Farm dams

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Mombakkie

Senior Member
Found myself arbing about the house yesterday at around 5pm so decided to grab 2 rods and head up to the farm dam to take in the scenery. The dam is generally later than most other dams as its deep and on the south side of a hill in a kloof. So the water takes a little longer to warm up.

Not expecting much I took a topwater rod and a spinnerbait rod for no particular reason. The weather wasn't great so it was really a case of getting away from it all for an hour or two.

Well when I got in the bakkie an hour and a half later I'd landed 18 fish , missed about 15 bites and lost 3. Got 2 fish on spook and the rest all on spinnerbait. The spinnerbait bite was surprising cause there was hardly any wind and completely overcast with no sun.

The fish were all males between 800g and 1.2 kilo, females still staging.

Jus goes to show you never know.

 
 
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Maki

New member
Hi mombakkie,could you tell me where in cape town is this dam is located? Directions would be appreciated.Thankx bud
 
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Maki

New member
Come on help a fellow angler man.If you dont want to post it up then PM me.I promise ill keep it a secret.
 
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Mombakkie

Senior Member
For smallmouth bass fish above and below rapids or over shallow areas in the middle of the river, especially where there are submerged rocks. Rebel Pop R topwater popper, small spinnerbaits or in line spinners like the Vibrax range with feathered trebles also fished in the above areas. Senko type baits(Yum Dinger, Yamamoto senko) fished weightless to drift with current.

For largemouth bass texas rigged creature baits like brushogs fished in amongst trees and other cover lying in the water. Fish areas of calmer water and look out for places along the banks where water is flowing into the river. Look for the cleanest water you can find and fish in that area.

For the barbel, be prepared to sacrifice a few spinnerbaits and other lures. Reserve a few choice words for those occations, they're a nuisance.

Last time I was there I was very dissapointed, would have been better off fishing for carp and barbel.

sent you a pm with more info

 
 
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ThefishinMagician

Sealiner
got your pm... thanx.

Will see what we can convince to take the bait this weekend.
To my name I Have 1 or 2 top water baits a single lonely crank bait, a spinner bait (white), the frog prince (Green and yellow) and the some pumkin seed lizard rubbers.

Will these be ok, or will i have to break out the fantastico plastico at Tuckers on Thursday?
 
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Mombakkie

Senior Member
Speak to that contact I gave you, then go to tuckers if necessary. Ja its lekka to have all the tackle but it costs, not worth spending if you only do bass fishing once a year.
 
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Zane

New member
Hi Calder,

The area around Bonnievale had brilliant smallmouth bass fishing until about 3 years ago when the catfish literally ate all the smallmouth in the space of a year.

There are however more large mouth bass than ever before.  You can catch a lot of largemoth bass below the bridge that crosses the Breeded river near the Parmelot factory. 

Try if possible to use a flotation craft like a float tube or ark canoe.  Your fishing ski is too heavy and cumbersome to transport around the river and the sharp rocks in the rapids could damage it.

The bass lie in the mats of watergrass which are against the banks.  My favoutrite lure is inexpensive horny toads or the MANNS range of Hardhead toads.  I can also recommend that you speak to local springbok angler Franswa Claasen who owns the local bass fishing resort called Óutdoor Arena'.  Franswa is willing to share his wealth of info and can be contacted at 0825699415
 
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