Overberg Angling

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.

Hi Jiggers & Poppers, we trust that you are well and that 2010 is treating you and your families kindly! Linda and I returned this weekend from Playa Zancudo on the Golfo Dulce in Costa Rica. One of the most beautiful places on earth. We have fallen in love with the place and the wonderful people we were privileged to meet in Costa Rica – and we will definitely return to Zancudo in the future. This rates of one of the best trips of our lives.........

This is our final update for this great competition happening this weekend in Struisbaai. Over 300 anglers have already entered for this competition and Overberg Angling will be represented in the team competition by Stef, Wep, Martin, Amberjack, Katvis and Wynand. We will also have one of our junior anglers, Struisfish, fishing with us.

This must rate as one of the best organised competition around and we want to thank all the hardworking members of Ashton Angling club for their dedication and the effort they have put in.

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.

FISHERMEN could soon be paying nearly three times as much for a fishing permit if a proposed new fee structure by Marine and Coastal Management (MCM) is implemented.

Under the proposed new cost structure an angling permit will now cost R200, a 195 percent increase from the current permit price of R68.

In addition, a permit to remove rock lobster will cost R500 (489% increase), molluscs R300 (253%), mud crab R300 (253%), the use of a throw net R300 (253%) and an additional fee of R500 for each angling vessel (489%) payable only by the skipper.

PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION AND HELP PREVENT THE HIGH PRICE HIKE

What a season we have had so far. It seems that it will not slow down until the middle of February. The Mudlark has been operating at almost full capacity since the middle of December, and it has proved to be one of our busiest seasons ever. The weather and the fish are still playing ball which may have something to do with it.

Since our last news letter we have barely had a day that we did not catch good fish, how long it can continue like this, who knows. I have had discussions with scientists who theorize that three years after a good (or bad) flood the numbers and size of fish will increase, but for how long I wonder.

Fishermen are furious about massive hikes of 200 percent to 400 percent for recreational angling fees and there are fears that the cost of supermarket and restaurant fish will also rise because of heftier levies on commercial fishing.

The cost of an annual recreational angling permit is set to rise from R69 to R200 from the beginning of May, along with crayfish permits (from R75 to R500) and spearfishing (from R75 to R300). Added to this, skippers of recreational fishing boats will have to pay an extra R500 a year.

Plans to charge an extra R30 "application fee" for recreational angling have also caused confusion.

The annual Struisbaai “5 Spesie” Rock and Surf Angling Competition will be held on 27 February 2010.

Overberg Angling is planning to enter a team or two to build some spirit, catch some fish and generally have a great time. Please add your names to the list in the Forum.

We invite beginners and experienced anglers to the biggest professionally organised fishing competitions in the Western Cape. The 5 species that will be targeting are Kabeljou, Steenbras, Belman, Musselcracker and Blacktail.

Below is the notice in the Government Gazette regarding the proposed new fees for recreational anglers. These ridicilious increases should be the laughing stock of all anglers as it clrearly shows the ineptitude of the authorities to correctly deal with a problem.

In stead of making sure that they can effectively police this matter they are now targeting the law abiding anglers who pay their license fees and abide by the laws. As one angler said: "The fines are quite possibly one of the reasons why the fees are going up so drastically........the fact that the authorities cannot catch people who break the law to give them a fine (which probably wouldn't get paid anyway) the authorities do the next best thing....penalise the law-abiding folks whom they know are always going to stay on the right side of the law and who pay their dues without having a mechanism to voice their discontent."

Download the Whole PDF file Here