Four Oceans Angling Club - Angling Tips

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Catching Cow Sharks Part 1 New
Sevengill sharks are sometimes found on the shallow reefs of False Bay near the edge of the kelp forests, with rock formations and at certain places stretches of sandy bays. Along the West Coast and Betties Bay Areas anglers can catch literally dozens of these Ferocius fish in what is commonly known as a COW SMASH. They occur in waters...Read more

Catching a Musselcracker
The Musselcracker is probably the fish with the most names varying from musselcrusher, biskop, black biskop,stompkop, blouer, bank blouer, witbek, steenbras, stembras, black steenbras, Saqomolo and a myriad of other suchnames. The Musselcracker is a stocky fish with a heavy head and powerful jaws lined with...Read more

Bronze Bream
Bronze Bream are found along rocky coastlines from Cape Agulhas up into Mozambique. They are found normally in shallow water close inshore. In Natal their colour is the very distinctive bronze. Hence the name, however as one moves south the colour becomes more drab with the predominant colours being...Read more

Latest Other Tips

Rip Tides or Rip Currents
Rip currents are the most hazardous beach condition a swimmer can face wherever there are breaking waves. Over 100 people drown in rip currents every year. The tragedy is compounded by the fact that rip currents are so very easy to avoid, and very easy to escape if you do happen to get caught up in one....Read more