Venues – Other

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Mofam Invasion-October 2011

Towards the end of October I gathered a posse of mates and invaded Mofam. We all arrived in good spirits at about 530am. From the time we parked the cars to the time we put foot to trolling motor was about 1 minute 30 seconds. The guys were amped, no time for banter.  Talking is [...]

Wild Trout on Western Cape Streams

The 1st of September  heralds the start of winter in the Western Cape, with rain, gale force winds and general misery for those eager to wet a line. It also, however, heralds the opening of the Western Cape Streams. This doesn’t mean much for the average float tuber, bass fisherman or pap gooier but, for [...]

Kwaggaskloof – a tribute to my Wife

On a relatively recent trip to Kwaggaskloof in the  Western Cape I was handed  a lesson in Bass Fishing by my wife Kim. This is actually nothing new to me and happens regularly We arrived at the dam at 630 and on the water  by 715. It was a beautiful day and the water was [...]

Mteri – Another Day in Africa

Another Day in Africa – Nothing wrong with that! Ok you’ve obviously and correctly assumed that this certainly isn’t a Float Tube venue with hippos and crocs sharing the pond but it’s definitely a spot you should get your butt off to and ASAP. Mteri……it’s difficult to explain the beauty of this place, it has [...]

MOFAM – 02 May 2011

So we shot off to Mofam yesterday and despite the weather it turned out to be an awesome day. We got there at 630am and the north wester was howling. Cold front was due to hit in an hour or so. Fortunately it died down and we only had to deal with regular gusts. We [...]

Mofam – 24 September 2010

So 24th arrived and we were off to Mofam. On the water by 630. It was partly cloudy and freezing. Max temp for the day was only 17. Water only reached 17. There wasn’t much wind but every few minutes a very cold breeze would force us to put our jackets back on. We caught [...]