Here are a few ideas where to go fishing over the Christmas break, beyond Florida and the Caribbean. Let’s see if our online marketplace for fishing trips can offer something different.
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To the Orange River in Richtersveld, South Africa: Part IV
Above anything else, fishing in the Orange River in Richtersveld is very unpredictable, but very exciting and usually rewarding.
Continue readingTo the Orange River in Richtersveld, South Africa: Part III
TO PART I By Scotty Kyle So, having arrived safely at Sendelingsdrif, the Headquarters of the Richtersveld National Park and
Continue readingHells Canyon: North America’s Deepest Fishing Hole
Hells Canyon, on the border of Oregon and Idaho, is the deepest canyon in North America, and contains some 214,000 acres of wilderness, almost all of it inaccessible by road. This makes the Snake River in the Hell’s Canyon a perfect location for a fishing adventure.
Continue readingTo the Orange River in Richtersveld, South Africa: Part II
In the Richtersveld area the Orange River has no hippopotami, crocodiles, lions or elephants and indeed very little game of any sort. It does, however, contain very large fish surrounded by some of the most remote and magnificent terrain on the continent.
Continue readingTo the Orange River in Richtersveld, South Africa
The Richtersveld is a World Heritage Site situated on the west coast of Africa near the mouth of the Orange River between Namibia and South Africa. It is one of the most inhospitable places on earth as it almost never rains and, while summer day temperatures are constantly in the 40’s, winter nights can be so cold that the air sneaks inside almost any clothing or sleeping bag. The Orange is the longest and one of the largest rivers in South Africa and has origins and inputs from places as diverse as the pristine highlands of Lesotho and the sprawling townships of Johannesburg. From another perspective, however, the Richtersveld is one of the very best, and yet least known, sport and game fishing destinations in Africa.
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