9 Of the Biggest Fishing Competitions in March
From interprovincial gamefish, local comps and bottomfish nationals, to the big IGFA international light-tackle tourney – these are all the big fishing competitions in March 2023 From gamefish and billfish on the KZN coast to the bottomfish nationals and Umlalazi Couta Classic to the proteas...
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Big Ones at the 2023 Mapelane Billfish Invitational
We spoke to the club chair: What to expect, the programme, dates, venue, eligible species, rules and prizes at this year’s Mapelane Billfish Invitational All species of marlin. Daily prizes. And the big overall prize for the best performance over the 5-days of awesome bill fishing. One of SA’s...
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Ready for Big Ones at This Year’s Richards Bay Billfish Interprovincial
Our team brings you all the tournament info: All the dates, contacts, programme, teams, qualifying species and what to expect at the Richards bay Billfish Interprovincial 33 Anglers in 11 teams for 9 provinces. 5 Marlin species and 3 days of top-level game fishing. The Richards Bay Billfish...
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Big Ones at the Billfish 15000 in Sodwana
The biggest marlin in 24 years, all the dates, rules and a few surprising facts about one of the biggest billfish events in South Africa as this year’s Billfish 15000 kicks off at sunrise on 8 November 2022 in Sodwana Over 11790 anglers on 2785 boat 425,200 hours over the last 32 years. It’s...
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Game On: All The Big Fishing Competitions in November
It’s billfish time on the east coast, ladies in St Lucia and loads of gamefish fishing competitions this November From an all-ladies comp in St Lucia to some of the year’s biggest bill and game fish tournaments happening in Sodwana. Here’s what you need to know about SA fishing...
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OET Bill & Game Fish Tournament Sodwana
Line classes, points systems and compulsory releases at the Mpumalanga Deep Sea Angling Association’s OET Bill & Game Fish Tournament in Sodwana Bay One of the prime events on Mpumalanga deep sea anglers’ calendars. This year is the annual OET Bill & Game Fish Tournament happens 1–5...
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UPDATE: Big Fishing Competitions in 2022
From local bottom fish challenges, interclubs and game fish tournaments to provincial and international competitions and Ski-Boat Festivals, plus all the big tuna and gamefish competitions. These are the big offshore and boat fishing competitions coming up in 2022 From small, local club...
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Look Forward To This Year’s Two Oceans Marlin Tournament
WATCH: Big billfish in action in Struisbaai: All the dates, rules, species, what to expect, registration and fishing Black marlin, striped – almost every billfish species – with friends and loads of excitement. The Two Oceans Marlin Tournament is happening at Suidpunt Deep Sea Angling Club in...
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All The Big Fishing Competitions In February
From marlin in Struisbaai to big billfish at Mapelane and Richards Bay – these are the big fishing competitions of February 2022 It’s game fishing coast to coast as we prepare for the Two Oceans Marlin Tournament at SA’s most southerly ski-boat club and gun for big billfish at Mapelane and...
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New Boat: Check out Jan Hendrik’s All-New Carry On 2
Here’s what Jan Hendrik Hattingh loves best about his brand-new Carry On 2 with two powerful Suzuki DF250s You might remember towards the end of 2019, we featured Jan Hendrik Hattingh’s awesome new CarryCat 900 (without a name at the time). He wanted to test it on the tuna circuit a bit, so...
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