ESA Angling

Good day valued customer
We are calling on all our loyal viewers, members and supporters to lend an understanding ear as we at ESA attempt to explain the unfortunate predicament we have found ourselves in this year. The ESA magazine has been at the heart of the problems we have been experiencing and has at the end affected the consumer and ultimately our very valued members.

We would like to take this opportunity to humbly apologize to you all and especially our cherished members who have had to bear with us through our silence and lack of communication. The lack of communication and inability to be transparent is due to legal constraints and we therefore cannot disclose any details.

We are aware that there is much unhappiness but would like to thank you all for your patience, understanding and kindness through this difficult time and ask that you all continue to support our publication, brand and show; the August edition of the magazine is running behind schedule and wanted to take this opportunity to make you our valued customers aware of this. We hope that even though we are unable to share the details of our predicament we have shed some light on our situation. In our next release we will have a plan in place to rectify membership moving forward.


Many kind regards
Armando Costa – CEO ESA Holdings

ESA bids farewell to Pro Angler Mark de la Hey

ESA Pro Angler Mark de la Hey’s five year stint on the popular weekly ESA Saltwater show has come to an end. De la Hey, who played a central role in the rise in popularity of the locally produced  SuperSport fishing programme, has decided to pursue personal business interests after enjoying five successful seasons on South African screens.

Costa ESA’s [CEO], said that “unfortunately the time has come for Mark to move on as he has resigned from ESA after 5 years of entertaining and educational angling on ESA. Mark will still feature on our ESA Saltwater show from time to time as an honorary pro angler. Mark has stayed true to the ESA motto by continually educating the ESA audience and by innovating and reinventing styles of angling, whilst actively conserving our marine life. We will miss you, and look forward to having you stretch a line on the ESA Saltwater show”.

Costa also commented that “Mark has been an integral part of the ESA crew for 5 years, and he will always be a part of our ESA family. We would like to thank him for all the hard work he has put into growing the ESA brand to where it is today, and also wish him all the best in his new endeavors. We would also like to thank Mark's parents for supporting and raising a young man that is so talented and their continued support of the ESA brand.”

Mark, who lists his parents as role models, started angling when his father took him to the farm dam at the age of two, and caught his first king mackerel aged four. Cape Vidal, on the Northern coast of KwaZulu is his favourite fishing spot, as “there is nowhere like home”. Cape Vidal was the location of his biggest ever catch - a 500lb blue marlin, which was released.

ESA GUEST HOUSE

Hi all ESA members, We have a new ESA getaways guesthouse situated on the natal south coast in Amanzimtoti. As you can see it has all the creature comforts needed for a fantastic angling getaway.

If you require accommodation at very reasonable rates during the year please contact Raymond at the ESA offices on 032 946 2763.