Lone fisherman
A lone fisherman on the rocks during a hazy dusk out on the Wildside at Willows
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25/05/2014
Fishing on Heritage Day
Today is National Heritage Day, an official public holiday instituted by the government for everybody in this Rainbow Nation to celebrate their own heritage. This day is also informally known as National Braai Day as a braai (barbecue) is an important part of most cultures in South Africa and thus closely linked to our collective heritages. And here I am without a braai picture. To most people fishing is part of their heritage as well so I'm posting a picture of a couple…
24/09/2013
Wasn’t Me
A couple of guys fishing on the Sundays River. Cool name for the boat specially if its used to escape the wives for a day of beers and fishing.
07/09/2013
Fishing on the Sundays
Fishing is a very popular pass time for a lot of people. A way to relax and be one one nature. Me? I'm no fisherman. I just don't have the patience. Sitting there waiting for something that may or may not happen. Perhaps for ten minutes or so, but anything longer, "Bha humbug". Cruising along the Sundays River on the Sundays River Ferry recently we passed a couple fishing from a little motor boat. As we pulled up next to them the…
11/12/2012
Fishing in rough seas
A couple of fishermen fishing off the rocks at Schoenmakerskop with a bit of a rough sea beyond.
24/05/2012
Fisherman and stadium
A fisherman fishing off the rocks between Hobie Beach and Pollok Beach. In the background one of the Port Elizabeth Harbour is visible with the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium beyond.
08/12/2010
Ships ahoy
Whenever there's a storm brewing the fishing boats catching fish and chokka out in and just outside Algoa Bay sails into the bay to find shelter and ride it out. The other day I got the perfect scene with a yacht sailing past a number of fishing boats and a couple of big ships in the background waiting to enter the Port Elizabeth Harbour. The gantry cranes right in the back are at the Coega Harbour on the other side…
30/09/2010
Fishing boats
The Port Elizabeth Harbour is used by commercial boats, fishing boats and recreational boats (yachts). People normally associate fishing with the small harbours along the South Western Cape and West Coast, so PE doesn't get seen as much of a fishing harbour. But that is where they are wrong. It does have a huge number of fishing boats that are based here and that offload their catch at the fishing facilities. Most of the catch gets processed here so you…
30/05/2010
Tuna Classic
Late last week the annual Algoa Bay Tuna Classic took place from the Port Elizabeth Deep Sea Angling Club in the PE Harbour. The winning catch in this year's competition was a 83kg yellow fin tuna caught 26 miles from the harbour by local fisherman Ruvaan Palm and his team on board the Seriola. In the picture is Brian Webb from the boat Tempissed with a 119.5kg marlin caught on the same day as the winning yellow fin tuna.
25/05/2010
Yachts and fishing boats
The other day I had to go and meet somebody at the Algoa Bay Yacht Club which gave me an excuse to take a walk down the walkway between the moorings. This gave me the opportunity to get a couple of pics around the area which I will post from time to time. This is a view between the yachts towards some of the fishing boats that use the Port Elizabeth harbour.
11/04/2010