Prizes up for grab at fishing competition

For the past few weeks, fishing has been rather bad, with not much game fish being caught.

However, there were reports of anglers reeling in bream along most coastal fishing spots.

Also, anglers had good shad catches at Sea Park last week. Fishing at The Block has been slow for many months, and Clive Peverett was lucky to catch a shad recently.

Well, at the end of this month, shad season will close.

The South African Association for Marine Biological Research (Saambr) said it’s important to protect the bigger ‘blue shad’ at the peak of their spawning season from October to November. This allows these fish the opportunity to spawn and thus ensure the next generation of shad.

However, the lack of effective law enforcement during the closed season, in particular, has resulted in the excessive fishing of these important breeding fish.

Fishing competition
Zion Tabernacle Ministries invites all fishing enthusiasts to its fishing competition this Saturday (21st).
There are great prizes to be won, which include the first prize of R1000 and a trophy. Registration is at The Block in Port Shepstone at 05:00. Fishing starts at 05.30 till 10:30.

Designated fishing areas are Sandspit and Port Shepstone to Orange Rocks in Uvongo. All fish caught must be edible and brought to the weighing point at The Block. Final weigh-in is at 11:00.

All entrants must produce a valid fishing licence and abide by the rules and regulations of the KZN Wildlife and Marine Act. Entry fee is R100 per person.

For further information and tickets, contact Pastor Bradley on 082 4390868 or VJ on 084 8727536.
Remember, responsible fishing is keeping the shoreline as clean as possible and abiding by the bag limits.

Anglers, don’t forget to send your catch of the day to sugann@dbn.caxton.co.za.

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