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Episode 27 Line-up

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Elephant Lake Hotel

The Elephant Lake Hotel is located on the shores of the St Lucia Estuary in the town of St Lucia, Kw...

The Kingfisher Report 18 April 2012

Kob are on the bite but are proving very unpredictable as to which spot and it would seem that sho...

Light tackle Grunter hunting

I fished a very central spot in East London, the Bonza Bay river and had some great fun on light tac...

Kings off Durban

Fishing News - even the Skipper gets his turn, Wesley with a 12kg King Mackerel caught off Durban. ...

Marlin on PENN Torque spinning reel

Pieter Steenkamp with a Marlin he caught on his Torque 7000 spinning reel.

The Kingfisher Report 11 April 2012

With the weather being perfect this last week, many more hours have been spent on and around the w...

Episode 26 Line-up

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Yellow Fin - Light Tackle

Fishing News - Rudolph always takes his Berkley Air Extreme out on the boat with us to spin while w...

ASFN would like to welcome 1 Time as a new Partner!

ASFN would like to welcome 1 Time as a new Partner!

Episode 25 Line-up

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28,4lb Mirror Carp on Maize

JRC Ambassador, Francois Pretorius with a very nice Mirror Carp of 28,4lb caught using the JRX Sabr...

The Kingfisher Report 4 April 2012

If Thor could throw a hammer, then Johan Beukes must be related. Using a Daiwa Saltiga 30 Reel, an...

Episode 24 Line-up

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Giant Sandy fun on PENN Torque 40

FISHING NEWS - Wesley Peens, ASFN PENN Ambassador with a Giant Sandshark of about 20kg caught at Tug...

Tagged Raggy recapture info

Information from ORI(Oceanographic Research Institute)This shark was last caught at Bira, Madagascar...

The Kingfisher Report 20 March 2012

Morning has broken (crash, tinkle, tinkle) with the sun finally shining for more than one day at a...

Episode 23 Line-up

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Insane Light Tackle Session: Round 2

With the recent SW winds we had in Cape Town and the small swells the fishing was not that great in ...

Ragged Tooth Shark Hat-Trick

FISHING NEWS - Nigel Louw, ASFN Daiwa Ambassador with three Ragged Tooth Sharks landed at Fish Rive...

Vaal River Carp on Tigernut

FISHING NEWS - Barne du Plessis, ASFN Daiwa Ambassador with a nice Common Carp of 23lb 4oz on a Tig...

Carp on Berkley Gulp Irish Cream/Pineapple

FISHING NEWS - Quintin Louw, ASFN Daiwa Ambassador with a nice Mirror Carp of 22lb on a Berkley Gul...

Breede River Lodge

The Breede River Resort & Fishing Lodge is a hidden jewel of the Western Cape, South Africa. ...

4kg Shad on whole Mackerel

TUGELA MOUTH - Andre Henn with a decent size shad over 4kgs on a whole mackerel. RELEASED

Episode 22 Line-up

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Inanda bass Classic 2012

THE SHOW AND REGISTRATION DAY WILL BE ON THE 27TH APRIL 2012 52 BOATS HAVE ENTERED SO FAR ENTRY ...

The Kingfisher Report 14 March 2012

Hopefully Irina has finally left the building and we can look forward to better weather. The heavy...

The Kingfisher Report 7 March 2012

The past week or so has had most anglers ready to sell their fishing equipment and invest in Golf ...

Episode 21 Line-up

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The Sundowner Guest House

The Sundowner three star rated Bed and Breakfast accommodation establishment has spectacular views ...

Mpekweni Hotel

Whatever your budget and preferences, Mpekweni has a room type to suit your needs. Choose from our ...

Mtunzini Forest Lodge

 Mtunzini Forest Lodge (Mtunzini Chalets) provides fully-equipped accommodation, conference faciliti...

Cape Point Yellow Tail

Carolien adds another species to her list, a nice Yellow Tail of about 5kg's of Cape Point using a ...

Spotted Gully on light tackle

Carolien with a good Spotted Gully shark of 164cm on light tackle at Betties Bay on a Chokka blob ...

Episode 20 Line-up

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Pignose in jeffreys

Rudolph Scheepers with a young Steenbrass (Pignose Grunter) he caught just pass the gap north of t...

Sundays Smooth Hound

Carolien van Rooijen with a smooth hound that took a flapped mullet on the southern part of the Su...

Ragged Tooth at Sundays

Andre Henn with a Spotted Ragged-Tooth Shark of 157cm (63kg) that took a flapped mullet on the sou...

Kob on light tackle

"Light Tackle Fun" - Rudolph Scheepers, ASFN PENN Ambassador with a Cob of about 5kg in the Krom Ri...

Double up Smooth Hounds

"Light Tackle Fun" - Rudolph Scheepers & Wesley Peens , ASFN PENN Ambassadors with a double hoo...

32,5lb Wild river carp

Francois Pretorius with a 32,5lb wild river carp. Caught using the JRC Sabre X rod and Mitchell Avo...

KingFisher report 22 February 2012

The wicked westerly and beastly easterly have done their best the last couple of days to confuse t...

Episode 19 Line-up

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Episode 18 Line-up

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Yellow Belly Rockod on light tackle

Nigel Louw, ASFN DAIWA Ambassador with a 1.8kg Yellow Belly Rockod at the East Coast Resorts area us...

East Coast Black Steenbras

Nigel Louw, ASFN DAIWA Ambassador with a 40cm Black Steenbras at the East Coast Resorts area using a...

St Francis Bay Salmon

Andre Henn with a Geelbek (Cape Salmon) at St Francis Bay on a 2,24m Daiwa Seahunter X 7kg, Penn Con...

Sunday's Surf Garrick

Nigel Louw, ASFN DAIWA Ambassador with a Garrick at the Sundays river in the surf using a Poseidon U...

Big Spotted Gully landed on Saltiga spinning reel

Andre Henn with good Spotted Gully Shark (176cm 30.1kg) at Tank Bay, Mpekweni, Eastern Cape using on...

Smooth Hounds in the Krom River

ASFN Ambassador's Keith Rose-Innes and Lloyd Pereira, with nice Smooth Hound Sharks on light tackle ...

Mpekweni Spotted Gully

Nigel Louw, ASFN DAIWA Ambassador with a nice Spotted Gully Shark (146cm - 15.86kg) next to Tank Bay...

Dean Pretorius lands a nice Cave Bass

FISHING NEWS - Dean Pretorius, Daiwa ASFN Ambassador with a nice Cave Bass he got at Cape Vidal. TAG...

Lloyd's monster Ragged Tooth Shark

MONSTER RAGGIE - Lloyd Pereira, Daiwa ASFN Ambassador got this massive Ragged Tooth shark of just ov...

Speckled Snappers at Cape Vidal

FISHING NEWS - Dean Pretorius, Daiwa ASFN Ambassador with one of several nice Speckled Snappers he g...

Kingfisher Report 15th February 2012

We have just heard that at Kosi Bay, a nice kingfish of 20 kilos was caught on a chokka slide bait ...

Caroliens first Ragged Tooth Shark

BREAKING NEWS - Carolien van Rooijen with her FIRST Spotted Ragged Tooth Shark (Sand Tiger) of 80kg ...

Kingfisher Report 8th February 2012

A number of flat fish mainly skates as well as one or two sand sharks have been recorded along the Z...

EXTREME WEEKEND OF HIDINGS

Righto, after a canceled road trip we decided to hit the Gordons Bay mountain this weekend. The weat...

Episode 17 Line-up

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Episode 16 Line-up

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Eagle Ray on light tackle

Got this nice eagle ray and two more on my Daiwa exceler 1102 elite rod and my little Daiwa exceler ...

Episode 15 Line-up

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Wild time at Mtunzini

Andre, Carolien and Wesley spent a couple of very successful days at Mtunzini Forest Lodge with seve...

Towed 750m on the river for 2 hours

Rods check, reels check, tackle check and of coarse the boat and motor then we were off in search of...

Episode 14 Line-up

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Kingfisher Report 18th Jan 2012

Terry Nel from Tacklenet in Port Edward reports that fishing the beaches south of the Mtamvuna Riv...

WCSAA Mini League News Letter

A wild day off Umlodti

This was a real red letter day off Umlodti Durban- llyod had phoned and told us of the fish bubbl...

Andre lands a 185cm Java Shark

BREAKING NEWS!!! Andre Henn got stuck into a Java of 185cm (119.75kg) yesterday of the banks at Mtu...

Carolien's first Honeycomb Ray

BREAKING NEWS - Carolien got her first Honeycomb at Mtunzini of the banks yesterday on a whole sli...

Big Lemon shark in Sodwana

BREAKING NEWS!! ASFN Ambassador, Rudolph Scheepers from Team PENN did it again!! This Lemon Shark we...

Episode 13 Line-up

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WCSAA Mini Leagues

ASFN Talent Search venues and times

Kwazulu Natal ASFN Talent Search will take place at the Durban Ski Boat Club on the 21st of January ...

Danion's first Smooth Hound.

Danion Henn's first Smooth Hound at Betties Bay. He got this one on a Berkley Air 10ft with a Penn ...

Episode 12 Line-up

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Carolien's first Smooth Hound

Carolien's first Smooth hound of the mountain in Gordons Bay under the guidance of Robbie Janse.

Episode 11 Line-up

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Merry Christmas from ASFN

Merry Christmas from the ASFN Team

Merry Christmas from Lowrance

Merry Christmas from Team Lowrance SA

Daiwa BG 35: WOW!

After spending a nice family day on Friday 16.12.2011, got a phone call from Team Penn (Charl Marais...

Episode 10 Line-up

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Kingfisher Report

Summer has finally set in along our coast and with it has come all the fish one would expect. For sh...

Carolien's big Spotted Gully on Mullet head

Carolien with her first Black Spotted Gully at Silversands, Betties Bay on a Mullet Head. Safely REL...

PRIZE FISH in Langebaan lagoon!!

PRIZE FISH in Langebaan lagoon!! Andre Henn with a Prize Bronzie caught at "Spreeuwalle" in Langeba...

Episode 9 Line-up

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Carolien's Cape Town Bronzie

Carolien broke the 50's with a Bronze Whaler of 52,70kg of Macassar in Cape Town, using A Daiwa Salt...

Sodwana Bay Lodge

After a hard day fishing, there is nothing better than arriving at the Sodwana Bay Lodge, having a n...

Bronzie comp gallery

WELL DONE!! To Two Oceans and the Shark Conservancy on a very successful Bronzie Competition on Sa...

Episode 8 Line-up

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Episode 7 Line-up

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Wesleys Giant GT

MORE BREAKING NEWS... Wesley Peens one of ASFN's PENN Ambassadors got stuck into a Giant Kingfish at...

Fenwick Dropshot Series Rods Review

Last week we Myself and Daron took the new Fenwick Eagle GT Dropshot Series Rods for a test run. We...

139kg Tiger Shark landed in Sodwana Bay

We arrived at the beach at Sodwana Bay during the early hours of the morning. Just as the sun starte...

Episode 6 Line-up

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Mazeppa Hammerhead

51kg Scalloped Hammer head caught by Rudolph Scheepers at Mazappa Bay at the Island on a live Black ...

Going deep with dropshot for Kob

Well we heard that some Kob were around and we had to go and test the waters for ourselves. Myself ...

Awesome fun on light tackle

The plans was already made for a Bronzie hunt on Saturday, expecially with the Bronzie fever affecti...

Wesleys Black Fin Shark

Time of year: OctoberBait used: Bonito HeadTackle used: Kingfisher Poseidon Heavy, PENN Torque 40 St...

How to target Garrick

Garrick  or Leervis (Lichia amia) This strong fighting cold water pelagic has broken the heart...

Episode 5 Line-up

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How to target Kob

Dusky Kob (Argyrosomus japonicas) Commonly known as the Daga Salmon, found in the Transkei all yea...

Carp Rigs

Here are three Carp rigs that you can try out. we will be adding more rigs under a Carp section in f...

Episode 4 Line-up

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Detailed Content for The Specimen Essentials

1. Carp Care, Handling & Safety Equipment 1.1. Carp Care & Handling The most important par...

Big Kob at JBay

Leon Vermeulen jnr Caught this Kob weighing 38kg in Jbay on the 18th oct 2011. Akasia street - the b...

My passion for Bass!

I started off this great sport of bass fishing at a young age. The first bass I hooked into was not ...

Kayak fishing Mcwase Wild Coast estuary

One of my favorite facets of angling is kayak fishing and there is no better place to practice it th...

Mazeppa Bay Hotel

Nestled in a beautiful setting of palms and tropical plants, above the broad beach, Mazeppa Bay is ...

Sanchez 67

On a recent trip down to Durban, the ASFN team had the opportunity to stay at the Sanchez 67 guest h...

Marlin of Bazaruto

It all started early 2010 when myself, Garth Mcgee and a few other friends decided that we were goin...

Ruslamere

Ruslamere celebrated for its facilities, atmosphere and service, Ruslamere offers luxury accommoda...

Off Marlin Magic and Marlin Koors

I suddenly get plucked from a very far exotic place with white beaches and crystal clear water as my...

A Day to Remember

No matter how long you have been fishing for, and how many fish you may have caught, there are alway...

Carp care

When most of us see another article about carp care, we immediately almost just skip the piece and m...

Light Tackle Fishing in the Transkei during winter months

Rock and surf anglers throughout South Africa love to visit Transkei during winter months. ...

Yellow fin Tuna, Cape Points shoaling treasure

The project was simple, go to Cape Town, arrive at Hout Bay, meet our host and owner of the a...

Mafia Island: In search of the Don.... Part 2

Our adventure continues at Mafia Island and after a bumping road and a few life changing exper...

Welcomed with open arms – Our trusted Mitchell is back

A Fishing brand born in a city famous for engaging in the art of clock making and its prestigious...

Team Berkley secure 5th place finish at Clanwilliam Winter C…

The Clanwilliam Winter Classic is undoubtedly the Western Cape's premier bass fishing tournamen...

Mafia Island: In search of the Don....

Mafia Island is situated off the coast of Tanzania between the Pemba archipelago and the noto...