fell on day 2 it was still anyones tournament
to win.
World Carp Masters all the way from France
and local carp angling hero Gilbert Foxcroft.
SA Carp Masters directors Kobus Lottering
and Charles Horlick also gave some
encouraging advice to the guys. The Peg
draws was next on the agenda where teams
had to draw their swim which would be their
home for the next 5 days of competition.
Then it was time for dinner where Eddie and
his team certainly exceeded expectations
with a beautiful made up venue an d the
delicious food that was served.
As morning broke on day 3
everything had changed on the
leaderboard. The DB Baits team
of Ruan Erasmus, Antony Nell and
Jonathan Rademeyer on peg 20 in
Zone C had come up from behind
during the night and landed 8
weighing fish which elevated
them to the top spot. Their
baiting plan had finally started to
pay off and they were working
hard to keep the fish in their area.
Another team that was looking
good was their neighbours on
peg 21 Danny Pretorius and
rookie Alfred Ledwaba.
They were lying in 4th place after catching a
9.51kg carp which was the biggest fish at
that stage. Both those pegs in Zone C were
working extremely hard to keep the good
size fish in the area after a night without any
sleep. A massive crocodile also showed his
face in Zone D right in front of the cameras
which added to the extreme african fishing
conditions that anglers were having to deal
with.
The next morning at 9am the shot was fired
to mark the start of the tournament. Not
knowing what to expect the anglers started
their feature finding and baiting campaigns.
It was not long before the first bite alarms
started screaming. The first fish was caught
by Western Cape angler Edwin Theron on
peg 30 in Zone D which broke the 7kg
qualifying weight mark. Edwin Theron and
his father Edwin Snr were the first on the
leaderboard and they kept the fish coming
on day 1 which put them in a good lead. As
Day 2 started it was still the Carp Gigz team
on Peg 30 leading with Karpioene team of
Pieter and Riaan next to them on peg 29
short on their heels. The fish were now
coming out thick and fast on every zone, but
many of the fish were under qualifying
weight. Zone D which sat on the southern
side in the Crocodile river mouth was seeing
more qualifying fish being landed. As night
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Going into day 4 the order on the
leaderboard had changed once again as the
Zone D pegs fell behind after another good
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