Thursday 6 March 2025
Fueled by their determination to find the elusive marlin, the anglers launched early this morning. The weather started off cool, with overcast skies and a light drizzle, but as the morning progressed, it cleared up, revealing yet another beautiful day out at sea.

Frequent reports of by-catches were received, but it wasn’t until 14:05, when the airwaves came alive, and Dory announced a marlin hook-up. The excitement in my house was palpable as we waited for updates on the progress of the fight. Would this be Dory’s second marlin in this competition?

After fifty-five minutes, we collectively breathed a sigh of relief and erupted in cheers upon hearing that Dory had successfully measured and released a black marlin, estimated to weigh 220kg! Stay tuned for Chris’s story, as well as the tales of other anglers who have triumphantly caught marlin during this tournament. It might take a day or two, as they’ve all been tirelessly out at sea every day and are too exhausted to write their stories at night.

Lines-up was called at 16:00, and the fleet returned on the incoming tide, though it was still slightly low. The accumulation of sand in the harbour remains a troublesome issue, causing one or two trailers to get stuck. However, after a few attempts, their vehicles were able to successfully tow them out.

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Evening Fun
This evening’s dinner was a delicious Beef Bourguignon and Rice which was a gastronomic delight.

Being out at sea solely to catch Marlin can become frustrating so a friendly side competition also took place. Competitors were permitted to weigh one game fish per boat and small prizes would be awarded to the third heaviest, second heaviest and heaviest fish. At this evening’s function the first, second and third day winners received their prizes.
As you can see in the video below the sea was bubbling with mackerel so the fishing was good. Thanks to Briers van Rensburg from Loslappie for this footage.

Day 1

Day 2 –

Third Day

Second prize-winner was Richard from Bad Co but he was absent this evening.

Then various ‘rule-breakers’ were called up to face the consequences with a sniff of snuff and/or the downing of a ‘strafdop’. (For my non-South African readers – a Strafdop translates to a Punishment Drink.)

All of the strafdoppe and snuff puffs were taken in good humour and Piet, the champion rule-breaker will hand over this honour to someone else tomorrow!

The last day of the tournament is tomorrow (Friday). Lines in is anytime but as the wind will be coming up Lines-up will be 12 noon.

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