FISHING REPORT 27TH JUNE 2009.

Sardine Run Has Not Yet Happened
According to Port Edwards Terry Nel, the phone keeps on ringing and fever is at a pitch, but the main sardine run has not yet happened. Sardines have been netted further up the coast but over some past years it has been the same and netters on the spot have had an early bonus. If and when they come, we will know all about it. Shad have been plentiful and weekend visitors are going home with their bags full. No big fish though and not for a lack of trying because live bait fishermen have been active. Let’s hope that this week some sardine action takes place.

ESA Sardine Run Package Deal
ESA will be offering a sardine run package deal during June and July for anglers to participate in one of the greatest angling phenomenon’s along the South African coastline, namely the annual sardine run. The guided angling trips will be conducted by the ESA presenters.

The angling public, whether they are new to the sport or have years of angling experience have grown to trust and believe in what the ESA presenters do and can do for them when it comes to angling. Booking can be done by mailing raymond@charadon.com this e-mail address is being protected from spam bots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The 4 day package is available with all food, accommodation, soft drinks and transport around the sardine run in the ESA branded vehicles plus the groups will be filmed for possible use on the ESA show.

The package will cost R 4995.00 per person for ESA members and R 5995.00 per person for non members. Also please note that due to the nature of the sardine run they cannot guarantee sardine run action every day, however they will fish in and around the most likely areas to catch your dream fish.

Well done Guys and Girls we know you will come back with gold medals!
The Under 21’s and the Under 16’s Team will be announced at a later date.

KwaZulu – Natal Anglers Union website
Dave Nisbet, who is the secretary/ treasurer of the KwaZulu – Natal Anglers Union informs us that they are please to advise that the Union now has it’s new website (www.kzncau.co.za) up and running. As a result of this new website the email address has had to change (secretary@kzncau.co.za). Please visit the new website and you will find it more user friendly. All info is loaded in the .pdf format and opens in a .pdf reader in your Internet browser. The document can be either saved on to your computer or printed directly from the browser.
Under the heading “Navigation” (menu) you will find a couple of new pages, namely:-
Notice Board – On this page we will post such items as News Letters, announcements etc. (The 2009 and 2010 selections were posted there today for an example.)
Weather – this will take you the weather page where you can select the town of your choice and it gives a 7 day forecast as well the current weather conditions and the Marine Forecast. A Barometric graph is available which shows the Barometric pressure for the past 36 hours.
Photo Gallery – Members can submit images of exceptional catches for posting here. All we ask is that the photo be of good quality.
The great thing about this website is that thay will update it themselves and not have to rely on a Service provider to do the changes.

ESA NEW C.E.O
ESA have been hard at work implementing new changes to strengthen and improve ESA and their services to the public. ESA has announced the arrival of their new CEO and Director Almando Costa.
Mr. Armando Costa, established businessmen, passionate angler, conservationist and ESA Member has joined ESA Holdings as a majority share holder and will now stand as C.E.O of ESA Holdings and Producer of Extreme Sports Angling, commencing the 8th of June 2009. Mr. Costa is passionate about angling and shares in ESA’s vision to preserve and grow the sport through innovation, education and conservation.
Being actively involved in a number of conservational projects and armed with his successful business background, Mr. Costa is able to implement the necessary structure, investment and initiative to grow ESA Holdings in all entities to new levels of development.

The sky is no longer the limit. ESA Holdings will be moving to new premises at the end of June and improved structures will be applied to all entities to improve service levels, this with massive attention to membership and other problem areas. ESA Holdings will also see direct growth in the conservation segment. ESA task teams have been assembled and will be getting proactively involved in pressing environmental matters resulting in a much needed reaction to current ecological threats and thus creating awareness for other existing environmental issues.
New management structures have been put into place and ESA looks forward to the remaining year ahead. The future is bright and infinite. ESA welcomes aboard sports and radio personality Olivia Jones who will take on the roll of extreme sports angling presenter and will manage ESA’s P.R. and Marketing Portfolio. For more information please contact Tineka De Jager, P.A. to Mr. Armando Costa, or email tineka@esaworld.co.za

NB: Further information will follow in additional Press Releases.
Catch the ESA team doing battle on ESA Saltwater at 7:30pm on Thursday and don’t miss the bass show at 7:00pm every Tuesday on Super sport 1 (unless mentioned otherwise – check your DSTV guide for details) the latest ESA magazine is out and on sale at The Kingfisher for R19.95. This issue it is jammed packed with great features.

Hier Gaan Ons Alweer
"Hier Gaan Ons Alweer" is airing on Thursday evenings on Kyknet, channel 111 at the following times: Thursday 7th of may18:30hr. There will be six rebroadcast as follows: Fri 13:00, Sat 9:00 and 0:00, Mon 13:30, Tue 9:00 and 1:00.This series will run for three months. “Hier Gaan Ons Alweer” is in "Stywe Lyne” as well as "Fish" magazine. Both magazines are doing a series of articles on this fishing series. Petri and his team fish all over Southern Africa, fishing in salt and fresh water and will be fishing with The Kingfisher products, reels, rods, lines lures etc.

The Kingfisher’s trading hours
The Kingfisher’s trading hours are Monday, Wednesday to Friday 8:00 to 17:00, Tuesday 8:30 to 17:00 and Saturday 8:00 to 13:00.
Shane from Freedivers is holding a clinic on diving (spear fishing and cray fishing) at The Kingfisher, 53 Hunter Street Durban on the 25 July. This clinic is free and like all of the clinics, booking is a must.

Fishing Ski Clinic
The Kingfisher at 53, Hunter Street, Durban hosts a free Fishing Ski Clinic on their premises once a month by Markham Pollard. These monthly clinics are there to help beginners and experienced anglers to see what the sport is all about and how to target certain species of fish. It also shows anglers what equipment to use and also elaborates on safety. Over and above this they also hold Rock and Surf clinics run by Ivan Stopforth and a Drop Shot clinic by Lloyd Pereira. These Clinics are very informative and covers all the basics, including equipment, knots, bait presentation, and tactics. To book for one of these free clinics phone the Kingfisher on 031- 368 3903.