Crabs

[Little Green Fish]

Chizz

If you are going to go to Rietvlei and you manage to get bass, you'll be the Hero of the CENTURY.  Apparently there's no bass in there, due to a variety of sources each one's story starting diffirent, has diffirent content, but they all end in NO BASS.  I even went out there once to try and see for myself.  I didn't get any but then again it was only in the open pockets of reeds where the pappies sit during weekends, no duckies etc allowed on the water.

 

[Chizz]

Ok thanks. Hve you fished at hillside?

 

[Little Green Fish]

Yes once and got 2 on very diffirent lures, it doesn't really matter what you throw at them as long as you've seen one, just cast and it will get smacked.

 

[Herman Nel]

Hiya Chizz!

Maybe try using PROTEX...works for ZUMA.......!LOL!

Bass do love crabs,so too does Barbel ( for ESA okes ...) , but try to identify areas in the dam that crabs live,usually shallows,with rocks ( like a damwall ) and also eroded ( usually reddish coloured ) gravel / soil drop offs into deeper water. Look for holes the size of an apple and smaller in diameter. This is crab nests.

Bass will patrol these areas knowing what to look for ... ( The same way if you walk past a wimpy you know you can get a wimpy burger,etc...)

Try to cast a crab imitating lure onto the shore ( dry land ) then slowly pull in into and over these holes. Bass often lie in ambush for hours ( like a patient sniper ) watching the black holes, as soon as the shape of the hole changes ( crab exiting the nest ) they go into engaged mode...ready to strike!

Also remember that prespawn Female Bass tend to feed more on crustaceans due to the high calcium and mineral content for her eggs and fishing crab holding areas in prespawn might deliver your new pb!

In the spawntime itself,Bass kills and attacks natural egg snatchers  ( like crabs )with vengance , so try pulling one through a nest and see what happens.

If you cant find any crab lures in you area,you can easily make one with a brush hog

( see attached pic ) cut the wings so that they form pincers,make it shorter ( remove tail end ) and free the legs up. Fish it on a jig ( loodkoppie ) and twitching it makes it stand up pincers flaring! Crawl it slowly from the shallows to the deeper water etc.

 

[Herman Nel]

some of my crab lures...

 

[Herman Nel]

crab nest visible in the background...

 

[Herman Nel]

This is what the modified brush hog should look like...

 

[Koos Bass]

Hi, is daai "Brush Hog GT RSI" so met Microsoft Paint gesny of met die sker.

TATA

 

[Koos Bass]

could you please check the "Big Bass" post.

I have a question or two but i dont want to highjack this dudes post.

Thanks 

 

[Obsessed]

@ hillside - perhaps a titleist pro v for bait ?

ha ha ha !

 

[Koos Bass]

I think the driving range balls might also work with the black or red paint on it and the veld fire bubbles on the ball might add vibration.