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Blog by Ben Venter, Barry from BoaTmanZA's regular peggie, fishing with Darren Allsop from Catching Carp magazine ... Ben writes .... I had a last-minute opportunity to fish "The Origin", which is part of the Winelands syndicate with Darren Allsopp from CatchingCarp Magazine. CatchingCarp Online Magazine After a busy week that was more down than up, I made my way to the water. After getting stuck in traffic on the N1 due to an accident and the normal "rubbernecking", I arrived at Winelands Friday at around 14:30. After all Covid protocols were met I could get my kit and rigs...

Six weeks on from our last outing and blog, we once again find ourselves doing a weekend session at The Origin. Subsequently the BoaTman Actor GPS has been upgraded to the Actor Pro2.2 version. What’s the difference you may ask? The GPS kit has been replaced with a Pro2.2 kit which now includes a Sonar, or as commonly known, a FishFinder. What an impressive piece of kit. As with the GPS model, I started out by calibrating the GPS and setting my home point. This time I chose to set a point central to the tips of my two rods....

The long awaited weekend finally arrived to get out to the water and put one of the Actor series Bait Boats through their paces. Unfortunately, my video camera’s battery packed up so no video for this trip, however a couple of pics of the Actor Basic and Actor GPS models as well as some stunning looking Carp, after all, that is what it’s all about and why we brave the elements, to see those beauties safely caught, netted, treated and released. At the outset I would like to state that all Covid protocols were followed and correct social distancing adhered...