Rock and Surf Angling – Settler’s City Toyota Under 50’s vs Over 50’s Competition
The annual Settler’s City Toyota Under 50’ s vs Over 50’s rock and surf angling competition was fished in extremely windy conditions along the coast off Darian’s farm on Saturday 3rd March . The sea although rough was warm and dirty , resulting in reasonable fishing although the anglers were plagued by barbel .
A total of 22 anglers fished the event , and a number of excellent catches were made with a total weight of 56.8 kg being caught . A total of 30 eligible fish consisting of 9 different species were caught of which 97% were successfully released . The under 50’s under the captaincy of Niall Borland retained their title with a bag of 38.6 kg to the 18.2 kg caught by the over 50’s team under the captaincy of Len Titmuss .
The heaviest fish caught by the over 50’s was a baardman of 2.5kg caught by Rodger Coates . Terry Stewart caught the heaviest bag amongst the over 50’s with 7.2 kg . Paul Knight caught the heaviest fish by the under 50’s with a outstanding Cob of 9.9kg in addition to the heaviest bag amongst the under 50’s with 12.9kg . Other outstanding catches were the 4.4 kg cob caught by young Ben Keeton , out fishing his dad and the 3.7 kg Pignose Grunter caught by Brendon Marais (who also out fished his dad ) . The over 50’s who last won the competition in 2005 are seriously considering introducing a handicap system !
A special thanks to the Sponsors Settlers City Toyota from Grahamstown for generously sponsoring the event and the braai afterwards .
The next event in the PARSC Rock and Surf Angling calendar is Round 3 of the Round Robin on the 21st of April , to be held from Kleinemond East to the Fish River . Lines in at 07h00 with the weigh in at PARSC at 17h00 .