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 Posted: Sun Nov 18th, 2012 06:15 pm
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Gcvanheerden
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Best Catch: 11.9kg barbel 6.4 kg carp
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Mana: 
 I was just saying what works better for me but those are some great catches and i am glad there is another member to the catfish family!Have you hooked bigger there before?What size hook is that on the head looks lekker big.Is there a big difference betwee the hooks sizes nobbles I was looking at the 10 for large heads,the 8 for smaller heads the 12 for half carp and the 5 for everything else will that be okay?I will rather just buy two packets of one size if there is not a huge difference.
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 Posted: Sun Nov 18th, 2012 06:41 pm
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nobbles
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 Will pm you gc.
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 Posted: Sun Nov 18th, 2012 06:54 pm
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Gcvanheerden
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Best Catch: 11.9kg barbel 6.4 kg carp
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 Thanks I am burning to get a session in but I can't because of exams so probally only in december.Is kraaipoort open to anybody or is it private?
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 Posted: Sun Nov 18th, 2012 07:13 pm
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dorsalfin
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 Gv, it is open to anyone but there is a few places you can go. If you decide to come through, just let me know and il put you on the right spot. Cheetah wil come through again some time so let me know then we can arange a kind of social. We have caught 25 kg's in this dam.
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 Posted: Sun Nov 18th, 2012 07:18 pm
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Gcvanheerden
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Equipment: Shimano beastmasters 12ft ,DL 6000,penn 500s Sensation uptides,Shimano alivio spod
Best Catch: 11.9kg barbel 6.4 kg carp
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Mana: 
 Jph that's big!I will be comeing soon later this year maybe with cheetahfs I still want to fish with him then we can maybe have like a bloem social?
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 Posted: Mon Nov 19th, 2012 05:24 am
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Kosie
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Mana: 
 Jis ek het nou amper dam toe gery vanoggend oppad werk toe na ek die post gelees het! Awesome. Geluk met die sukses!
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 Posted: Mon Nov 19th, 2012 06:29 am
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Mission Man
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Mana: 
 very nicely done
made me envious to see all those pics
:clap12:clap12:clap12:clap12:clap12:clap12
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 Posted: Mon Nov 19th, 2012 08:49 am
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Cheetha FS
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 Dorsalfin U are the man!!! Glad u helped a newbie to get hooked on some nice cats! Have some manna boet. Just a view more days then im on leave and will be fishing with u at kraaipoort but first of to Bloemhof.
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 Posted: Mon Nov 19th, 2012 03:19 pm
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dorsalfin
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 I must say, the cats were thick, if we fished through the night, we could have doubled the amount of cats but the wind got a bit unpleasant so we retired to the tents. Some of the cats had marks on that looked like biting marks from other cats so suppose it was all part of the spawning fun.
Looking forward to fishing with you again cheetah. I fixed the ARK as well and got a nice 5.5 outboard for it so I can fish bigger livies now. Still need to gat that big cat on a livie.
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 Posted: Tue Nov 20th, 2012 06:47 am
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Cheetha FS
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 dorsalfin wrote: I must say, the cats were thick, if we fished through the night, we could have doubled the amount of cats but the wind got a bit unpleasant so we retired to the tents. Some of the cats had marks on that looked like biting marks from other cats so suppose it was all part of the spawning fun.
Looking forward to fishing with you again cheetah. I fixed the ARK as well and got a nice 5.5 outboard for it so I can fish bigger livies now. Still need to gat that big cat on a livie.
That sounds good! So when i come again whe must shoot for the dam wall! Ive got a feeling that the big ones will be hiding there!
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 Posted: Tue Nov 20th, 2012 03:22 pm
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dorsalfin
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 We can try the dam wall. I have never fished there before but I think it is about 50km further. The big cats may be there though and make the drive worth it.
I want to fish the place we fished last weekend again, but this time with the boat. We took the fishfinder and found a place at exactly 3m that the fish almost form a `` cloud`` on the screen and then around them, there was some structure so I am burning to go drop a livie there.
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 Posted: Tue Nov 20th, 2012 03:40 pm
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aquadementia
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Mana: 
 great stuff nice going!
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 Posted: Tue Nov 20th, 2012 04:37 pm
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dorsalfin
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 Thanks aqua,hows the fishing up there treating you?
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 Posted: Fri Nov 23rd, 2012 08:58 am
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Tiny75
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Mana: 
 Hi Dorsal,

Very nice cathes, well done, and good on you for exposing newbies to fishing, hopefully they are now HOOKED on fishing.

Tiny
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 Posted: Fri Nov 23rd, 2012 11:44 am
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dorsalfin
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 To be honest Tiny, fishing is all Abre now talks about. He just want to have everything perfect for the next trip.
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 Posted: Mon Nov 26th, 2012 12:21 pm
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Tiny75
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Mana: 
 Thats great,

I can see you know that water and fishing in general hence you got them into some nice fish.  

Well done!!!

Tiny 
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 Posted: Mon Nov 26th, 2012 06:15 pm
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dorsalfin
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Mana: 
 Thanks Tiny. It is always a pleassure introducing people to our wonderful sport.
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