Its official - Kenyan deep sea big game fishermen need help from Zimbabwe Tiger
fishermen !!
They spend hours, days, nay weeks, nay years practising on the paltry TigerFish on Kariba,
and then head for Marlin territory off the Kenyan Coast !!
Breaking all records at Hemingways Resort at Watamu outside Malindi, our intrepid five
caught and released five magical marlin in one single glorious week.
Together with two other no name brand fishermen, this brought to seven Marlin caught in
one week at Hemingways, the previous record being four in one week !!
Rick, Dave, the Two Barrys and Adam along with able assistance of Richard and Boetie
caught a miscellany of large game sea-fish including sailfish and sharks !
My own excursion into sea fishing was not quite that exhilarating ...... as the seas were
fairly fierce, El Capitain suggested we girlie supporters take a seasick tablet and although
no nausea ensued, it just simply and squarely puts an ordinary mortal in a comatose state
the entire day !!
The gentle swell of the waves, the determined movement of the fishermen and gillys as
they go about their baiting, out-rigging and luring, all adds up to a soporific, catatonic
state of doziness that holds one in a vice like grip of sloth !!
But when the rods spin ferociously, when the gillys rush around like crazed madmen
moving vast reels and rods and outriggers, when it has been a second before, ,just too
much to open even an eyelid, suddenly one is wide awake to see the giant proud and
beautiful marlin jump in proud defiance again and again until man triumphs over beast.
It can take hours to land such a mighty creature, muscles groan, limbs scream in torment,
sweat pours in buckets down a giant harness which prevents the fisherman from
disappearing into Davy Jones locker !!
"Are you sweating sweetie" screams a gilly in dazed glee as inch by inch the battle is
fought and won.
Fortunately all big game fishing at Hemingways is "catch and release" , the fish are
carefully tagged so they can be monitored and and gently released as quickly as possible
back to their azure kingdom.
Kenya is amazing, bursting at the seams with tourists, everyone has, not much, but a
whole lot more than out own sad Zimbabweans. The towns are poor but bustling, people
are happy and smiling, there is food a-plenty, wares for sale on every corner.
The airports are inundated with people looking forward to being part of Kenyas thriving
hospitality and tourisy industry.... a stark contrast to our own airports where dust and
people lay heavy and heartsore.
We were like that once, we have as much game to offer the world, as many areas of stark
and raw beauty....one day we all promised ourselves... one day..
One day and soon.... Zimbabwe will once again become the centre of the maize triangle
and the hub of the tourist industry that we were once, before madness overtook our
land......
Condolences on the passing of Jane Watson. Remembered with affection for her work in
National Parks in Nyanga and Hwange.
Jane and Scott Petrie and Charlene Bachelor.
Robert Garrett much loved father of Jean and Rusty
Sincere sympathy from Chairman and Staff of the Girls College family.
Re: the late Ton Spits
To all our dear family and friends
A very special thank you to you all, for all the wonderful support and comfort that you
have given us during our period of grief.
With love
Theona, Michael, Raymond, Philippa, Jaimee and Vicky
JIMMY McGROARTY.
Much loved husband of Theresa, wonderful father of Jack, Jim and Anne and adored
grandfather of Amy, Sandy, Kyle, Fern and Jodie.
Jimmy passed away peacefully in his sleep in Kingston Hospital, London on Saturday 10th
March.
To know him was to love him, our lives have changed forever.
The Kariba Elephants are in DANGER.....Please take the time to read
Hello All out there who have an interest in conservation. ....!! In
haste and for your info........ ! Something that horrifies me, and
am sure will do the same with you.
National Parks are going to cull Elephants to feed crocodiles.
Apparently
they are going ahead with a plan to build their own Croc Farm here
in Kariba. Nothing wrong with the Farm proposal, but what worries
me sick is......... the fact that they propose to feed the crocs
with OUR ELEPHANT!!
They intend to cull between 50 and 100 Elephants per year to feed
the croc's. We DO NOT have that sort of population here.
Most of our Ele's
are
'tame'...human orientated and gentle old creatures! If they even
shoot 50.....that will be the end of our Kariba elephant
population? And they
DO
NOT
have the right to shoot them in the first place?? They do NOT own
the animals..... .although they like to think so!!!
They propose to put this farm right in the middle of the Kaburi
wilderness
game area, on the shoreline opposite Zebra and Antelope Islands.
Obviously
so that they have direct access to any Elephant wondering past, and
the remaining Buffalo and whatever is left there, for food to feed
their croc's.
Kariba thrives on it's Ele population. Most of them are well
acquainted with humans and traffic, and are a pleasure to have
around....especiall y as
a
draw for the few tourists we get here!
PLEASE help us protect them by spreading the word about this
disastrous idea.....and in the case of some of you, get it to the
knowledge of C.I.T.E.S. and any other international organisation
interested in conservation who may be able to block these
fools in Nat Parks.
I have passed this info on to Johnny Rodriguez of ZCTF and to a
journalist
mate of mine in the UK in the hope that it will become
international
news.
We need to involve WWF and others like them to help us save the
Elephant
here in Kariba.
So please spread the word........ .
Geoff Blyth.
Kindly pass this prayer to 12 people: "Lord Jesus Christ, walk through our Country
Zimbabwe and take away all our worries,economic hardships, political unrest and
illnesses. Please also bless the households of the individuals included in this e-mail and
the person who has sent it out. Amen"
SAD SERIES
Meppy is a mother, she has a baby on her back, I see her every Thursday when she comes
to rummage through our garbage bags. She is one of many who follow the dumptruck
roster.
Suburbs on Thursdays, Kumalo on Fridays, Burnside of Mondays.....
There are few affluent suburbs left now in Bulawayo, most households throw very little of
any use away, times are too hard, inflation running at 1700% and unemployment at 80%...
not much hope for Meppy and her baby........ ...
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