.
1. Martin
2. Namreh
3. Wynand
4. Stef
5. ? ( Theuns amper 200+)
6.? (Martin amper350+)

Sirkel hoeke word baie gebruik en in Natal word dit met groot sukses aangewend. Sekere Marlyn kompetiesies is die gebruik van sirkel hoeke verpligtend en daar word massive visse daarmee geland. Sirkel hoeke werk , ons probleem is dat ons nie wil verander en nuwe dinge probeer nie, ons is nie gewoond om met sirkel hoeke te vang nie en gebruik dit nie reg nie want ons het nie geduld nie... Ek het self Saterdag 'n goeie vis verloor omdat ek oorhaastig was en nie toegelaat het dat die vis die aas behoorlik sluk nie. Die drang om die hoek te set is maar net te groot en ek het te gou druk opgesit en die hoek het toe maar net uit sy bek getrek. Daar is 'n sekere mate van "kuns" daaraan om met sirkel hoeke te hengel en ons moet dit maar net aanleer. As ek dit nie mis het nie gebruik Jackal baie sirkel hoeke en kyk waar lê hy op die 25 Spesies. Ek self het al 'n paar visse geland met sirkel hoeke maar kan nog steeds net nie gewoond raak die gevoel van om nie die hoek met mening te set nie. Hoe sê hulle.....Aanhouer wen!!!!!!!!!

I have also caught a number of fish in circle hooks, and not one of them was gut hooked. The big difference is in the mindset of not trying to set a hook but merely tightening the line.

The other problem most people have is in the setup of the bait. We are so used to setting up nice baits with J hooks that we forget that to set up your bait with circle hooks you need to set your circle hook freely - therefore a different setup is required for the hooks to work properly.

Species caught on circles by myself so far:
Red Roman
Red Seenbras
Santer
Cob
Geelbek
Yellowtail
Spotted Gully
Smooth Hound
Tope

Still going to catch a gallie, steenbras and belman on one

Sirkel hoeke gee defnitief vir jou 'n beter "hookup rate", maar selfs sirkels kan buig. Raggies is bekend vir hoeke oop buig en jy kan maar al die name opnoem. Die verskil is dat n j-hook gaan trek en n sirkel gaan jou kans gee om die vis te land. My beste raggy nog het my Mustad Z-steel 11/0 oop gebuig, maar die hoek het steeds in die vleis van die kaak bly sit en ek het die vis geland. Ek hengel met n ligte drag en land nou meer vis en het minder hoeke wat buig of trek.

Stefano, sirkels werk net so lekker vir gallies, wil self nog steenbras en belman toets op sirkels. Het net n paar j hoeke in my boks oor, die meeste is Mustad en VMC sirkels.