As most of you know, the Vaal is one big piece of

[Naruto]

As most of you know, the Vaal is one big piece of water. It mainly consists of 2 legs fed by different rivers. I know the one river is the Vaal river and another one is the Wilge.

Have any of you experienced that some dips and baits work better in the one leg, than in the other? Does fishing in the one leg differ from the fishing in the other leg?

Venues where I normally struggle are in the bottom leg,, like Biermans.

Venues I normally do good are on the top leg(Vaal river).

Leg1:
Dips: Vaaldam, TCP, Perdeby, FX, Banjo, Almond
Baits: SWD/Floatie, SWD, floatie, mielies, Rysmiere

Leg2:
Dips: Vicks/Looti, Onion, FX/Perdeby, Banjo, Almond
Baits: SWD/Floatie, Worms

 

[Bottie]

Met die meesters so twee jaar terug by Biermans het 'n paar ouens redelik sukses behaal met kap-kap,stuttafords,paint en nog sterker geure. Ek moet egter meld dat dit gure weer was met temp. 14 celcius op die dinsdag. In November.

 

[LeonK]

naruto om eerlik te wees hengel al die oewers langs die dam vir my dieselfde maar dis net my opinie. al verskil is dat een oewer net moeiliker hengel as die ander een.

sien ons jou by die liga?

 

[Naruto]

Ek sien nogal uit na die liga. Ek hoor dis maar n moeilike stuk water waar ons gaan sit.Het jy vir my enige tips Rampokker? lol!

 

[LeonK]

LOL

ek gaan hom self toets die naweek dan sal ek jou n volledige verslag gee. hehehehe
ja daai oewer is tricky agv n paar sandbanke...amper soos biermans.
afstand gaan baie belangrik wees maar daar kom glo vetties uit.

 

[PI]

Dips I always catch fish on at the Vaaldam is:
1. FX/Perdeby
2. Banjo/Stats
3. Rooi GP/Perdeby
4. Devilsfork/FX
5. Strawlic

 

[LeonK]

PI ek het ook baie vertroue in daai aas wat jy daar genoem het

 

[Fishing Palace]

Hey guys i came across this thread in my search would you possibly be able to help me out i am planning on making a trip tomorrow and do not know the water. i read that there are sandbanks do you possibly know where they are and what would you recomend

 

[LeonK]

as jy na naruto en pi se thread kyk sal jy n goeie idee kry van wat orals werk in die vaaldam.
afstand = 40m-120m (orals)

 

[lippy]

HI There Guys

Hope I am at the right spot here (location location location)
I am very excited to go to Oranjeville this coming weekend and thought it good to ask for some advice.
1. Going with a boat(canoe) for the first time
What do I use to make a feeding spot with a coke bottle and an anchor I use on my kick boat, would this work OK.
And also would it be a good idea to have 2 or 3 spots deeper and more shallow. and so on (do not have a fish finder.

2. How deep would a good depth be to go
Looked at the contours and saw that the deepest we should find will be about 17 to 20 feet at about 150m
Advice would be great here please.

3. Which rig would be the best to use Rietvlei, babyshoes, vaaldam. Please keep in mind that only saying a rietvlei for example will not really do. I mean do I need to use long hook links or short
Please also think about any of those with hair rigs and so on. I made them all.

You would find that I did not ask about bait as that to me is not the most important as the other stuff.

However my strategy here is windy days
FX, duiwelsdrek , and some other stronger ones
Nice days Strawberry, Pink sweets and some other sweeter ones.
Bait will be Supercast with some protein and Mielies and boilies and floaties.

If you have better advice please let me know

4. There is nothing I can do about the weather but it looks ok just a bit colder the first 2 days and then better with 22deg with a little rain and then up to 25 with no rain. Any advice what to do with the weather changes will be greatly appreciated

The information here will be very helpfull as I am still a novice I just read a lot about the topic.

 

[Naruto]

Lippy, check these posts:
http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=40274&forum_id=80
http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=47343&forum_id=102
http://www.sealine.co.za/search.php?s=&q=oranjeville&forum_id=42

 

[lippy]

Thanks for that

I did however notice that the info on those threads are quite old, well the ones about the vaaldam anyway.

Is the info then still trusted, as this was the reason for the loooong post I made

In the meantime a lot of water went through that dam and I do not want to make decisions on old info

Thanks

 

[Naruto]

Only thing that might have changed is the dip of the day. But you can not go wrong with the combos in most of those threads. There is very little difference from one venue to the other at the Vaal. I would start of plain and rather try differing baits like doug and floaties, or just doug or just floaties etc. Maize is also a good bait for getting bogger fish on the hook. If you really want to get technical, get a fishfinder and find structure where you can make a feeding ground (see the specimen section for more info on this).

 

[lippy]

Thanks very much
will let you guys know hoe it went
Just one more what about the marker is it OK for what I suggested?

 

[Naruto]

I have never used markers as I mostly do bank angling (casting). Check the General section as there was a long discussion on markers and feeding a while back.