Wasn't me!!! I'm in lovely CANADA now, busy preparing to go catch some wall-eye........been told they are extremely tasty!! Our South African fish stocks DO need some time to recover!!
How-ever, lets not digress. Jim, the problem with the Rooi-els coast is three fold. Firstly, the South Easterly wind cleans the water up beautifully, but then also makes it ICE cold!! Secondly, most of the better reefs are pretty far off-shore. Those that are close to shore are how-ever not accesable from the land. Thirdly, from shore, be prepared to work in 20-30m of water.
Our best dives have always been in dirty water there. Not much fun, especially with the knowledge that Great White DO frequent the area!! Plenty of galgoen and red roman. We've also had good John Brown and bank steenbras, with the odd yellowtail during summer.
I don't know what the latest regulations is, but Hangklip has always been very good. Almost sure that its out of bounds now......
What fish are you specifically looking for?? I know a couple of spots that still hold good fish. Lemme know and i'll direct you to some spots......
Regards
miles
