The Mandela Cup is our traditional Christmas Break competition, and because of the timing the weather and our availability from family commitments is always a challenge. Once we set a date though, we fish regardless of the weather even if it means braving wind and rain and fishing from the pontoon. This year was one of those, and although we didn’t have rain we certainly had a biting north-easterly wind. Nevertheless seven brave (or crazy) souls turned out to fish the competition which was slated to start and at 10am and finish…whenever. After two and a half bite-less hours and numb extremities we called it a day. It is a Winner-Takes-All competition but as we all came joint first the only fair thing to do was to split the prize money between all of us. We are going to have to figure out how to fit seven names on the Mandela Cup but we’ll find a way. Thanks guys for turning out, we had some good chats and shared lots of plans for our 2026 fishy ambitions.
