Boskop Dam is a great little dam. The water is always crystal clear and it fishes ell throughout the year. I fished it over the past month and have no complaints. Our trip got us onto a pattern in the grass just off the main river channel (early spring the grass is not too thick) throwing lipless cranks and ripping them through the grass. Between 2 of us we boated over 70 fish, the best being around 1.9kg but all were fat and healthy ranging from 800g upwards.
It becomes difficult when the wind picks up (and usually always does) but it doesnt stop them biting, just keeping the boat in position is tough.
It fished very well in December as well but there are lots of smaller fish around - great if you're taking lities with you as they will be kept busy.
Go to's in summer:
-zara spooks, torpedos and poppers early in the morning
-lightly weighted flukes to be fished in the deeper grass once the sun gets up (mardi gras, black purple, watermelon magic are all consistent producers)
- DT10/DLN cranks to crank the rocks and rip rap at the wall area, always better fish hanging in the deeper water around the wall
-topwater frogs anytime of the day really, as long as they are in the grass they will come up and chow frogs
Stick to light line as due to the clarity they can be very skittish and make long casts....
here's a pic of a nice chunky 2.3kg caught in September on zara spook, early in the morn...in the drizzle (hope it uploads)
cheers!
