to feed a lot to keep fish in our swims and
build from there.
followed with another 7.2kg fish and then 2
more during the 2nd night, which quickly
put them into 2nd place behind the Polish
team fishing in the South Basin who at that
stage had a lead of almost 50kg. On the 3rd
night, it was Charles, Hennie and Deanen
who landed the next couple of SA fish,
which weighed 9.2kg, and 7.5kg, which put
them on the board. About 200m away from
them it was Jacques Drone, Pierro, and
Danny on peg no. 1 who was smashing the
fish and landed 4 more fish on the same
night.
On day 1 Charles and Hennie had 3 massive
runs, which they lost because of hook pulls
from the 3m high grass they had in front of
them. They soon had to make adjustments
in their rig and hook choices, which would
later prove to be excellent decisions.
Jacques Drone was off the mark first for
Team SA with a beauty of 13.8kg on swim 1
on the 2nd day, which he caught, by dropping and feeding with his Phantom Drone
and Bait Dropper system, which he himself
designed and developed. They soon
Big Fish Time!
Sunrise on day 4 saw the SA team on peg
no1 sitting in 2nd place and the guys on Peg
no.4 somewhere in the 20’s but this was all
about to change. The weather soon started
turning as the clouds rolled over the French
countryside and the winds picked up and
started pushing into the northern bays of
the lake. The 2 SA teams’ prayers were being
answered and it was not long before Charles
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