St. Lucia

On Saturday afternoon, Andre Badenhorst called me and asked if I was interested on diving Mapelane. Having not dived the weekend I couldnt say no. So Sunday morning Andre, Allan Heydorn and myself launched at St.lucia.
The launch was easy due to the small swell, the sea however was horribly choppy. Trying to find clean water shallow proved difficult, with the conditions changing constantly. We had patches of clean water, with the bottom being mostly dirty.
Allan and I managed to see some couta, followed closely by 2 sharks, I saw one come onto Allan's Flasher and he gave it a good shot parralysing it, boating it easily. I chased one couta, shot it, a little low unfortunately and 2 sharks came swarming around my couta, I forced my couta a little too much and the Couta pulled out before I could get hold of it.
Other than seeing an BUS of a Zambezi there was not much else to write home about.

On a more serious note: Bottom Fishing is apparently going to be banned in the St. Lucia area. I am not 100% sure of all the details. If anyone has any information on this, please let me know. One nice thing about spearfishing this area was that if there was no cuda or snoek, one could always take home a tasty Tassel or a salmon. In fact this area has produced some huge salmon according to Allen Heydorn.

Cheers

Zululand Spearfishing Club Braai

Howzit

We will be having a Club Braai sometime soon.
It will most likely be on a weekend when the forecast does not look good. So keep you ear low to the ground. I will let everyone know before hand.

It will be at Allen Heydorns house
Bring and Braai

Cheers
Warren

Hibberdene + Social Club Spearfishing Comp

I went down to Hibberdene last weekend. I dived with Neil Myburg on his newish boat "Dugout". The surf was rather big on the backline and everyone launching was a little concerned luckly there was a nice lul, and good timing would ensure a safe launch.

We had really good weather, good vis and the water was warm compared to what its been like around Richards Bay on one of the days the water was 19 deg...rather strange. We dived all over deep and shallow hoping to find some couta, unfortunately there was none to be found, although though the fisherman got some. So we changed stategy and decided to get some bottom fish. We got a few, with Neil getting a nice Tassel of around 6-7kg.

Other that that, Fernando from Centurion Divers is planning a "Social Club Spearfishing Comp". He wanted know if Zululand would be keen to Join? Also "SAUFF are very keen to be involved in such a comp and would like to endorse the event and get behind it."
The Comp is still been planned, however it will most likely be held at Scottburgh.
I'll let you know as soon as I know more.

I think this is a great idea, as it will get divers use to the format of spearfishing they have at Nationals and Trials.

Cheers
Warren

Crayfish Comp & Coral Sea Dive Report

Rods & Odds will be having a small competition running throughout the crayfish season. Its quite simple, if you catch a decent size crayfish, give it to Carol to weigh. She will then jot your name and details down.
End of the season the guy/girl with the biggest crayfish will win a Rob Allen Scorpio Speargun.
Same rules apply as that of the parksboard and you must show your valid crayfish licence to Carol.


Check out this Dive Report I got from a mate....the fish are insane. Well worth the Read.

Click on the link to
Coral Sea Dive Report

Spearo Special - Upperdeck Restuarant

Brian from Upperdeck has got a special on for us spearos. An extra two hours of happiness on tuesdays for spearos only!
See below for details.

Spearo Special

Cabbage gets a Gamefish

Anthony kincaid-Smith aka Cabbage has being diving persistantly to get his first gamefish, last weekend he got it at Cape Vidal.

Im sure there will be many more to come...well done. I know he is super stoked.