UPDATE: See All the Junior Bottom Fish Nationals Results and Winners
All the anglers (in pictures), all the results and the ultimate u19 and u16 winners at this year’s SADSAA Junior Bottom Fish Nationals in East London
45 of SA’s best junior anglers, 15 provincial teams and 5 days of awesome national-level competitive angling. We bring you all the final results of the 2019 SADSAA Junior Bottom Fish Nationals took place 24–29 June at East London Ski-Boat Club.
SADSAA JUNIOR BOTTOM FISH NATIONALS 2019
Our country’s top junior anglers had it all to do – often in very challenging conditions! – over the five brutal fishing days from Monday 24 to Saturday 29 June 2019. Border Deep Sea Angling Association hosted the South African Deep Sea Association (SADSAA) and 7 provincial angling bodies for the Junior Bottom Fish Nationals for under 16 and under 19 anglers at East London Ski-Boat Club.
Both under 19 SADSAA teams showed why they earned their national colours, taking both first and fourth place in the competition.
But don’t overlook the stellar performance by the lads from Natal, though. NDSAA teams took both first place at under 16 level and the second spot in under 19. The home team, Border, took a convincing second place in the under 16 competition, while Western Province took third in both u19 and u16.
RESULTS: JUNIOR BOTTOM FISH NATIONALS
There were 8 provincial bodies and the national SADSAA anglers, making up 15 teams, seven under 16 teams and eight under 19s. That’s 45 young anglers in total, all with their provincial or national colours in deep sea angling. Here are all the final results in the competition:
UNDER 19
GOLD: SADSAA BLUE
Seth van den Berg (C)
Graham Burdette
Josh Olivier
SILVER: NATAL
Jan Harm du Plessis (C)
Reydon Basson
Chais Gaul
BRONZE: WESTERN PROVINCE
Werner van Zyl (C)
Stefano Baschiera
Marja Penninkhof
4th: SADSAA WHITE
Barend Boshoff (C)
Rorke Anderson
Gus de Bod
5th: BORDER
Keegan Brunsdon (C)
Ben Steyn
Barend Potgieter
6th: EASTERN PROVINCE
Grayson Darlow (C)
Janhu de Bruyn
Ruben Barnard
7th: FREE STATE
Phillip Papachristoforou (C)
Xavier Truluck
Danielle Steyn
UNDER 16
GOLD: NATAL
Ryan Pellew (C)
Owen Barclay
Mohammed Abdul
SILVER: BORDER
Jade Clarke (C)
Tara Roux
Taygon Mauer
BRONZE: WESTERN PROVINCE
Karla Rautmann (C)
Christoff Dahl
Divan Burger
4th: GAUTENG
Ruben Pretorius (C)
Franco Pretorius
Ruben Els
5th: FREE STATE
Francois Rossouw (C)
Dewandre Smith
Jahnru Janse van Rensburg
6th: EASTERN PROVINCE
Connor Gerber (C)
Zandre de Bruyn
Kimberly Burdett
7th: MPUMALANGA
Ruan van den Berg (C)
Jay-Jay Naude’
Jaden Harding
ALSO: SOUTHERN CAPE
Henrico Scholtz (C)
Morne’ Crouse
Mieke Myburgh
QUALIFYING FISH SPECIES
“Down here in East London, the most common species by far is copper steenbras,” says Border Deep Sea Angling Association chair Tyrone Gower, “but you’ll find yellowtail, geelbek and a whole range of species here, too.”
These are the species, min sizes and bag limits that applied in the Junior Nationals:
- Bank Steenbras: 40cm–3kg, bag limit 5
- Black Steenbras/MusselCracker/Poenskop: 50cm–5kg, limit 1
- Butterfish/Blue Hottentot: 0–1.5kg, limit 5
- Carpenter/ Silver Fish: 35cm–1.5kg, limit 4
- Kob/Dagga Salmon: 50cm–3kg, limit 5 (only 1 kob over 1.1m allowed per angler)
- Copper/Red Steenbras: 60cm–5kg, limit 1
- Dageraad/Stump: 40cm–2kg, limit 1
- Englishman: 40cm–2kg, limit 1
- Miss Lucy/Red Stumpnose: 30cm–3kg, limit 1
- (Brown / Spotted) Rockcods 40cm 3 kg, limit 5
- White Steenbras: 60cm–3kg, limit 1
- Red Roman: 30cm–2kg, limit 2
- Cape Salmon/Geelbek: 60cm–3kg, limit 2
- Scotsman: 40cm–2kg, limit 1
- Silver Steenbras/Brusher/Cracker: 60cm–3kg, limit 2
- Soldier/Santer: 30cm–2kg, limit 5
- Yellowbelly Rockcod: –3kg, limit 1
- Yellowtail: 0–2kg, limit 10
Congratulations to all the young anglers who took part in the 2019 SADSAA Junior Bottom Fish Nationals!
JUNIOR BOTTOM FISH NATIONALS 2019
Organised by SADSAA
Hosted by BDSAA at East London Ski-Boat Club
Pontoon Road, Harbour, East London
073 155 7999
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