Wesley jumps in early
Rudolph Scheepers
ZULULAND Shore Angling hosted the second
round for the new fishing year during the
past weekend. The weather forecast predicted
bad weather for the weekend but luckily it
did not materialize and the weather was
beautiful. Although July is usually not a
month that produces big fish, some great
catches were made. Kwambo A was one of the
teams that landed some of these fish and
managed to give themselves a huge lead early
in the season by scoring 815.1 points.
Wesley Rapson and Rob Kyle made up most of
these points. Wesley landed two ragged-tooth
sharks, one of 199.9kg and one of 166.2kg.
Rob landed a blackfin shark of 102.1kg and a
raggie of 132.1kg. No harm All these fish
were landed without being gaffed or harmed.
After landing, they were weighed and
returned to the water. Zululand Shore
Angling has a strict policy of catch and
release and all fish caught during
competitions are measured and returned to
the water. By doing this, we are ensuring
that our reefs stay in a healthy condition
and we can all enjoy our sport for many more
years to come. Top angler for the weekend
was Wesley Rapson on 439.3 points. Top
Master was Tommy Sims of St Lucia A on 179.7
points. Top Lady angler was N Pereira of
Richards Bay Angling Club on 18.5 points and
the top junior was B Blignaut of St Lucia AC
on 14.8 points. The biggest edible was a
10.8kg kob by N van Blerk of St Lucia AC and
the biggest inedible was Wesley’s 199.9kg
raggie. Top 10 anglers for the round 1 W
Rapson, Kwambo - 439.3 points 2 R Kyle,
Kwambo - 281 points 3 T Sims, St Lucia -
179.7 points 4 D Hunter, uMzingazi - 78.5
points 5 J Tiltmann, uMzingazi - 71.4 points
6 J van der Westhuizen, Kwambo - 52.6 points
7 M Donnoli, Kwambo - 50 points 8 A Naiker,
uMzingazi - 47.4 points 9 E van der Walt,
Mtunzini - 36.9 points 10 D Heymans, St
Lucia - 36.6 points Top 10 teams 1 Kwambo A
- 815.1 points 2 St Lucia A - 332.9 points 3
uMzingazi A - 276.5 points 4 Kwambo B -
130.7 points 5 Tugela A - 121.2 points 6
Mtunzini A - 111.9 points 7 RBAC A - 72 8
RBAC B - 66.4 points 9 St Lucia B - 47.7
points 10 QAC A - 19.6 points Top 15 anglers
on the ladder 1 T Sims - 152.4 points 2 P
Blignaut - 129.9 points 3 D Hunter - 120.8
points 4 C Woodley - 112.2 points 5 D
Heymans - 108.9 points 6 N van Blerk - 107.4
points 7 C d’Offay - 105.4 points 8 J
Visagie - 104.2 points 9 R Scheepers - 100.8
points 10 R Kyle - 99.8 points 11 A Naiker -
99.1 points 12 W Rapson - 97.8 points 13 J
van Ede - 96.2 points 14 CJ Visagie - 96.2
points 15 T Schoeman (junior) - 88.1 points.
