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Hi all![/b]  [/b] As promised yesterday here is the new rig I invented recently, I call it the “BUNGEE RIG”![/b]  [/b] It is fairly simple to tie, easy to fish ( especially from a boat or float tube ) and it does work![/b]  [/b] Originally I called it the “BUNGEE FLUKE RIG”...

Hi All! After taking some time off and changing jobs I have been a bit busy, and could not really make posts on the forum,but now I am back and "gaan sommer met die deur in die huis val"! This morning at 6 Am on SS1 I was watching ESA bass. What a lot of k@k that oke was talking when he caught...

Hi Guys! After the overwelming response I got after putting the ad up this morning regarding the fishfinder my buddy wants to sell, I thought let me put up some of the reels I want to move since I got a "small" sponsorship with BERKLEY last year.   Shimano Chromica - R 350.00 Banax tova - R...

Hi all! Let me begin by saying I hope 2010 is going to be a great fishing year for all of you and may many pb's be caught! One of my fishing buddies in Swaziland has got a fishfinder he wants to sell, here is what he sent me: "I won a fish finder at the Maguga winter classic with a lucky...

Hi all! Being bitten the last few years with lure building and designing, I came up with a lure ( another HYBRID type ) specifically for SA barbel! It is a cross between a Lipless crank,a pumkinseed and a Crankbait. It is BIG,around 13cm in length and about 21 cm in diameter. So here is the...

Hiya everybody! Here is my latest creation - The Tigerfly! Let me know what you guys think!

Hiya Guys! One of my international fishing connections sent me this... It makes 100% sense to me,but my first reaction was "wtf?"... Regards Herman   Robbins, Pete. "UNVEILING SHINICHI FUKAE'S SECRET BED-FISHING SETUP." FLW OUTDOORS Jan.-Feb. 2008 54-60   When Shinichi Fukae of...

Hi Guys! I came across a "bargain" at a local hardware store... Daiwa inshore reel / baitcaster I handled the reel,still brand new...apparantly they ordered it for a guy who cancelled the deal later on... Checked out the specs, looks good , 5 ballbearings,1 rollerbearing,28" inches of line...

Quick trip this morning at a farm dam,wanted to get footage for my site of bass taking the Herminator-Hybrid. ...10 redbreasted Kurpers between 500Gr and about 1 kg... ...3 small bass of 500 gr and less... ...1 Bluekurper of over 2 kgs...what a fight on light tackle,sure beats a 2 kg bass...

Hi all!  Anyone know of a Troutfarm for sale in Mpumalanga? Please pm me if possible....big money can be made here!!!!! Regards   Herman

Hi all. With great sadness this morning I was informed our local pro angler Erwin Schroeder passed away in a motor accident on Saturday night. Just Friday he was in our local newspaper " The Lowvelder" holding up a bass after being ranked no 6 in SA and earning his Protea colours . He will be...

Hi Guys! Here is a article I did about six years back,that was never published. This was when Frikkie Botha form Problades and I met up and he gave me some spinnerbaits to field test. Notice the "boep" ...there I still weiged 103kgs...before the resession! LOL A HOT WINTERS...

Hallo almal! Aangesien die spawn nou hier is het ek dit goedgedink om die artikel oor die broeigewoontes van Bass wat ek gedoen het in Stywe Lyne so jaar of wat terug op te sit op Sealine. Sal later die fotos opsit ...die formaat moet verander word. Geniet dit! Herman Alles oor die...

Hi guys & the one or two gals! My friend Bigjoe came down to the lowveld last week to fish Driekoppies. Things did not work out for me as planned and I could only join him for a quick 4 hour session. He was kicking my butt 5 fish to nill, untill we fished an arm of the dam with some nice weed...

Hi guys,...and the one or two girls! Received some kiekies from the owner of the farm where I caught my big bass. This dam also contain Tigers....notice the gap on the dorsal fin...? This Carp was landed there this past weekend, not too bad hey? Regards Herman

Hi all! Anyone fishing Loskop the 9th of May when it is that R 1 000 000 comp? My brother in law convinced me to join him, so I will be there. As I understand there is also prizes for the biggest of 5 species too-I presume Carp,Kurper,Rednose Mudfish,Barbel and of course BASS....? Greetings...

Hi all! Yesterday morning this 5,5 kg beauty was landed from the same venue where I got my 6,7 kg fish. A very reputable angler ( Riaan ) estimates this fish over 6 kilos in spawn time. Bait was a Brown fluke and it was caught from the shore at the damwall. Notice the smallish mouth, very...

Hallo almal! Nou net uitslae vd ouens met die wit jassies gekry! Daar is 'n speling van plus 225 - 230 gram op daai Bandit trekskaal op 7 kilogram, dus as die naald op 7 kilos gestop het , het my vis ongeveer 6,77 kgs geweeg , maw 475 gram swaarder as J v Zuydam se SA rekord! Ongelukkig sal...

Hallo almal! (asook die ouens wat ek nie wil groet nie...more aan julle ook!) Ek het Vrydag gou weggeglip by die werk en vinnig so paar gooie gaan maak by 'n pvt dam so 7 kilometer buite Nelspruit. By pel Riaan het so effens vir sy baas gejok en my vergesel. Ons het gehengel vanaf 9:48 en ek...

Hallo daar almal! Wou net gou vir almal wat nie eers 7 kilos met ' reguit arm kan optel iets wys... So...wie laaste lag , lag seker dan die lekkerste! Lekker naweek! Herman