Crabs
- Thread starter Chizz
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Bass Buster
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Chizz I live in centurion when I go out again I will tell you so that you can come fish with me. I am no pro but do know a bit but I will pm and get your contact details.
Little Green Fish
Sealiner
Chizz wrote:
Ag sies man, crabs, eeeeeeuuuuuuw, just yanking your lure...... where did you get these non-bass bites, listen, I caught two last week fishing slow so it happens, perhaps if you fish a venue that is a bit more active (faster retrieval speeds) you'll be rewarded with fins instead of pinchers.
Chizz
That happens all the time with new bass anglers, look at the positive side of it. Firstly if you are fishing so slow that a crab can grab your lure you understand the concept of slow fishing.
Secondly if you catch a crab on a bass lure you are not far away from the bass, it is a well known fact that crabs is a staple food for bass in SA. In fact there is a time frame when they feed exclusively on crabs, only if there is crabs in the dam of course!
The most important thing about bass fishing is to find the fish, you learn this by understanding their behaviour patterns which is influenced by the weather. And then also learn how they relate to structure during these behaviour patterns.
There is a few offers to help on this thread and I would duggest you take them, the only place you learn is on the water. You will also see once you have caught your first fish it becomes easier!
That happens all the time with new bass anglers, look at the positive side of it. Firstly if you are fishing so slow that a crab can grab your lure you understand the concept of slow fishing.
Secondly if you catch a crab on a bass lure you are not far away from the bass, it is a well known fact that crabs is a staple food for bass in SA. In fact there is a time frame when they feed exclusively on crabs, only if there is crabs in the dam of course!
The most important thing about bass fishing is to find the fish, you learn this by understanding their behaviour patterns which is influenced by the weather. And then also learn how they relate to structure during these behaviour patterns.
There is a few offers to help on this thread and I would duggest you take them, the only place you learn is on the water. You will also see once you have caught your first fish it becomes easier!
Little Green Fish
Sealiner
Chizz wrote:
Buddy here's some PTA venues:
Ithumela close to Roodeplaat R80
Roodeplaat itself (hyacinth should be something of the past in the next couple of weeks) R35
Thulani close to Wonderboom airport R90
Strubens close to Menlyn Free
Hillside golf course Pretoria North R25
Vasfontein 20 odd k's north of Pretoria R50 for 1/2 day
Then there's Techno Park in Centurion (although fishing is forbidden guys still fish there) Free but ....
If you need more info let me know.
Buddy here's some PTA venues:
Ithumela close to Roodeplaat R80
Roodeplaat itself (hyacinth should be something of the past in the next couple of weeks) R35
Thulani close to Wonderboom airport R90
Strubens close to Menlyn Free
Hillside golf course Pretoria North R25
Vasfontein 20 odd k's north of Pretoria R50 for 1/2 day
Then there's Techno Park in Centurion (although fishing is forbidden guys still fish there) Free but ....
If you need more info let me know.
Little Green Fish
Sealiner
Monster
It's in Rachel de Beer Street in PTA North, there used to be a rubish dump (landfill site) there, once you passed the comercial area with all the businesses and start getting houses again (coming from Paul Kruger st) you'll pass a Shell garage on your left. You'll get a traffic light (if memory serves me well) and the entrance after that is the golf course. You should be able to see a large concrete (double storey structure unfinished) on your left, that's the pond where you fish.
Fishing is somewhat weird as they will strike any colour plastic as long as you cast or retrieve close to them, now this is where it gets weird, you can't really see them !!!! If you do, just cast, it's gonna get hammered. Almost the same as Thulani.
It's in Rachel de Beer Street in PTA North, there used to be a rubish dump (landfill site) there, once you passed the comercial area with all the businesses and start getting houses again (coming from Paul Kruger st) you'll pass a Shell garage on your left. You'll get a traffic light (if memory serves me well) and the entrance after that is the golf course. You should be able to see a large concrete (double storey structure unfinished) on your left, that's the pond where you fish.
Fishing is somewhat weird as they will strike any colour plastic as long as you cast or retrieve close to them, now this is where it gets weird, you can't really see them !!!! If you do, just cast, it's gonna get hammered. Almost the same as Thulani.