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This a opportunity of a lifetime, get your hands on some of the best gear used by our own ESA anglers, together with membership contracts lasting up to three years, that is 3 years of magazines and DVDs monthly, and also content on the website, only available to ESA Members. You save a lot of money, and the gifts don’t stop coming in.

There are 5 Membership Packages available, 3 Bass options, and 2 Dropshot options.

With Package Bass 1, you receive a Abu Garcia Silver Max reel with a Berkley Cherrywood rod, and also a 2 year Platinum membership contract.
With Package Bass 2, you receive a Abu Garcia Pro Max reel with a Berklay Tactix rod, and also a 3 year Platinum membership contract.
With Package Bass 3, you receive a Abu Garcia Revo STX High speed reel with a Fenwick Elite tech rod, and also a 3 year Platinum membership contract.

With Package Dropshot 1, you receive a Abu Garcia Soron STX 40 with a Berkley Cherrywood rod, and also a 2 year Platinum membership contract.
With Package Dropshot 2, you receive a Abu Garcia Soron STX 40 with a Berkley Tactix rod, and also a 3 year Platinum membership contract.

Get your hands on these deals, before its too late, and enjoy the ESA experience in this festive season.

Overnight Competition

Date: 3 & 4 April 2010
Time: 3rd at 5:00am TO 4th at 10:00am
Venue: Chelmsford Dam - Newcastle, KZN

Entry Fee: R200.00 Per angler (3 Rods)

Click here to view poster about event
Click here to view Rules and Regulations

ESA – Open day – Port Alfred
Come and meet Dean Pretorius – ESA Pro Angler

Date: 6th Februarie 2010
Time: 07:00
Venue: Port Alfred Ski Boat Club

For a day of fun filled fishing and clinics for the whole family.

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Latest Video

An interesting snippet of an upcoming show with Gary Peter and guest angler Glenn Agliotti at Hartbeespoort dam. Pollution, Squatters and other issues! Part one:

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Latest News

ESA BASS: We join Alan Kenney as he demonstrates how to pre-fish a dam before a competion at Nandoni Dam. Tune in for some interesting tips!

ESA Salt Water - In LBSA Ray gets dealt a bad hand by Mother Nature,whilst Craig is on the trail of some Yellowspot Kingfish in Paindane. In OSSA the girls show Mark a thing or two as they make their ‘Team Pink’ debut by pulling some monster Amberjacks.

Competitions

This Months Angler Makeover Winner

Congratulations to this monthly ESA Angler Makeover winner Johnny Engelbrecht ! He has won 10 000 worth of tackle in the facet of his choice.
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PUBLIC

Massive Cob Caught in Jeffrey's Bay

John Crab took a kob (kabeljou) that from the measurements comes out at around 82kgs, and in my basic maths that works out to around 180lbs !!!!This simply outstanding fish measured 197cm with a 116cm girth, and after a few photos this magnificent creature was returned safely to the sea.

LBSA

Amended Admission of Guilt fine amounts

Environmental degradation and poor fisheries management have caused several of the world's fisheries to decline or even collapse. At the same time the demand for fishery products globally is expanding. In order to meet the shortfall, ranching and/or stock enhancement ...

OSSA

Joining braid to the leader

This is possibly the most difficult part of fishing with braid. Braid is super strong but it weakens considerably as soon as you have to tie any kind of knot with it. There are many different ways and theories that people have come up with and we have tried and tested many of them.

BASS

Bass Behaviour

Many an eager fisherman’s approach to fishing is to simply chuck his lure out there and hope to catch a fish, and it is thought that catching a fish or even a big one is luck. I call this “chuck & hope”, and it is my belief that whilst one can get a lucky fish...

DSSA

The Braid Debate - By Dean Pretorius

This is a debate that has raged on since braid became popular some 4- 5 years ago – to try and dispel some myths or help make fishing with braid more rewarding we take a look at the pros and cons of braid. Braided or gel spun lines as they are called elsewhere in the world are simply made up of multi strands fused to together in various processes to form a single thread.

PADDLE SKI

So, you want to become a fishing ski angler? Part 2

Now that you have chosen a fishing ski, there are a couple of essential items you need to get your hands on before we can move forward and get our hands on the right fishing tackle. These items will make your task both easier and safer so are well worth their costs.