SEALINE ANGLING CLUB

Should We Start KZNCAU Registered Club

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action man

Senior Member
i am so keen to fish competitively but im going to be studying in pretoria next year so not sure if i can make each league meeting!
 

khan

Senior Member
good evening guys

I believe that this is a great opportunity for all that has ever wondered how competitive angling is.

I have been in contact with the secretary of the kzncau of late and he has mailed me all the requirements for new club registrations.

please note that a certified copy of the clubs constitution has to be sent to them.

Along with members details,deposit of the amount of its entry fees, first years subs and reg fees for all members, this has to be done before their next exec meeting. According to Dave the meeting was scheduled for sometime this month.

Sealines application has to be then sent to all clubs for approval or objection.

This is just part of the requirements.

Question i have is does sealine have enough time and how is the clubs constitution going to be built, as many former club members will tell you that not being democratic in the decision making causes members to leave, having one guy be chief often breaks the clubs, i thing this has to be sorted before anything else, because the clubs constitution is the single biggest requirement by the KZNCAU.

P.S. you must have no less than 15 members to open a new club, so sealine can have as many registered members as it wants as long as its not less than 15.

Just trying to help!!!

Khan
 

Walt

Sealiner
[color=#ff6633]Tony Coetzer[/color] wrote:
We are starting off with the KZN League and will be setting out the GP, EP and WP teams soon so please guys in provinces other than KZN do not lose interest in joining sealine club we will be sorting you guys out soon just need the man power for admin purposes for your provinces so it is in the making.

 

Cheers TC 
Hi Tony!Great idea!Wonder if I may pose a suggestion?Could we maybe sort out this club idea via location?Example : PE - NeilG & trophy get their numbers together & CT - Marthin& myself get our numbers together with rest of country following suit & we all report back to you later with details.It'd be similar to setting up socials & Comps.I think if we each sorted out our own regions,it'd be easier on you & Sealine,and we could each target our Angling networks achieved from past Socials & Comps.It may be a simpler & a more direct route to follow.Cheers! 
 

Walt

Sealiner
[color=#006600]neilg[/color] wrote:
[color=#006600]Walt[/color] wrote:
Example : PE - NeilG & trophy
We need a volunteer ... silence ... I said we need a volunteer ... Walt bumps me forward (so it seems I volunteered) ... Thank you for voluntering :hyst:

(sorry about the spelling)

Thanks Walt
Hi Neil!With respect,I didn't look for a volunteer,I chose one of Sealine's favorites, that being you.You seemed interested in going nationwide,and just chose you & Trophy as an example,but in retrospect shoulda consulted you first,Sir!Silly me! No harm intended, my man.Cheers!
 

Tony Coetzer

Senior Member
Walt i think thats a brilliant idea mate if we can get dedicated people to want to put this together and be prepared to sort the admin out then yeah lets do it.

Thanx Khan I have been chatting to Dave aswell and will be sorting things out soon.

Cheers TC
 

YzeOne

New member
Stuart Baxter wrote:
[color=#006600]pieterh[/color] wrote:
[color=#006600]Stuart Baxter[/color] wrote:
Competitive

1: Tony Coetzer

2: Stuart Baxter



Social

1ieterH
2:HEIHACHI
3:Critter
4:Marthin
Good stuff there Stuart and a BIG WELCOME to Sealine:welcomesea:

Thanx PieterH

We must get another social together the last two have been awesome!

Hey I know im new here but come on guys lets get more competitive anglers together. As far as I know you need 15 competitive anglers to start a club so come Sealiners lets get this on the roll.

Thanx Stuart 
 

neilg

Sealiner
[color=#006600]Walt[/color] wrote:
Hi Neil!With respect,I didn't look for a volunteer,I chose one of Sealine's favorites, that being you.You seemed interested in going nationwide,and just chose you & Trophy as an example,but in retrospect shoulda consulted you first,Sir!Silly me! No harm intended, my man.Cheers!
 

No problem my man
 

ronny

Senior Member
Your level of commitment determines how competitive the club is. How competitive does this club want to be? The postal rounds require travelling in order for the club to be competitive - how many can afford to travel 8 times a year ?(worst case scenario).
 

khan

Senior Member
[color=#006600]ronny[/color] wrote:
Your level of commitment determines how competitive the club is. How competitive does this club want to be? The postal rounds require travelling in order for the club to be competitive - how many can afford to travel 8 times a year ?(worst case scenario).

Ronny very important point.

People need to put their points forward, then discuss and come to an open solution on the forum then come up with a constitution, in this way many might actually know what they getting themselves into.
 

ronny

Senior Member
I wrote this article for the KZNCAU yearbook and believe it to be very pertinent to this topic. Please read and post your comments.

The Passion behind Competitive Angling
By Ronny Naicker
  

Growing up amongst a family of fishing folk was a common occurrence for many of the “litees” of my age group and especially if you lived in the Indian community. Most of our dads or granddads used to fish over the weekends to supplement our diets with fish. I can remember going to school every morning and longing for Friday to arrive. The daily morning routine before school for my brother and myself was to bait hooks with crabs and attach the lines to steel bars under the bridge close to where we lived. The target species used to be fresh water barbel and we usually got 2 or 3 daily on our way back from school. We often got into trouble for going to school all muddy. I remember getting a severe thrashing from my “Old Man” one evening because my school bag and books had water damage. The culprit was my brother, he threw my bag into the river because I was responsible for us being late for school; to this day, my dad never knew how my bag got into the river. These barbel were sold to the workers at the nearby hostel that housed the cane cutters. We kept a few for bait and the proceeds from our sales went towards buying tackle and bait, the bait used to be “Pequena”. Friday afternoons saw us busy making traces and getting all our tackle ready for the next day’s fishing. We had to be constantly reminded to go to bed by mum and only followed instructions when she threatened to get dad to leave us behind.

Morning would arrive and dad would shake us awake and it didn’t take much convincing to get ready. We quickly packed the car and started the drive to the fishing grounds. On arrival, my dad used to target Shad, Garrick, and Stumpies etc. while we would focus on the “karros” and blacktails. There was always competition between my brother and myself to see who could catch more fish. Even though he was younger than me, he was more than capable of holding his own when it came to fishing. This competition continued through the “litee” years as we graduated from catching baitfish to targeted larger edibles. It was during this time that I started reading about different species and how to target them. The more information that I gathered about a species, the better I became at targeting that specific fish. Every older angler that I came to know was a treasure–chest of information. At some point during this period my brother and I began to out fish the “Old Man”. I would put that down to our higher energy levels as we had youth on our side. My brother, like my dad, was quite content just catching the edible’s that were in season while I started looking for new challenges.


 

I started fishing with lighter tackle and was amazed at how much more success I was enjoying. The challenge was now from the different fish species and not my brother. I continued fishing this way while completing 3 years of studying and later started working. Whilst working in Zululand, I befriended a club angler and we had many discussions on the subject of angling. After many years of social angling, mainly targeting edible fish, I found myself becoming quite bored with angling. I had become quite adept at targeting specific edibles. My new friend spoke of huge inedible fish that would test both angler and tackle. This was the catalyst that I needed and took him up on an offer to fish competitively for a club. Joining a club opened up a whole new world to me, one with a lot of challenges. I joined in 2000 and soon found myself quite humbled by how little I knew and at how much more I could learn. Every outing with the club was a learning experience. Targeting sharks was new to me and I battled to change my ways initially, however it soon became apparent that they were easier to target due to their abundance. Different places and venues brought new challenges. “Pension Pipe” fishing was soon replaced and I had to negotiate the challenge of fishing both from the beach and the rocks. Some terrain required physical fitness and mental toughness. Conservation was high priority and diversity of species to target was what I experienced. Like I had done previously, I started gathering information from different books and by speaking to other anglers. I was now fishing on a different level and amongst people who enjoyed the same intensity of competition as me. Being a software programmer enabled me to compile all the data into a database program, which helped identify feeding and behaviour patterns for the different shark species. Competitive angling teaches one to pay more attention to detail when it comes to bait presentation and delivery. Your casting and placement is imperative. Within the space of a few years I have learnt a lot about angling but the journey has only just begun. I hope to achieve a lot more in my chosen sport and to contribute in some way to its longevity. I regularly meet people who ask a lot of questions regarding competitive angling, and what I have gathered is that a lot of them started of just like me. I hope that when people read this article, they can relate and approach clubs with the purpose of joining. If this appeals to your lifestyle, go join a club in your area and take your “litees” along. There’s a whole new world of angling waiting for you.


 
 

ronny

Senior Member
BTW - I'm the Records & Fish Classification Officer as well as the Conservation Officer for the KZNCAU. I will gladly assist should you guys need me.
 

HEIHACHI

Sealiner
that is a fantastic article ronny! relates to me quite a bit, i started at the tugela river, still at the edible stage but starting to feel the itch.
thank you
 

AD97

Senior Member
If you guys could set up a GP one during the course of next year I will join for sure!!!
 

Alsand

New member
Competitive Angling = Time and money and plenty commitment, why you think its always the same 3 clubs that always end up on top at the end of the year.For the upcoming KZNCAU AGM a proposal has been put foward, to be voted on, by one of the top 'elite'clubs, that during a competition round (weekend) that a club may only fish their alloted 6 hrs, no pre testing / social fishing to be allowed ! i.e. 2 days leave + cost to travell all the way to the Transkei to fish for 6 hrs??? Then to do this up to 8 times a year??
 
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