PARSC ROCK AND SURF – SUNNY SPORTS PAIRS COMPETITION
GOOD CATCHES AND EXCELLENT TURNOUT FOR FIRST COMPETITION OF THE YEAR .
The PARSC Rock and Surf Sunny Sports Pairs Competition was held from the West Pier to Sand Rock on Saturday 7th January . Conditions were good with the sea being relatively calm and warm , however a lot of sea weed in the water hampered angling in certain spots .The weather was good with a light westerly wind swinging around to the east later in the day and hot summer temperatures .
Sixteen Pairs fished the competition which was an excellent turnout for the first Rock and Surf Competition of the year . Overall 79.0 kg of edible fish consisting of 7 different species were caught of which 98% were successfully released .
The winning Pair with the heaviest bag were Niel van der Linde and Dave Kemp with 34.0 kg . Second place went to the pair consisting of Greg Baxter and Craig Foord with a bag of 9.2 kg with Darian Keeton and Bruce Thompson coming third with a weight of 8.8 kg . Mike Williams won the prize for the best angler over 55 with a bag of 2.9kg and Scott Knight won the prize for the best angler under 13 with a bag of 1.1kg .
The prize for the heaviest fish caught went to Dave Kemp for a cob of 4.8 kg while the prizes for second and third were shared by Dave Kemp and Niel van der Linde , both catching cob of 4.2 kg .
The areas where most of the fish were caught included the Pantry , the rocks west of Piano Rock and Double reef . Special thanks go to Sunny Sports especially to Jennifer Nelson for sponsoring the prizes for the event and the braai afterwards .
The next PARSC Rock and Surf Competition will be the 1st Round of the Round Robin to be held on Saturday 21st January , with Kasouga the area to be fished from the Cape St Blaize to Kariega Rocks . Lines in at 07h00 , weigh in at the club at 17h00 .