Rob’s Fishing and Boating related articles.

Rob & Scott Naysmith I asked my son Scott to give me a hand with this article for two reasons, firstly to give both an old world and new age perspectives on the fishery.  Secondly for my own pride in seeing a young angler take the knowledge I gave him, expand on it, and then watch him share his knowledge with others.   That’s what angling

Rob & Scott Naysmith The last edition of Ski-Boat briefly covered the methods we have found most successful for Big Eye Tuna, now we will go into depth and give you the nuts and bolts to really work with.   As we said, Big Eye fishing is a game of understanding and knowledge if you want to be regularly successful, and that success starts before you

Rob & Scott Naysmith In the previous edition of Ski-Boat, I covered the fishing methods we have found most successful, here I want to go more in-depth in the tackle, traces and the rigging of lures. Let’s first look at lures, because that’s probably how most of us catch our first Big Eye.  You want a lure that swims fairly straight with a little wiggle,

Rob Naysmith I had JABULANI, a Billfish 23 mono hull designed by Naval Architect Bill Edwards, built for me in 1991.   Perfect for the long runs to the Tuna grounds, strong enough to withstand all the Cape seas could throw at her, and a fish attractor of note… but she had a few quirks that I could have done without.  Fishing styles and charter demands

Rob Naysmith The snows have cleared, the air has begun to warm and the Agulhus current has started it’s Summer push around Cape Point and into the Atlantic Ocean. Since May the Atlantic Ocean has been dominated by the cool Benguela Current drifting up from the icy polar region of the Southern Atlantic, and thankfully so.  It brings with it the nutrients to begin the

Rob Naysmith It was a few months ago when Mercury brought their new Active Trim innovation into South Africa and my charter boat Wizard, was one of the first to be fitted with the unit. The Mercury Active Trim comes in both single or dual engine operation and can be used on any boat with an outboard engine. Basically, the Active Trim reads and talks

Rob & Scott Naysmith “The age of 360 thinking has arrived.” In the beginning there was ‘drag your sinker until you hooked a reef’… followed by secret landmarks, and the rest is history.   So that we are all on the same page, I’m from the old school.  When I say ‘old’ I mean the first flashing echo sounders entered the market when I was already