Kayak fishing is fishing from a kayak. The kayak has long been a means of transportation and a means of accessing fishing grounds. Kayak fishing has gained popularity in recent times.

History

Kayaks were originally developed by indigenous people living in the Arctic regions, who used the boats to hunt on inland lakes, rivers and the coastal waters of the Arctic Ocean, North Atlantic, Bering Sea and North Pacific oceans. These first kayaks were constructed from stitched animal skins such as seal stretched over a wooden frame made from collected driftwood, as many of the areas of their construction were treeless. Archaeologists have found evidence indicating that kayaks are at least 4000 years old.[1] The oldest still existing kayaks are exhibited in the North America department of the State Museum of Ethnology in Munich.

Greeting all Jiggers & Poppers, we trust that you will all start to thaw out from a chilly winter now that Spring is making an appearance! We’re already into August, so time to get the gear prepared, and plans made so we’re ready to mix it with big fish.

A BIG reminder, Chris Wong and Richard Dobbinson will be travelling from New Zealand to participate at the National Boat Show with Jigstar Africa from 13-15th August. Please visit us at our Display at the Coca-Cola Dome – Jigstar Africa at Stand 76 in the main arena, and you can meet these Jigging legends first hand!

Length-to-weight conversions by sms

You can now get the length-to-weight conversion for any fish directly on your cellphone by sms!

No need for conversion tables! Just sms the keyword FISH, the name of the species and the length of the species to 35010. Within seconds an sms will be sent to your cellphone with the weight, as well as the size limit (SL), the daily bag limit (BL) and the closed season (CS) for the specific species.

Hi Everyone

Registration is open for the 2010/2011 new and improved 25 Species Angling Competition.

All the rules, the species and the information can be found on the 25 species web site. Have a look and enter yourself for an exciting competition that will help you to become a better angler while having fun.

NEW FORMAT - Over 150 Species to fish for

The 25 Species Angling competition is a unique angling competition with a unique scoring system. The competition is open to all saltwater anglers from South Africa with the only qualifications being that an angler has to be a member of www.25species.co.za. The competition caters not only to the experienced anglers, but also to the juniors and ladies. Starting from 1 September 2010 and running till 31 July 2011 we will all fish for our respective top 25 species of fish.

The competition will be fished on a measure-and-weigh basis with a unique way of scoring. We also promote conservation, and to that effect the competion allows a 10% bonus for all fish released and a 5% bonus for fish tagged.

Hi Everyone

After a year the competion has finally ended. Thank you to everyone that has participated, and a big thank you to our sponsors that has made this competition possible. Congratulations also to all the winners - and those that tried real hard.

Here is a list of all the winners, as well as the prizes they will receive.

NB - All prize winners must send us via E Mail ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) their correct Postal Addresses to send their prizes to.

Rock and Surf Section

Overall Winner on Points

Congrats to Jackal who caught 17 different species for a total of 1188.35 points with 10 of the species released. He wins himself the following:

A Daiwa Saltist reel sponsored by Dudley from Overberg Angling
A trip aboard a 28ft Buttcat to the Alphard Banks or 45's for 2 anglers sponsored by Awesome Charters
Accomodation for 2 at a 5 star resort with Breakfast and Supper sponsored by Avalon Springs
Ultima Lines sponsored by Hooked
Leader Lines sponsored by T-Line
Bait voucher sponsored by Fish and More in Struisbaai

By Ronnie Garrison

Take The Cover Off The Reel

First step in Putting Line On A Spin Cast Reel remove the cover
Unscrew the cover and take it off the reel. Some screw on, some have a notch and pin to hold them on.