answered and it was not long before Charles
on peg 4 had a screamer. They jumped on
the boat to go land the fish and soon realised that this was no ordinary capture. After
25 minutes of hard fighting speculations of a
Catfish were being thrown around and soon
the drones were hovering above their boat
to see what was going on.
This beast of a fish
weighed a whopping 25kg and it was
the moment many of us had been waiting
for. South Africa had a real chance to bring
back the trophy, as it was clear that the big
fish were moving into our swims.
“
Lines were soon returned and
not even 1 hour later the same
rod took off a second time. This
time, it was 10kg fish, which
elevated Peg 4 up to 6th place
in the space of just 2 hours.
That night Jacques Drone also
landed another 8kg fish and
Charles and Hennie managed
to bag another 13.8kg, which
put South Africa in 2nd and 3rd
position.
Charles was hanging on for dear life as the
fish towed them almost 350m into the main
body of water. 35 minutes into the fight we
saw the first glimpse of the beast. It was a
massive carp! Everyone was glued to the
iPad screen of the Drone Controller screaming and cheering Charles on to land the
beast. After turning and diving for 10 more
minutes the fish had had enough and slowly
surrendered as Charles slipped his landing
net underneath it. Screaming cheers could
be heard from the other side as we all
jumped up having watched the whole capture from the drone’s angle as if the winning
try had just been scored. This was one of the
most amazing moments of my carp fishing
career.
Angling Times Weekly SA
”
With 24 hours to go till the final whistle both
SA teams were fighting hard to keep their
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