Trophy Tails

05/10/2026

Another order of 5/8, 1/2 & 3/8oz Trophy Tails Bucktails heading off to Knysna to tempt some Summer Garrick!! 😀

05/10/2026

Another order of 5/8, 1/2 & 3/8oz Trophy Tails Bucktails heading off to Knysna to tempt some Summer Garrick!! :-)

05/10/2026

Good order of Trophy Tails 1/2, 3/8 & 1/4oz Bucktails...heading off to the Overberg to tease some Summer catches!! 😀

21/09/2026

Trophy Tails going out from 2oz to 1/4oz...ready to tackle some Trophy catches this summer! 😀

17/09/2026

Trophy Tails Bucktails...going into stock at Trophy Tackle Den!! 😀

15/09/2026

Trophy Tails Bucktails ready for some summer catches!! 😀

10/09/2026

Some Trophy Tails 3/8oz, 1/2oz & 5/8oz Bucktails off to tease some Spring feeders!

08/09/2026

Morning PE Anglers!

Some new Trophy Tails Bucktails, in of the popular patterns, going into stock at Trophy Tackle Den - Newton Park (Stefs) today!! 😀

07/09/2026

This one was for the ages! It's taken me a very LONG time to land a Trophy Garrick on Gamoos!

I've always said if they lurked on Gamtoos I would eventually bag one! LoL My thoughts are that post the flood the river mouth is widest and deepest I have seen in 11 years spent fishing the estuary?

Methinks it's a sign...this summer might just produce some record breaking catches!!

Tight Lines to my fellow Gamtoos Anglers!! 😀

An unexpected mid-week afternoon session at the Gamtoos River mouth...

04/09/2026

Hi Artlure Anglers,

An unexpected mid-week afternoon session at the Gamtoos River mouth turned into an absolute battle!

With freshwater runoff still flowing from recent floods and the mouth wide open to the ocean for the first time in 10 years, the conditions were primed for top-tier estuary action.

Navigating the choppy water near the mouth on my small craft, I initially headed down intending to target Dusky Kob using a 6-inch White Mermaid Tail. After a young Garrick chased my Mermaid Tail Soft Plastic, I dropped anchor and immediately switched over to a 1/2 oz Chartreuse and White Trophy Tails bucktail.

On just my second cast, something massive slammed the bucktail jig and started stripping line off the reel at an alarming rate.

Being a better angler than a YouTube cameraman, I didn't have the camera gear ready for the initial strike! But after a solid 17-minute battle, I managed to slip a stunning 82cm Garrick into the landing net—a brand-new Gamtoos River Personal Best, beating my previous river record by a whopping 10cm.

While I've taken larger Leervis in Cape Town, Swartkops, and Angola, landing a fish this size in the Gamtoos is something special.

After a few quick photos, this magnificent fish was safely released back into the river. Practicing catch and release is essential for preserving our future fish stocks and keeping our local estuaries thriving. Every young sport angler should adopt this mindset—catch and release, it's the right thing to do!

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An unexpected mid-week afternoon session at the Gamtoos River mouth...