Arabie

[waterdog]

Hi Gents

 

Right im off to Arabie for the first time at the end of the month - Mission one is to try get some of the bass in there - I have been all over sealine and other sites trying to find info but not much available. Can anyone help me out with spots or if its even worth my while fishing bass?

Im obviously going to try nail the bream midday - Got the worms and floats ready and will try my hand at carp fishing - ANy info on tis will be useful to - I was at the mercy of teh salesman and have no clue about carp _ I got a bag of mix to drop off at night from the boat in front of the campsite some "Popcorn" and some aniseed floties.. Will this do to maybe land me a carp or two at night??

Any info is appreciated ! thanks

 

[Ant01]

Hi Waterdog,

Go up the river as far as you can, river should not be flowing too strong as I saw a very dry damwall at loskop last weekend. (we need some rain)

Through plastics behind those islands isolated on the opposite side as the flowing direction. Let the current drift your lure. And hold on...those bass are strong.

The dam side has never delivered for us.

Good luck

 

[shuraj]

I would rather go with Banana or Cinnamon mielies  with a variation of big floaties for the carp at night.

becareful for the crocs at night when targeting the carps.

 

[BassMasterClassic]

Hi Waterdog what days are u going?

 

[The Owner]

I fished an artlure national their 2 years ago and we caught a lot of bass each day with some reaching close to 3kg. The river has the biggest bass and our guys had a lot of success in the river with deep diving cranks. Otherwize you can fish some of the big trees on your way to the river with texas rigged flukes. For the dam I personally love junebug weightless flukes. The trick is to get past the first barrier of trees and then cast in the side pockets between the trees. The deeper you can get behind the trees where most fisherman are not willing to go the better the fishing will be. Here is my biggest bass I caught at Arabie while practising for the nationals, caught on a weightless fluke and not weighed.

 

[waterdog]

Thanks for the info gents -

At The Owner - I have a rubbe duck don't think I want to push to far into the trees but Ill give the river a go!! Not the dam to deflate in hey hahaha

At Bass master classic - Im going on the wekend of the 28-30th cant freaking wait man!!

Keen to get a bit of pap goie going at night been to long since I caught a Carp !

 

[BassMasterClassic]

Cool man.
No thx my days of pap gooi is long gone.
Have fun

 

[waterdog]

Thanks man will do.

I have come full circle - including flyfishing (sport and career) time for a new fooshie on the end of my line..

Nothing beats a tiger though! Cheers

 

[Benmasjien]

Hi waterdog,

How was the fishing? We are planning on going to Arabie hopefully this weekend. Any tips or spots you want to share? We will be fishing from the boat most of the time, and plan on targeting the Kurper, although anything that bites (except croc's) are welcome.

Also, where did you guys stay? We were thinking of aloe park. Any security issues?

 

[Otto]

@Benmasjien - Aloe is a good place to stay, the security is good , yet not foolproof. We go there often enough and have never had a problem. Bank angling is better from the Schuinsdraai Campsite. If you do have a boat then you must head for the dam wall and target Blue Kurper on the left hand side of the dam between the submerged trees. The season for Blues is almost here, please post what happened on your trip. Good Luck.

 

[waterdog]

hey benj - we had terrible weather only got 4 hours fishing in and didnt even get a nibble - then packed up.. i want to try again soon when the blues are biting - good luck and let me know how it goes

 

[Benmasjien]

Unfortunately we had some vehicle troubles, so Arabie will have to wait a little longer. We might sneek away to Rhenosterkop dam tomorrow. Fingers crossed.