TOTT 2 April 2020

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Thursday 2 April, 2020
RECORD AND RELEASE: Reinhardt le Roux, left, with the tagged Garrick he caught in the
Kowie River recently, with his friend Joshua Burgess
Not an angler’s tall story
Before the lockdown, two
young friends had an
amazing fishing
experience on the Kowie River,
both catching tagged fish which
they released again.
Dad Mark Burgess felt many
anglers would find the incident
n o t e wo r t hy.
On Saturday March 14,
celebrating his son’s birthday,
Tjaart Coetzee took a group of
his son’s friends on a fishing trip
up the Kowie river.
Some good fish were caught
and lost, but one of the more
notable catches was made by
local lad Reinhardt le Roux,
aged 13. He managed to land a
Garrick which had been tagged
and released previously.
The details from the tag were
recorded and the fish was once
again released.
Later in the afternoon,
Reinhardt and his friend Joshua
Burgess, also 13, joined Joshua’s
dad Mark in his boat for round
number two.
Again a number of fish were
caught and released, with the
unusual catch of a white
musselcracker caught by
Jo s h u a .
This fish was hooked above
the old bridge (Putt Bridge). To
Jo s h u a ’s amazement, this fish
too had been tagged.
“White musselcracker are
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES: After Reinhardt le Roux, left, caught a tagged Garrick in the Kowie
River earlier in the day, his friend Joshua Burgess landed a tagged mussel cracker
almost always to be found along
our rocky shoreline and not in
r ive r s ,” Mark said.
“Tag information was taken
and the fish was released.”
The details on the tags were
sent to the SA Association for
Marine Biological Research in
Durban and the following
information was received via e-
mail.
The Garrick caught by
Reinhardt was tagged in the
Kowie River ten days
p r e v i o u s l y.
The white musselcracker
caught by Joshua was tagged at
Kleinemonde, 89 days prior,
and had travelled a distance of
16km.
“Another amazing fact was
that the musselcracker was
tagged by local angler Gary Du
Randt, chairperson of the local
rock and surf angling club,”
Mark said.
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Port Alfred Bowling Club
The donations amounting to
R1,000 that was raised by our
members from our Irish
evening will be handed over to
the Sunshine Coast Hospice in
due course.
We thank all of those who
donated. All Tabs and
competitions have been
cancelled and our club closed
until further notice.
We wish all to remain safe.
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