Sailfish Spearfishing Record Broken

Sven Arro 51kg Sailfish - Pending Salt Rock Spearfishing Record

Sven Arro came seriously right a few days ago when he shot a 51kg Sailfish off Durban. The Sailfish was shot with a 1.2m speargun and it was on a reel!

Here is Svens account:

Enrico and I went out to No. 1 on Tuesday afternoon amidst the drizzle and mist to find some cleanish water. Viz was around 15 metres and fish were on the wild side.

My “shik-shik machine” brought in this saily that really didn’t care much about my presence and I was able to get a good shot at close range…so a shot was let off to the head area with my 1.2m reel gun. After that, it took about 20 minutes to subdue and place on the duck. Landed up weighing in at 51 Kilos.

Strange I had just put up the pics of the Indo-Pacific Sailfish when a mate sent the message alerting me that Sven had nailed a big one. The Sailfish is a pending Salt Rock Spearfishing Record, and will be a record that will be hard to beat.

Coatesman

Queen Fish Spearfishing Record

Morne Muller Queen Fish 10.55kg
New Salt Rock Spearfishing Record

Its about time some one broke a record at the Salt Rock Spearfishing Club. Morne just pips the old record 10.50kg that was set in November 2004 by Ivor Sykes.

The Salty's Site has been down for some time, so here is an updated records list:

Salt Rock Spearfishing Records

Bardman	5.1kg	Iain Ewing
Black Marlin	125kg	Andy Henwood
Blood Snapper	5.4kg	Iain Ewing
Bone Fish	4.65kg	Sean Burns
Brusher	8.2kg	Shaun Reid
Catface Rockcod	6.5kg	Sean Burns
Cuta	24kg	Andy Henwood
Dagga	36.8kg	Warren Blackmore
Dorado	12.5kg	Ivor Sykes
Kingfish Fulvie	12.3kg	Morne Muller
Kingfish Gaint (Iggie)	48kg	Sean O'Connor
Garrick	19.5kg	Warren Blackmore
Geelbeck	9.8kg	Chris Coates
Job fish	10.5kg	Mike Cook
Kingfish (yellow tail)	9,5kg	Shaun Ried
Pick handle Barracuda	11.4kg	Andy Henwood
Pompano	10kg	Warren Blackmore
Prodigal Son	19.98kg	Chris Coates
Queenfish	10.55kg	Morne Muller
Sail fish	33kg	Sean O'Connor
Sangora	9.0kg	Sean O'Connor
Snoek	9.6kg	Chris Coates
Spotted Grunter	5.5kg	Bruce Long
Stumpnose Bream	4.35kg	John Van Rooyen
Threadfin Mirrorfish	9.22kg	Craig Harper
Wahoo	25.2kg	Morne Muller
Yellow Fin Tuna	27kg	Sean Burns

Spearfishing - Weather update.

Hey guys,

Looking at the forecast the sea looks like it is going to be nice for the next couple of days. May I even go as far as to saw the week end even looks good.

I have had a couple reports of good fish being caught off Umlodti / La Mercy area and some good water out deep. With a bit of luck the small west that is blowing will turn things on.

It is interesting to note that in January 5 Salty Club records were broken last year. And a 4 more in February over the past few years. So we should be into some fish soon!!
Salt Rock Spearfishing Club Records

See you out there,

Coatesman