As morning broke on the 10th of March no
one would be able to catch up to Team DB on
peg 20 who caught a total of 28 weighing fish
with a weight of 215kg of which their biggest
was a 9.53kg common. Ruan, Anthony and
Jonathan had worked extremely hard and
their strategy had paid off. The prizegiving
ceremony was once again held at Water
Affairs. Third place went to Team Cyprinidae
– Stef de Bruto, Basil and Nicolette Ferreira
with a total weight of 113kg. In second place
was Team Carp Gigz – Danny Pretorius and
Alfred Ledwaba with a total weight of
138.9kg and in first place our new SA
Champions were non other than Team DB –
Ruan, Anthony and Jonathan with their total
weight of 215kg. Biggest fish went to Henni
Visser also from Team DB with a fish of
9.7kg.
night in Zone C. Ruan and his team were
starting to run away from the rest of the
pack after bagging a number of 9 and 8kg
fish throughout the 3rd night. Danny and
Alfred also jumped a few places and were
lying in second place right behind Team DB
on peg 20. In Zone D it was Hennie Visser
and Johan Barkhuizen from another team DB
who had a strike of luck when they landed
the Biggest fish of the tournament of 9.7kg.
Fatique was starting to show as the final day
arrived. Anglers were all catching large
numbers of carp but very few made it past
the 7kg qualifying mark. It really took good
planning and strategy by team DB on peg 20
which secured them so many good size fish.
Danny and Alfred were still lying right behind
them in second place and were working hard
to try and catch up to them. Meanwhile in
Zone D the team of Basil Ferreira and Stef de
Bruto on peg 33 were climbing into the
bigger fish from their rocky swim on the
edge. They were quickly jumping positions
and climbing the leaderboard at a rapid
pace. As the final night fell many pegs were
still hard at work to try and catch that one
big fish over 10kg which would secure the
biggest fish prize.
Angling Times Weekly SA
This incredible event would not be so
successful if it was not for the great effort by
the SACM team, Eddie and his Team from
Roodekoppies Water Affairs, Isabel from
Pink Ladies who did the decor and catering,
all the resort owners around Roodekoppies
dam and of course the great support we
received from the anglers and general
angling community. All the sponsors also
played an enormous role in making this
tournament the best local qualifier on the
World Specimen Carp Fishing Circuit.
A big thank you to Steve Bond,
Gilbert Foxcroft, Louwtjie
Louwjies, Carp Gigz, Karpioene,
Specimen SA, Conoflex, Bossard,
Tera Tech Baits, Psycho Baits, DB
Baits, Fuzion Baits, Carp Trix SA
and all the other local sponsors.
Follow the action as Team SA
heads to France in August 2017
on the SA Carp Masters facebook
page and website
www.sacarpmasters.com
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