LATEST FISHING REPORT: Saltwater - South Coast

Bronze bream have come onto the bite recently and some very nice specimens have been caught in the rocky bays and gullies that they frequent. The preferred baits for these are prawn or cracker shrimp. There are only a few days left to legally catch and keep shad, which is a bonus for the fly fishermen, as the closed season (October-November) means that the hot spots are not crowded by bait anglers. Garrick and kob are being caught at all the usual spots, (Umzumbe, Port Shepstone Sandspit, Uvongo and Margate piers and Port Edward Splash Rock...

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FOSAF takes DEA Minister Edna Molewa to court

The Federation of Southern African Flyfishers (FOSAF) today announced it had served papers to interdict Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa’s (the Minister) latest proposed amendments to the Alien and Invasive Species Lists and regulations to Court. It has done so as a last resort after years of attempts to negotiate a lawful and sustainable basis for regulating South Africa’s trout fishery were rejected by DEA.

YWG September 2018 newsletter

Dear YWG supporter, The August newsletter was all about the pollution in the mid-Vaal reaches but in the meantime the rivers in the Pretoria area are almost as bad according to Mariette Lieffrink of the FSE (Federation for a Sustainable Environment). Below is one of the photos of the foam-covered Hennops River which was included in a report to the DWS (Water Affairs & Sanitation) in July...