A big weekend of angling came to an end and proved to be successful but not without its snags.
According to Louis Nel, co-owner of Hook Line and Sinker Angling and Tackle shop, “The weekend was a bit slow but not any less of a success.”
The weekend poured with rain and anglers had to test both their ability to catch the biggest carp and test their survival skills as they were restricted to their tents for the weekend.
While doing the rounds, some tents stood out with all their respective technologies. Rain or not, one particular tent – that also won an award for most technology brought to the competition – had the rugby playing on a small laptop.
Other than the rain, anglers from far and wide got a chance to know each other over a drink, boerewors and spit braai. Some men also found that they were angling not just with the regular Joe that goes fishing on select weekends but with provincial and Protea anglers.
On Sunday, the end of the annual competition, Nel stated that he wanted to not only give prizes to the winners but also to every angler that participated.
Subsequently, prizes were handed out for the silliest of things; first angler to arrive to setup, most brave angler, and crappiest move following two anglers not knowing that every fish they catch have to be weighed for the most fish caught category – they aptly received toilet paper.
Towards the end of Sunday morning the prizes became more serious and exponentially bigger; the winner, Kobus Lottering, walked away with R3 050 worth of vouchers as well as a midweek holiday to the coast for up to six people.
“We have had positive feedback from all the anglers especially the Protea anglers and we hope to host more than one competition next year with the annual big carp challenge being a definite,” Nel said proudly at the end of the event.
