SKIBOA
No-one expected that the beautiful weather of previous weeks would turn so suddenly,
with gale-force winds and rain threatening to scupper this popular competition. Not
unexpected, was the fact that 604 die-hard anglers ignored awful conditions, to catch
73 fish overall, totalling 827.50kg.
AL 2019
Even though the sun was out, and it was quite hot early on Day 1 (Saturday), a bad
south wester and huge swells predicted for late morning, convinced the organisers to
cancel – in the interests of safety.
By Easter Sunday (now Day 1), the rain had settled in, but the determined competitors
went for it anyway and managed to catch 47 fish in total. JJ van Rensburg’s 22.54kg
Couta headed the leader board, followed by Sean Keyter 2nd (21.40kg) and Jonathan
Bakos in third place with 20.74kg.
There was a very festive atmosphere at Durban Skiboat Club late that afternoon,
as anglers and their families enjoyed socialising together in the big marquee. Many
of them stayed on into the evening for the entertainment provided by well-known
musician Bok van Blerk. His foot-tapping songs soon had the crowd on their feet and
dancing the night away!
Anglers fishing on Monday (now Day 2), had short -time to catch the “big one” as
lines-up and weigh-in was brought forward to 12noon. Prize-giving took place at 3pm
by which time it was bucketing down.