Zululand Shore Angling Association
Tim Dunk of Blackfin AC releasing his 70kg Dusky
shark
Grey shark vs Transkei coast. Results of the Postal round fished
13/14 October
Barry Tedder
WE couldn’t have asked for better weather and sea conditions during
this competition weekend.
The competitiveness among the Zululand
shore association clubs is still good and healthy and has commitment of
high status among its members, some clubs running down as far south as
Hole in the wall, Transkei coast, and some opting to run far north to
the Kosi area.
Some outstanding catches where taken, and some
personal bests.
Majority of the catches were Dusky greys up to 70
kilos, some Hammer heads, one or two Raggies and two excellent Cob of 38
and 40 kilos.
Both these Cob where not gaffed and were returned live
to the water. Kwambo angling club must be complimented on their
non-gaffing approach, taking into consideration the area ‘Hole in the
wall’ they fished and the size fish they caught.
They hooked 18 fish,
biggest 59.7 kilo Grey and smallest Hammer of 6.7 kilo giving an average
25 kilo per fish of which only three were gaffed. I have noticed a
strange phenomena when clubs opt to fish the Transkei coastline, and
always a gamble when making the decision to fish these waters.
What
I’m referring to is, I have noticed with the catch returns from those
clubs fishing in these areas that you find only one or two anglers doing
exceptionally well and the rest of the team catching one fish if they
are lucky.
A gamble none the less.
Top club for the competition
was Tugela club totaling 515.4 pts for 66 fish. Top angler went to Rob
Kyle of Kwambo club scoring 226 pts for 7 fish, biggest being a Dusky
Grey shark of 59.7 kilos not gaffed.
Top lady angler went to Heather
Tiltman of uMzingazi club on 109.2 pts also catching a magnificent Cob
of 40.8 kilos - a possible SA Record, also being the heaviest edible for
the competition. Top junior was Carl-Lyle Young of Mtunzini club on
108.4 pts, biggest fish being a Grey of 51.1 kilo also a possible SA
record.
Top master angler went to Julian Pybus of Tugela club on 142
pts biggest fish being a Cob of 38.4 kilos. Heaviest Inedible was a
Dusky grey of 70kg, taken by Tim Dunk of Blackfin club.
Notes
A reminder that the Zululand seniors will be having their
sponsored golf day on the 1st December at the Umfolozi country club
Mtubatuba. Your support will be appreciated.
Top 10 anglers for the round
1 R Kyle 226pts Kwambo
2 J Pybus
142.0 Tugela
3 C Singh 139.6 Blackfin
4 H Tiltman (Lady) 109.2
Umzingazi
5 CL Young (Jnr) 108.4 Mtunzini
6 F Sheik Hassan 102.5
Blackfin
7 P Swift 93.9 Mtunzini
8 P Sambiah 92.2 Kwambo
9 B
Tedder 80.9 Tugela
10 T Dunk 70.9 Blackfin
Top 10 teams
1 Tugela A 515.4
2 Blackfin A 441.3
3 Kwambo A
419.6
4 Mtunzini A 328.4
5 Umzingazi A 283.1
6 Blackfin B
246.0
7 Umzingazi B 224.1
8 Tugela B 135.0
9 St Lucia A
103.2
10 Kwambo B 92.2
Top 15 anglers on Zululand ladder
1 D Hunter uac 284.38
2 C Hunter uac 267.75
3 M Reddy bac
262.95
4 A Naicker uac 252.87
5 F Sheik Hassan bac 47.23
6 M
Vleck bac 223.11
7 B Tedder tac 215.31
8 C Singh bac 206.99
9 N
Simmonds tac 198.87
10 R Kyle kac 196.36
11 S Mathura uac
187.47
12 J le Roux kac 184.58
13 E vd Walt (Rooies) mac
174.85
14 D Britz tac 172.48
15 J van Ede uac 159.20
