Nigel Dam

Flashback

Senior Member
Ek het in die week bietjie na die dam gaan kyk en met n persoon gepraat wat daar vis gevang het en daar woon en groot geword het.

Hy het vir my gese dat hy al daar karp gevang het wat hy nie kon uit kry nie!!

Die dam is ouer as 20 jaar en het geweldig baie riette om en in hom!

Gewonder of enige iemand enige inligting het oor die dam se vis??
 

biohazard

New member
i used to live in springs before i moved to cape town, that dam has some awesome fish in there... the boats are a pain in the summer and its can get amazingly cold there in the winter.... the corner section with all the reeds(nearly looks like a seperate dam) is very silty, some parts up to need deep. also certain parts of the dam is very rocky.... i have landed myself some fish over the 10kg mark and i believe there must be some huge buggers around
 

biohazard

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also that dam is way older than 20 years old, i'm thirty 32 and have fished there when i was 6... safety is a big problem there, but with some luck i have never been bothered once at that dam, used to camp over regularly there
 

Renier de wet

New member
Nigel dam is so veilig soos jou sitkamer, jy moet net weet waar om te sit. Die kant by die golf bane met die precast mure is gevaarlik, maar agter db thermal en by die parkie is veilig. Ek kamp graag daar.

Wil my luck try met tigernuts. Die grootes kom in die nag uit
 

hrogers

Senior Member
Rather be safe than sorry - if you are in a big group your safety will be safer.
If decide to stay at night there are alternative ways to barricade your camp, make turns to keep watch. Always be on a alert side
I won't advise to go to Spaarwater dam - Squatter camp is next to it.....
 
nigel dam is very good.

some anglers camp there regularly.
they also do get fish around the 14kg mark.


I have seen the pics.

we only fish it for bass.

we know there are bigger ones there.

safety, like stated, the golf course side is the one to worry about.
behind db thermal it seems to be safer.

we have not heard of any problems in the past 1,5 years or even longer.

but, be alert and take care, I do not want to read about you guys in the herout!!!!

enjoy it!!!
 
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