Author Topic: St Lucia/Maphelane (Read 134052 times)

colin · « **Reply #62 on:** May 24, 2017, 07:00:46 AM »

well done guys ,

for releasing

REEFMAN · « **Reply #63 on:** May 24, 2017, 07:38:45 AM »

Wow some awesome catches Willie!

Bigben · « **Reply #64 on:** May 24, 2017, 08:49:28 AM »

WoW what an awesome session.

Thx for sharing.

REEFMAN · « **Reply #65 on:** June 01, 2017, 10:49:40 AM »

Not sure how recent this photo is, but Isimangaliso posted it yesterday. Looking flipping amazing!

sardinella · « **Reply #66 on:** June 01, 2017, 12:53:16 PM »

Fortunately that is very recent

sardinella · « **Reply #67 on:** June 01, 2017, 12:57:04 PM »

From Jeff Asher Wood yesterday at Vidal

Plugger · « **Reply #68 on:** June 01, 2017, 01:20:47 PM »

Not what you want to run into on your way to the shower late at night !

sardinella · « **Reply #69 on:** June 01, 2017, 01:25:29 PM »

For sure, they have been spotted inside the camp many times. This one was just outside the staff quarters as you approach Vidal camp

Allie · « **Reply #70 on:** June 01, 2017, 03:57:24 PM »

I fished Mission's on Saturday night and saw "big cat" tracks in the sand whilst walking to 1st Bats. Couldn't get the feeling of being watched out of my head.

hrogers · « **Reply #71 on:** June 01, 2017, 08:32:19 PM »

awesome photo !! Thanks for sharing !!

MIKE PIKE · « **Reply #72 on:** June 02, 2017, 02:08:30 PM »

.. the more i look at that pic Tony posted of St Lucia , the further my brain drifts away from work , looks awesome ...compared to a year or 2 ago ...

REEFMAN · « **Reply #73 on:** June 02, 2017, 04:54:47 PM »

Can you imagine that spot in a year or 2, once the nursery has re-established again!?! With the heavy ParksBoard presence at Maphelane, it will be back to the glory days! No local subsistence plunder etc etc.

Ziggy · « **Reply #74 on:** June 02, 2017, 06:17:01 PM »

Who can recall the intense criticism of Zaloumis around the methodology and plans of opening the mouth.....I think he has done and is doing an excellent job regenerating the lake

colin · « **Reply #75 on:** June 02, 2017, 07:40:03 PM »

[quote author=REEFMAN
Can you imagine that spot in a year or 2, once the nursery has re-established again!?! With the heavy ParksBoard presence at Maphelane, it will be back to the glory days! No local subsistence plunder etc etc.

Tony , can't happen soon enough .

sardinella · « **Reply #76 on:** June 02, 2017, 09:19:17 PM »

The initial critisism against Zaloumis and Isimangaliso was definitely warranted, they wasted a year and 20 bar on a contractor that was not successful at all.

sardinella · « **Reply #77 on:** June 02, 2017, 09:26:32 PM »

What you see is a freshwater lake, the system still needs to be connected to the ocean. Once this happens, and the system remains connected, it is going to take many years for the original ecosystem to return. Also bear in mind that the the lake is completely silted up, and choked by invasive reeds. Nowhere deeper than 2 meters.
Isimangaliso and Zaloumis should take all the blame for the total collapse of the system. The mouth should have been kept open by any means possible.
See the shellfish on the lakebed that died off. This pic is from the Kwa Nibela area in the north. People dont grasp the full scope of the eco system loss.

sardinella · « **Reply #78 on:** June 02, 2017, 09:35:14 PM »

Dont be fooled by Parks board presence at Maphelane. Railway ledges is being plundered on a weekly basis at night by people driving up from Richardsbay. 4 weeks ago I was witness to gill nets being set in the river at Mapelane in broad daylight. The Parksboard officer stood and watched in my presence for 10 minutes and then just drove off without taking any action. Even a police officer from St Lucia by the name of Stanley arrived on the scene, and just drove off without taking action. He told me they had no access to a boat to persue the matter.
Parksboard, as we knew them, is in total shambles.

REEFMAN · « **Reply #79 on:** June 03, 2017, 05:08:04 AM »

Arrrgghhhh! Willie, you just ruined my day...