Cape Town South Africa - Page 14

deep thinker · #**196** February 13th, 2007

Stay close then...

miles · #**197** February 13th, 2007

Hiya

Water is 50m+ deep, with no pinnacles that i know of. You'll normally be chasing birds working on schools of baitfish, that are chased up by predators. Flashers and chumming will definitely work. Easiest is to see which way the birds are working and try to get the boat to drop you in front of them and then slowly swim towards the action. Pretty much like you'd do it at Dassen Island.

Alternatively, dive on the current line. Almost always some fish on the current line.

When the water is clean and blue and over 18 degrees, you're VERY likely to get some big class Yellowfins, so have a decent floatline system!!

Sharks. VERY unlikely to bump into a GWS that far offshore. They seem to prefer closer to shore, shallower water haunts. Same as in Struisbaai, i've never heard of anyone getting a GWS on the 12mile Bank. Besides, in clean 20m+ viz, you tend to be fearless......

Regards
miles

covert · #**198** February 13th, 2007

the man hath speaketh

deep thinker · #**199** February 14th, 2007

Cheers Miles thanx for the tips. Decent float system and decent spear setup aswell hey...

covert · #**200** February 14th, 2007

yeah miles has to help us with a proper tuna setup

we will have to corner him one of these days.

covert · #**201** February 15th, 2007

anybody going diving this weekend?

miles · #**202** February 15th, 2007

Hiya

Water is DIRTY BROWN at Cape Point. Found the warm blue water starting at 7nm from the POINT. LOTS, and i MEAN LOTS of fish!! I had schools of young YF tuna, 10-20kg class jumping all over the place!! LOADS of smaller tuna species, like skipjacks, bonito's, katonkels, longfin,etc,etc in that area, 7-12nm from the POINT.

In the deep, a boat very near to me had a 80kg striped marlin try and eat the skipjack he had just caught!! Also had a school of about 30-40 YF's in the 50kg class jumping out of the water like dolphins!! Leaping and doing somersualts, whilst others were smashing garfish on the surface. Unfortunately, they weren't catchable.........

Really worth having a look at that are behind Bellows. Take some bungee's with and a spinning rod. Sure you'll have a BLAST shooting those fish is the clean warm blue water!!

Regards
miles

deep thinker · #**203** February 20th, 2007

We all seem to be very quiet at the moment, anybody been diving of late? Im thinking we should set a date for a get together a looong time in the future

say a a few weeks or so in advance then everybody can check their schedules and make suggestions if the said date does not suit them. Once the date is set we decide a day or two before where we will be going and if the weather is bad we just go for drinks somewhere

Im thinking perhaps the weekend of the 10th or 17th of March, hows that sound??

covert · #**204** February 20th, 2007

im always game

But fatherhood seems to be keeping me busy, but mommy said its ok daddy can still go swim with the fishies.

BTW did Louis replace your goggles?

deep thinker · #**205** February 20th, 2007

Nope, he couldnt replace it on his cost and the importers didnt want to replace it. I have to go back to him sometime this week to buy a new pair, probably same make and model, that one was the perfect fit for me the other brands that he has there just doesnt work for me. But I also ordered a few other goodies from him that I need to go and fetch so...

covert · #**206** February 20th, 2007

You sure you want that make and model again, id be worried that the lenses could implode under pressure? BTW you going to the club on wednesday?

romek · #**207** February 20th, 2007

Hi Folk, I am very keen and plan to dive this weekend, checking the weather and it looks like maybe Struisbaai or Cape Point.

Very keen for a get together to meet up/have a drink/dive - 10th of March is good for me.

I live in Gordon' bay, have been reading all the gr8 posts for a while - been spearing for just over 3 years and (: going to Moz very soon for 1st time.

Does someone have a website for weather reports for Struisbaai ?

If anyone is looking for someone to join on missions drop me an email. I am always keen to plan a mission/adventure just have to get it past my wife (:

Best Regards to all
Romek

romek · #**208** February 20th, 2007

Anyone in Cape Town a doctor ?

Or have a doctors note for me (:

Thursday coming looks good for Cape Point!

deep thinker · #**209** February 20th, 2007

Ill be diving a club / WC spearing comp this weekend, so wont be available for a social on this one. Then the next one is booked out so thats why I suggested the 10th or the 17th as the 4 weekends after that is busy with away weekends birthdays and weddings. Damn I hate being busy

chris the vis · #**210** February 20th, 2007

Howzit romek
Try www.buoyweather.com
Unfortunately you'll have to pay for long term forecasts
Wind & weather forecast / Wind & Wettervorhersage Cape Agulhas
How's the spearfishing in CT and surroundings been lately, I'll be hopefully coming down at the end of march and will be very keen for some diving in the kelp. I've seen some big gallies around here in PE lately, but alas they usually dissapear when the season opens...oh well there's still nice cracker and tail to be found.
Oh, I maybe stopping over at Gansbaai for a while during my road trip. Anyone know of nice spearfishing spots around there? I used to dive round danger point and franskraal often as a laaitie for perlemoen and lobster, but never spearfished there. Im well aware of Dyer Island and its reputation so I'm not entirely sure if this spearing thing is such a good idea in those troubled waters.
Cheers

DeeperBlue