Thank you KB

**Storm** · 18th December 2006, 15:46

Nice work

Heres to the next 4000 and many more trouble free miles

**Leong** · 18th December 2006, 16:55

Good read PF. Sorry to hear about your Mom. Don't know how long you've been in NZ, but I hope she had the opportunity to enjoy some time here. And of course I agree about KB...

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 18th December 2006, 18:26

Great read, glad you are enjoying riding and thanx for sharing...

Biking has been in my blood since I was about 5 years old, now at 38 I still get off me ride with a huge grin on my face...

The day that grin isn't there is the day I may consider another form of transport... but only consider

KB is full of knowledge and its great to see people willing to share thier knowledge. Something about bikers in general, a willing to help and a nice bunch of people in general.

**elle-f** · 18th December 2006, 18:33

That was an awesome read. have a wonderful chrissy

**Crasherfromwayback** · 18th December 2006, 19:50

Originally Posted by placidfemme

Biking will always be a part of my life, and hopefully I’ll spend many more years to come learning from you all, and maybe one day I’ll be able to pass on the knowledge I learnt from you on to some other newbie biker. You’ve all made a difference in my life… thank you

keep it rubber side down and ride safe!

Welcome to the 'Club'!....you got the bug in the same manner as all of us I reckon....it just dawns on you one day that two wheels are much better/sexier/cooler and fun than four!

To this day despite the years I've spent in the 'industry'....I still get a huge buzz myself seeing newcomers experience that 'must have' feeling I can see on their faces from 20 metres away! It's still addictive.....may you have many years of safe riding ahead of you!

Pete

**Big Dog** · 18th December 2006, 21:57

Great read.

**erik** · 19th December 2006, 08:09

Good read, thanks for sharing.

Al · 19th December 2006, 09:10

Nicely written!
Take care out there

Al

**placidfemme** · 19th December 2006, 09:12

*officially my 4000th post*

Thanks everyone for your responses

**terbang** · 19th December 2006, 09:30

Good read there PF. The bikes are like a disease that you can't seem to shake off. Allways there. Merry Christmas..!

**placidfemme** · 19th December 2006, 12:30

ohhh speedie your making me home sick (just a lil bit)... I used to go fishing with my dad at Kariba almost every weekend... such an amazing place, wild animals wondering around (most of the surrounding land of Kariba is national parks...)

My dad used to fish for Zim in the Anglers Assc. or something like that... he has more fishing throphies in his house than anything else...

**Citroenjunkie** · 19th December 2006, 12:50

Being from South Africa it is great to find another 'African' I'm battling towards 30 posts 4000 is awesome! I hope you are still riding at 8000!

**placidfemme** · 19th December 2006, 12:57

Originally Posted by Speedie

OK so theres lions, Elephants and stuff wandering around the shore and Hippos and rhinos in the lake.

But the fishing looks farkin dodgy, what gives with the Tiger Fish... I aint fishin in that lake (or swimming)

lol the wild animals arn't just by the shores... theres a camp site called Charara, that has a gate... and no fence on either side of the gate... pretty pointless... I've been walking around the campsite at night and come across hyena's... and woken up in my tent at like 7am because of the heat, makes the tent like a sauna, and opened my tent to find an elephant eating the bark off the baobab tree and had to stay in my tent for another 40 minutes until it finished, I remember my dad and sister standing by the truck laughing at me... bastards... anyway thats where they hold the KITFIT (Kariba International Tiger Fishing Tournament) with 1000's of entrants from all over the world. Fish on your own or in a team of up to 4 anglers.

The tiger fish is not dangerous at all, a good catch is over 1.5kg, otherwise they are classed as babys lol

The most dangerous thing to worry about in the water is (A) hippo's (they kill more tourists than other wild animals) and (B) crocs...

We used to swim in the lake... but only in water over 120 feet deep, which is still dangerous but not too bad, croc's generally swim around the shore of the lake and not across the middle... You just have to consider all the human crap in there from all the villages on the sides of the lake and the rivers leading to the lake...

The temp gets real high during the day (between 30 and 40 celcius) but its not a bad heat like here...

Catching Tiger fish is the best fishing i've ever done. The tiger fish put up a huge fight and they jump out the water and it looks amazing... you have to have (don't know what its called) but like metal fishing trace from the hook to the fishing line cause the teeth cut through standard lines...

Annoying part of tiger fishing is that the best spots are in semi-shallow water where the trees are half out the water (like the pics you posted), problem being when they try to swim away your line can get twisted in the trees and you loose it...

You use bait called "Kapenta" which is a small fish, similar to white wait. You place 3 on your hook facing one way and the fourth one facing the other way... this makes it look like the kapenta are swimming...

Another great challenge is catching Vundu... which is a much larger version of the Barble (Barbel), otherwise known as cat-fish... slimly looking ugly fuckers... they can weigh up to 120kg+ you sure as hell know when you hook one of them...

Fishing is so relaxing... where else can you fish for a great game fish, sit in the sun and not get terribly burnt, watch african fish eagles soar around and sweep down to grab fish and then watch them sit on a dead tree and eat it! Not to mention watching lions hunting, hyena's, elephants, sable, kudu, impala, eland, hippos (by the way being down wind from a hippo doing a shit is not fun lol)...

*stops rambling*

*is really homesick now*

**placidfemme** · 19th December 2006, 13:08

ohhh look... my dad made #9

http://www.africanfisherman.com/kift_results.htm

Not too bad seeing as he quit fishing a few years back to take on drinking full time...