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It was the big one that got away. Fishing is one of the biggest sports in SOuth Africa and there are plenty a fisherman who drives a Hilux. Share your passion for this sport in this section
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anybody use their hilux's to tow and launch a deep sea fishing boat? we have a trimcraft hustler mk 2, small boat 16'6" two 50hp yahama's, boats name is cracker 2 had the boat over 20yrs now all our kids grew up deep sea fishing on cracker now days only gets used in richards bay harbour,jozini dam and kosi lakes but is perfect for the job. we do our deep sea fishing now with rory's boat reefer bouy a F200 Zcraft 2 x 115 evenrudes a bit to heavy for a bakkie have a fiat tractor. our old s/c 1984 hilux had since new was a 3y now a 4y old and cranky but it refuses to die the mileometer stoped working on 478000klm about 8years ago. bought a secondhand 2.4 d/c 1996 model in 1998 with 18500klm for R98000 big bucks in thoese days now has 280000klm going strong. me and my three sons do as much fishing as is possible my daughter aslo comes along now and again, I have been blessed with an incredible family we would love to hear from others interested in fishing or just being at the beech
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bare new hull and deck from peter m Z craft in rory's workshop
bare new hull and deck from peter m Z craft in rory's workshop
hanging nice new motors
hanging nice new motors
the boat builders rory and murray
the boat builders rory and murray
the boat builders rory and murray
the boat builders rory and murray
plenty work to do
plenty work to do
finished at last ready to launch what no champange!!! turned out to be a good days fishing
finished at last ready to launch what no champange!!! turned out to be a good days fishing
finished at last ready to launch what no champange!!! turned out to be a good days fishing
finished at last ready to launch what no champange!!! turned out to be a good days fishing
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sold this boat to our local butcher he is very chuffed it is a Zcraft 170 c/c reefer king
sold this boat to our local butcher he is very chuffed it is a Zcraft 170 c/c reefer king
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flat surf at vidal
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Njoy fishing if the water is calm...otherwise eish, not for this Vaalie.... :lol:

My wife 0000DS loves going out on the boat, me I will look after the kids, no problem. Here is a pic of her catch near Nampula Moz
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I prefer catching these: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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OOOOMS wrote:Njoy fishing if the water is calm...otherwise eish, not for this Vaalie.... :lol:

My wife 0000DS loves going out on the boat, me I will look after the kids, no problem. Here is a pic of her catch near Nampula Moz
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I prefer catching these: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Kom nou Mark wees eerlik, se vir ons jyt daai krewe gekoop :acute:
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Johannes van die See wrote:
OOOOMS wrote:Njoy fishing if the water is calm...otherwise eish, not for this Vaalie.... :lol:

My wife 0000DS loves going out on the boat, me I will look after the kids, no problem. Here is a pic of her catch near Nampula Moz
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I prefer catching these: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Kom nou Mark wees eerlik, se vir ons jyt daai krewe gekoop :acute:
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Die krewe wassie gekoop nie ....... hulle was geskenk! Daai pic kom uit 'n ou "Moz trip" thread van Mark so 2 -3 jaar trug .... hy't betaal vir 'n kop skeer en 'n trim van sy bors en maag hare, maar toe maak hulle fout anders om (kyk hoe rooi geskeer is daai maag!). Nadat Mark bitterlik gekla het, troos hulle hom met die twee krewe. :twisted: :lol:
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Janee vir R10 elk, was dit nogals 'n nice geskenk :thumbup:
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Vroeg opstaan en hengel Moz Quinjata:
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Paindane in Julie - ou man se Couta was 23KG.
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the fish we catch here from richards bay north to ponta du oura are mostly game fish (palaegics) as bottom fishing is not allowed in the protected areas and us recreational anglers have a gentelmans agrement with ezemvelo to limit bottom fishing off stlucia and mapelane. we do take live bait off the inshore reefs if we can. the odd sailie that we catch are returned alive, the one here had it's gill plate ripped open by the lures back hook and died. the cuta you see here are rat fish there are plenty of decent sized cuta about with crocs of 30kg+ comming out often, for me 25kg+ yellow fin tunny gives you the best workout even on 20lb tackel
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mark that kinggie must have given your wife a good rev did you weigh it looks around 15kgs man thoes fish are strong
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Looks Great Guys!!

A bit jealous actually.

Unfortunately we here in Nam do not have the pleasure of doing much off shore fishing as our ocean is not abundant in game fish (We only have snoek lol).

Im a Rock and Surf angler myself.

5 Consecutive years angling in our national team against the bokke.

I wan't to start dam and river fishing now as well.

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Looks Great Guys!!

A bit jealous actually.

Unfortunately we here in Nam do not have the pleasure of doing much off shore fishing as our ocean is not abundant in game fish (We only have snoek lol).

Im a Rock and Surf angler myself.

5 Consecutive years angling in our national team against the bokke.

I wan't to start dam and river fishing now as well.

Great pics
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Uncle Dan, Reefer King is a lovely boat. We fished of it as well in July. Here is a couple of pics.
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That Z craft is a very nice boat :clap:
Is there any specific reason that you went for the Evinrudes.
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& more...
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hello george the E Tec are the most fuel efficient 2 strokes you can buy we don't like 4 strokes(valves,timing belts,camshafts, wet sump bla bla) give me a good old simple 2 stroke, had plenty of yahama's very good motors very thirsty. also we get dealer discount
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hi hans "reefer king" rocks man great boat how is your trailer holding out rory built it
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see you are pushing in at vidal last time we were there just sand could'nt get near the water
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The first 2 guide rollers were a bit of a issue, but awesome trailer as well. Very nice construction.
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brno if you ever get the chance to come to kwazulu natal please phone us lov e to take you fishing rory 0836427775 deane 0845558505 very good friends of ours live in walvis marcell rajzman and aubrey and jan voster
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Deane ever need crew net me know, have been iching for a fish i go to vidal often but have a fishing ski have not been for ages coz of the weather. cheers Dean
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hey bru us dean's are scarce don't know why mine has an e on the end nor did my mom!!! we live at paradiso just behind baboushka will be back 10 sept pull in anytime
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oom dan wrote:hello george the E Tec are the most fuel efficient 2 strokes you can buy we don't like 4 strokes(valves,timing belts,camshafts, wet sump bla bla) give me a good old simple 2 stroke, had plenty of yahama's very good motors very thirsty. also we get dealer discount
Good to know :thumbup:
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oom dan wrote:hey bru us dean's are scarce don't know why mine has an e on the end nor did my mom!!! we live at paradiso just behind baboushka will be back 10 sept pull in anytime

:lol: :lol: had a friend at school also with the e at the end

will defiantly take you up on you offer :thumbup: :thumbup:
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thanks oom dan. I will especially just go down to go fishing lol. Eks met Visvang oor die kop getref!!
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oom dan wrote:mark that kinggie must have given your wife a good rev did you weigh it looks around 15kgs man thoes fish are strong
Yeh it did rev her.... :taunt: :taunt: :taunt: We never weighed it, but as you say they give a good kick, that was her first King :thumbup:
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Uncle Dan, besides doing fishing charters, you also custom build fighting-chairs and other accessories?
If so, would you mind posting a couple of pics and maybe some contact details as well for those interested. There is a huge presence of the fishing community as well on this forum.

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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Manne asb....daai foto's

Ek wil nog daar gaan visvang. :thumbup:
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yes hans rory makes a good chair you do need a boat with enough deck space to mount it . I have been on trips were okes have fought big fish without a chair seldom do they finish the fight before giving the rod to someone else will post some pics
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cool! :thumbup:
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sum days it's dorries other days it's wahooooo
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I Launch my boat with my KZ. No problems. Unfortunately this is the only pic I have, the boat appears small, but in fact this pic was taken from a distance............. :angel:
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hi wayne lekker boat ski boating has become so expensive particulary fuel we also have a ski vee 14'6" that can be towed with a corsa bakkie just makes it more afordable jeez but you get wet, what is your clubs name do you fish mostly fresh water with the R rateing
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Thanx, I'm not part of a club. Only fresh water with this one. It runs very shallow water, so its perfect for me, I like tiger fishing up on the zambesi river. Its got 30hp Evenrude etek so its very economical. As soon as I have space availibel to store it I would like to get a ski boat. One day
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the boys are back from a very successful OET bill & gamefish comp at sodwana, five marlin tagged and released, will post the pics
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oom dan wrote:the boys are back from a very successful OET bill & gamefish comp at sodwana, five marlin tagged and released, will post the pics
Looking forward to the pics :thumbup:
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