Cape Town Angling Club

Feeder Angling

 

Feeder angling is the basic combination between match angling and pole angling, cmninding these facets to form a new and exciting way to catch fish. 

 

Cape Town Angling Club is a very active memeber at a provincial and national level, having feeder anglers that participate at a national, Federation and international level.

 

 

THIS IS HOW IT WORKS: 

 

WHAT IS FEEDER ANGLING?

 

In feeder angling, anglers make use of a seat box, which is a stand from which the anglers fish. The seat box can either be placed on the land and fished from or it can be placed in the water on a platform and fished from. The idea behind the seat box is that all necessary equipment is at hand and the angler should be able to perform every aspect of fishing from this seated postition, reducing wasted angling time and increasing angling speed. The angler needs to bait up, cast in, land fish and place the fish into the keepnet from this optimal, ergonomic position, where at no stage of the competition is the angler allowed to leave the seatbox/platform. Feeder angling makes use of specialized fishing rods that have an interchangeable quiver tip. These quiver tips are  highly sensitive, giving the angler a better indication on when a fish is biting. Different tips are used for different venues and in no way affects the anglers cast or distance. The most important aspect of feeder angling, that seperates it from any other facet of fishing, is the use of a feeder or cage.

The feeder cage is where an angler will place fine groundbait/feed and live bait particles that will disperse in the water and attract the fish.

 

COMPETITION SPECIFICATIONS: 

 

In CTAC our feeder anglers fish with the bank anglers as well as separately in their own division.

 

As a feeder angler you are welcome to come along to any of the bank angling competitions with your feeder angling set up and fish for the day amongst the bank anglers. You will be given points for your days catch and will be on the overall points list for the bank angling competitions even if you are feeder angling.

 

The feeder anglers also get together for seperate competitions where only feeder angling takes place. These competitions are held in conjunction with other clubs and members of the feeder angling community.

 

Feeder Angling in Western Province is relatively new but is rapidly growing. In 2014, Western Province sent up their first ever WP feeder angling team to compete in the South African Championships. Western Province did exceptionally well and had a number of anglers who were chosen to represent South Africa both locally and Internationally.

 

 

SPECIES 

 

In the Western Cape the most predominant species caugh is Carp and Barbel with a odd Kurper and Bluegill being caught here and there. In some dams in the Western Cape with have the Cape Witvis. The Witvis is an endangered species and therefore we have to follow strict protocol set by Cape Nature when handling these fish. Lucky anglers have caught Bass in the past but not on any artificial lures or spinners as these are prohibited. 

 

 

 

LOCATION

 

Club competitions are fished in and around the Western Cape.

 

 

TIME

Because feeder angling aims to increase speed and angling efficiency, competition hours are limited to 5 hours.

The anglers meet at 7am for a briefing where the rules and objectives for the day are discussed before moving to the fishing area.

Lines are in at 8am - 1pm.

 

Freshwater bank angling competitions run on a saturday with lines in a 8am and lines up at 4pm. 

Before every competition, all anglers meet at a general point where registration will take place. Registration will differ from dam to dam but the general briefing time is 7am.  Once registered for the days activities, the rules and objectives for the day are read out and the peg numbers are drawn before heading off to your allocated fishing area. 

 

 

COST

 

There is a R20 per person competition fee that must be payable at the start of every competition attended.

When there are dams that have a entrance fee, anglers will be informed of this additional payment before hand.