Fishing guides
Everything you need to fish the Garden Route well — and safely.
🐟 Species guide
37 fish, sharks and rays — ID, tackle, bait, seasons and limits.
🪱 Bait guide
Where to collect, how to rig, and what each bait catches.
🪢 Knots
The essential fishing knots, step by step, and when to use them.
🌤️ Reading the weather
Wind, swell, tide, moon, pressure and water temperature explained.
📅 Season by season
What to target each month, and where.
⛑️ Safety
Rock fishing, rip currents, sharks, lightning and emergency contacts.
📋 Regulations
Permits, bag limits, closed seasons and MPAs.
📍 Fishing spots
Every spot with parking, winds, tides and structure.
How-to guides
In-depth articles on technique, rigs, conditions, structure and handling.
Beach & structure
🏖️ Reading Beach Structure
Gutters, banks, holes and points — how to read a beach and find the fish.
🏝️ Fishing Sandbanks
Why sandbanks concentrate fish and how to fish the banks and the holes behind them.
🌀 Rip Channels
How to spot a rip, why it holds fish, and how to stay safe around it.
🕳️ Fishing Gutters
The deep troughs that hold surf fish — how to find and fish them.
Ethics & handling
♻️ Catch & Release Done Right
Give released fish the best chance of survival with a few simple habits.
🧤 Fish Handling
Handle fish correctly — for their survival and for a safe day out.
Reading conditions
🌊 Reading the Sea
Learn to read colour, current, foam and structure so you fish where the fish actually are.
🐦 Reading Gull & Bird Activity
Birds are the angler's radar — here's how to read what they're telling you.
💨 Wind & Swell Explained
How wind direction and swell size and period decide whether a spot is on or off.
🌗 Tides Explained
Spring vs neap, push vs ebb, and how to time your session around the tide.
Regulations
Rigs & tackle
🦈 Best Bronze Whaler Traces
How to build a trace that lands big copper sharks off the beach without gearing up for a fight you can't win.
⚓ Choosing Sinkers
Grapnel, ball, pyramid or bank — matching your sinker to the conditions.
🧵 Choosing Braid vs Mono
When to spool braid, when to stick with mono, and what breaking strains to use.
🪝 Circle Hooks Explained
Why circle hooks hook more fish in the corner of the mouth — and how to fish them.
Target species
Techniques
🪨 Reef Fishing Basics
Targeting reef fish from the rocks and boats — tackle, baits and finding the fish.
🌙 Night Fishing
Why the dark is prime time for kob and sharks, and how to fish it safely.
🌧️ Fishing After Rain
How rain and runoff change the fishing — where to go and what to target.
🏞️ Fishing River Mouths
River mouths are fish magnets — how to read and fish them through the tide.
