365 days of fishing

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  " No need to run and hide, its a wonderful, wonderfil life" Black " A reel run does not equal a fish" Words to live by. One of my part time habits is updating metaphors, i mean, "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" What on earth does tha… more »

Choices, choices. It is truly wonderful to be spoilt for choice as tho where i want to go fishing. Which part of the beautiful peninsula do i want to stand at and hope with rod and line. Wind was a bit extreme today, so i decided that the beach was out… more »

Oooh very chilly, almost gale force south easterly, gusting up to 54 km/h. This made me decide to take it easy, forgo the beach for a day and have a easy fish at Kalk Bay. Oooh was I wrong about that. Fear is a great fishing companion. Apart from a de… more »

Returned from school, said " Hello Willy " grabbed the frozen bloodworm and was out the door, strange feeling of excitement. Feeling good, clear, despite a hectic Monday, no admin periods and extra math lessons to boot. Drove along Baden Powell looki… more »

Sunday, a day of rest, well a day of fishing at least. I was knackerred after not much sleep on my Josh Weekend, he has a habit of waling in the evening and wandering through, which means that because our bed is so small , I often have to carry him back… more »

  Josh, woke me early, no supprise there, and less surprisingly,  suggested we go and look for the Trekkers, who normally are fishing  about ten. Well we got there about 9 after finally i had the requisite cup of  coffee and ciggaretee and some read of… more »

Picked up Josh from Carols after meeting Wilma walking the dogs after school on Friday. Does that sentance sound busy, well that was my brain on friday afternoon after an intense week of school, never mind the mathematics. Josh and I returned home for so… more »

Oh shit, another bloody fishless day, only got out of School at 3:45, Found out this morning that I had been seconded to help in organizing the music and was now a runner to help Amy with the sound. Last minute dot com.  Even though were due back to the… more »

  Well thought that cos Tuesday had been so late could at least get away early on Wednesday, but wasn't to be as got cornered by Thandi wanting Extra Math help, and for that I will gladly give up some moments of freedom. It is truly amazing when someon… more »

Left school after yet another meeting, that mostly concerned preparing us for the meeting in the evening. A grade 12 parents and students meeting where we could try and persuade both parnets and students that even though they were complete slackers, and… more »

  Back to Sonwabe for a first cast at 5:45 pm into a pushing tide .  Conditions looked perfect, small swell, warm westerly, beautiful calm sunrise. Had the right bait, blood- worm, two rods set up and .........nothing. Right time , not right place, o… more »

    Was supposed to wake up early and head off to Gordans bay to try for an elusive belman, however could't really sleep until 12:30 am so lacke sufficient vooma to get up, besides my little annoying alarm clock was back at his mothers.   Was vis… more »

    Oh what a gorgeous day, woke up early with Joshua bugging me to get up, I love my little alarm clock. Clear blue skies and a zephyr of a north greeted me as I opened the door on a crisp perfect Cape Town Winters morning. God, I love this place.… more »

Day 17 Fishing in my head with my Dad. just day 17, no place, and no fish. No bait and no line, few sinkers, no money for petrol to drive and catch no fish. It has become abundantly clear as I do this thing that my levels of organistion have to improv… more »

Maybe it is the bait...., maybe it is something. Had dinner with Wilma tonight, delicious egg burger and steamed broccoli, carrots, squash and beans. Suitably fortified off i set on a remarkably windless evening. Slight suggestion of the 7 km/h NWW wind,… more »

10 degrees, icy rain that for some bizarre rebellion against the laws of science is not frozen. Bloody hell it was cold out there. Decided for the easy option, given the extreme weather. How I debated just staying in bed after I got home from school and… more »

Day 1 of school 3rd term, day 14 of the great fishing year.  Yay, managed to come home after visiting Gavin and Jaqui, said hello to Willy, got my salted frozen blood worm and prawn and headed off, was going to Sonwabe but was lazy and so stopped at Surf… more »

  Had an all over day, scratching i think they call it, scratching for anything that bites. Score = 1 Tiger cat shark. Time spent fishing, 12-5:30. Tides more »

Started with Josh phoning me and saying the vlei was looking interesting, the tide was high, pushing in. So after a very late cup of coffee, we ran out of electricity in the night, went around and picked up Josh. We walked around the vlei, I saw a few ha… more »

  10 degrees ouside, add windchill, grey sky rain that wants to be ice, wind that respects no layers. All in all a serious challenge to my commitment, but a man has to do what a man has to do. Dropped the boy off at Carols after a day spen playing co… more »

On to double digits. Left the boat at home and travelled to cape point with Wilma and the merc, makes a change after my rattletrap of a fishmobile smelly golf. The wind wasn't too strong, blowing from the north, the sky was blue with a few clouds when… more »

  Had aranged with Thomas to head over to Melkbos today, googled it last night to find fishing spots. Thank you Sealine http://www.sealine.co.za for such a fantastic forumand an amazing resource. There have been days and weeks where all my fishing was… more »

About bloody time, ok it was just a sand shark, Rhinobatos annulatus ( ray with ringed markings) , a little one given that according to Rudy Van der Elst's Common sea fishes, the angling record is 27 kg. Hay it was a fish. Also a delicious fish, with two… more »

Maths winter school in the morning, slackers of the world unite, interesting that all the people who needed the extra lessons the most arrived late, asked few questions then left early. On the fishing side did arrange with Thomas to go fishing Melkbos wa… more »

    Still no fish! Lots of fishing, no fish. beginning to get desperate here, will have to resort to eating chicken. Started this morning with a Muizenberg corner high tide 9 to 11:30 fish.  Stunning winters day again, must get around to measuring wa… more »

Still no fish! Maybe this blog should be called 365 days of throwing lead into the sea. Still as the old saying goes, " thats why they call it fishing not catching" Low tide was around 1 pm so decided to go and pump prawns and blood worm with my newly… more »

I was hiding behind bushes somewhere in africa sniping at terrorists, strangly disturbed that a. i was killing people who couldn't see me and b. I was dressed as if for tennis, and my white shirt was a dead, excuse the pun, giveaway in the brown bush.  T… more »

Great day here in the mother city.  Warm blue skies, no wind, amzing for the middle of winter. returned from extra math lessons with Melissa and Thandi to find Josh and Carol at my place, with Josh wanting to go fishing in the river near Ottos house. … more »

Took my son fishing at hout by harbour today, low tide, 11 30 am to 2  pm. At 7 years old he has become quite a keen fisherboy, wonder why? Always looking for a place where he can catch something worthwhile on light tackle. Heard that one could catch Hot… more »

Day 1 364 left to go. Should be writing this in wordpress on my blog but f*************** telkom hasnt reunited me with my beloved internet even though the phone bill was paid today, and they only work during office hours. Very frustrated as feel power… more »