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This freshwater Feeder Fishing Championship took place at Bloemhof
Dam in the Northern Free State. It was a challenging event due to the
large quantity and quality of the fish species available.
Most of the fish which were caught during this two-day competition
(after five training days) were Carp, Grass Carp and Mudfish.
According to organiser Leon Gunter, the 100 anglers from 20 countries
were split into five sectors (A –E) with one angler from each country
fishing against the others in the sector. In this discipline the overall
weight counts, and officials walk from peg to peg where the fish are
weighed every hour and then released.
The winner of the sector
is awarded one point
(two points for 2nd
place, three for 3rd etc)
and all the sector points
are added to make up
team points. These are
then totalled over the
two days and the team
with the least penalty
points ultimately wins
the Championship.