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South African fishing - fly, surf and freshwater.

Fishing

Whether you're a fly-fisher or a surf angler, a carp fan or trout buff, you’ll find a reason to unpack the rod and reel in South Africa.

Lake Jozini is famous for its tiger fish.

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Tiger Fishing

Lake Jozini in KwaZulu-Natal is the home of South Africa’s tiger fish. A ferocious game fish, the tiger fish will test your fishing skills to the limit.

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South African carp fishing takes you to beautiful places.

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Carp Fishing

Carp have been in South Africa so long that they are considered locals. Big and heavy, they're popular among a devoted community of anglers.

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South Africa's fresh water fishing offers great natural beauty.

Freshwater Fishing

If you're looking for the mystic catfish, the feisty yellowfish, the outsize trout or the cunning bass, come fish South Africa's fresh waters.

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Fly-Fishing

The alternative fly-fishing scene in South Africa revolves – quite deservedly – around a proudly indigenous fighter: the small- and large-mouthed yellowfish.

Trout Fishing

South Africa is not a lavishly watered country, but the clear mountain streams are often full of delicious rainbow and brown trout.

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Surf Angling

They do it from piers, from breakwaters, from the beach, from the rocks. Surf angling is a time-honoured sport in South Africa.

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Fishing spots

  1. Dullstroom, Mpumalanga
  2. Du Toit’s Kloof, Western Cape
  3. The Rhodes District, Southern Drakensberg
  4. Jonkershoek Valley, Stellenbosch
  5. Elephant Coast
  6. Cape Point
  7. Shelley Beach, Natal South Coast
  8. Wild Coast, Eastern Cape
  9. Jozini Dam, Pongola
  10. KwaZulu-Natal North Coast
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