Rain no damper on the fishing

The second round of the Pick n Pay Claude Pittaway Round Robin took place on 22 “Kobtober” on East Beach from the pier to Blacktail Rock.

Walking almost 6km in the rain and mist for some was long, but this did not stop our anglers catching nine different species totalling 137 fish with a weight of 167.17kg. We had a fantastic attendance both on the beach and at the prize-giving afterwards. All our competitions are catch and release.

Chair Gary du Randt welcomed new members to the club. It’s also great to have younger members in the club now. Nine teams of four anglers make up the Round Robin competitions. Biggest in the species were: Bronze Bream – Mark Coetzee 4.12kg; White Steenbras – Shannen

Kethro 1.65kg; Black Musselcracker –

Warren Bowdler 1.91kg, Blacktail –

Quinton Fick 1.64kg; Dusky Cob – Deon Marais 3.57kg; Zebra – Faan de Klerk & Greg Timm 0.69kg; Galjoen –

Bruce Amos 1.28kg; Stone Bream –

Mark Coetzee 1.34kg and an Eeltail Barbel – Deon Marais 1.39kg.

Top angler for the day was Gary du Randt with 20.19kg. Top U16 Joshua Burgess 0.65kg, top U21 Liam Miller 1.61kg, top lady Shannen Kethro 3.72kg, top senior Gary du Randt 20.19kg, top master Deon Marais 8.35kg and top hrand master Rodney Yendall with 6.25kg.