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17th Let It Swim
MTigerI T I O N C O M M E N T
P E T f
ishing Tournament
Jozini Dam. 11
Chris
Digges
he 17th Let It Swim Tigerfishing Tournament was staged
once again at Jozini Dam over the 11th and 12th of
April 2014. The weather conditions appeared perfect
and the general consensus among most of the anglers was that
this year would see some serious numbers in terms of size and
quantity of qualifying fish recorded. How wrong we all were
and the fishing proved to be very hard. Reports came in that
significantly higher numbers of smaller fish than normal were
being caught – not a bad sign for the tigerfish population in the
dam, but perhaps an explanation as to why only 13 qualifiers
(last year there were 42) of 500mm+ were boated and recorded.
As always, with this species, there were also many encouraging
reports of sizeable hook-ups without being boated, so the big
fish were indeed out there!
Only four tigerfish exceeding 600mm were recorded and
the top angling results are as follows:1st Place - Cliff Reid (Team RobRoy) - 660mm - Winning
R10 000, a R5 000 Gift Voucher from Rapala VMC and Roam
Free, a free weekend for two at Shayamoya Tiger Fishing
and Game Lodge, a framed and numbered ‘Striped Ambush’
tigerfish print by Craig Bertram Smith together with numerous
sponsor prizes bringing the total 1st Place prize value to
approximately R25 000.
2nd Place - Keith Duffield (Team Antalis Graphics) 650mm - Winning a R2 500 Gift Voucher from Rapala VMC
and Roam Free, a numbered and signed ‘Striped Ambush’
canvas print and numerous other sponsor prizes bringing the
value to approximately R6 000. Keith also won the cash prize
and Floating Trophy for Longest Tigerfish - Printing Industry
sponsored by Intamarket Graphics.
3rd Place - Daryl Scott (Team Over Africa) - 620mm Winning a R1 250 Gift Voucher from Rapala VMC and Roam
Free together with numerous other sponsor prizes bringing the
value to approximately R3 000.
Team Prize - Most Tiger Fish Recorded - Team Jontiki 2
(John Turner, Neill Hopkins and Charles Dean) with 26 fish
recorded irrespective of size.
Longest Tiger Fish on Fly - Adrian Tanner (Team Bad
Ballie) - Winning a Fly Fishing Hamper sponsored and put
together by Fly Fishers Unlimited and XPlorer Fly Fishing
together with other sponsor prizes valued at approximately
R5 000.
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Dave
Nisbet
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