First session of new season

[DJP]

First session of the new season (new season for us I guess) went down pretty good. Hannes 101 and I decided to try a new venue with some new tackle. Armed with 9ft Sensation Passion sticks and shimano slades with 10lb braid we wanted to land the brutes that messed us up last year with our 5lb mono on fly rods. So off we went to the new venue with some bread and 1/0 circle hooks (the only hooks we seem to own lately) and soon we had some activity in our swim. In total we landed 2 catfish and 3 carp, a bluegill and some bass (the latter caught on cigarette pack foil). Some pics to follow, one of these days we will be into the double figures

 

[DJP]

Dwarf carp...

 

[DJP]

another beut landed by hannes101, like I said hopfully some time soon we'll get stuck into some reall brutes, the tackle I must say I super for the type of fishing we do, probably more coarse than match fishing but what the heck it produces!

 

[Hannes101]

good session with good results. Now just to get those big mothers to take the bait. Have to ad this is unfished water so these carp and cats don't even know whats bread. Think we were lucky to find them and get them to take the bait.

 

[DJP]

We need a spot were we can make a swim with some ground bait...otherwise I dont see that we can use any other tactics than those we did. Maybe go after some rain with natural baits, but then we're just going to hook up with one cat after the other...

 

[DJP]

We made a quik cast this afternoon at the spot, managed to land two carp, missed about 5 fish each, lost a brute (think it was a cat that took me into some structure lesson learned).

Caught another interesting carp looks like a gost carp or carp/koi hybrid.

 

[DJP]

Very similar to the fish Hannes101 caught yesterday.

 

[DJP]

Look at the fins, eye and the way the scales are pigmented.

 

[Hannes101]

He's mommy was a carp and daddy a Koi. Now thats the end result. one chubby scary looking weird fishy...

 

[Enigma]

Hi

It's a Ghost carp which is caused by cross breeding.

They are all the more common and there is a good population of them in Bronkies and strangely they are more common in the Baja area than the reserve area.

The first one does have unusually large fins for it's size but one often gets stumpy fat or long thin carp

The second is correctly proportioned but with coulour distinctions.

I haven't found a full description on what the cause is but if you look closely you can see that the skin on those fish is almost transparent and you can see the skull underneath.

It would almost seem as if it is a slighter case of albino / causeing a lack of skin pigments?

I'll have a look into some UK sites to see if the Carp Fundi's make comment on it but those are Ghost carp not Koi.

 

[DJP]

Cool thanks Enigma, I cant help but think it has something to do with were we catch them as well, crystal clear water at a depth of about +5m.

Close up pic of the dwarf

 

[***Galjoen***]

....kan mens die goed eet wat julle so vang? Lekker kat kos daai, slaan hom eenkeer met 'n baksteen, haal die grate uit en siedaar, katkos op sy beste...die groot karpe werk die beste, maak net seker die baksteen is groot genoeg....ai hom mis ek nou my katjie, sal maar weer een kry en dan begin karpe jag!!!

Ps: kan mens die goed koop by julle vir katkos? Pm my asb.

 

[DJP]

Lol...met daai twee kalante van jou sal ek maar die arme katte in weg hou van jou huis, hulle sal die ding vrek speel!

 

[***Galjoen***]

:fishn:fbash:fbash:fbash:fbashDJP wrote:

Lol...met daai twee kalante van jou sal ek maar die arme katte in weg hou van jou huis, hulle sal die ding vrek speel!

 

[Bingo]

One of the old quary dams near Tygervally Shopping Centre ????

 

[WalkersKiller]

GreaT stuff! Some interesting fish there well done!

 

[Lunker]

Well done guys, the big one is coming. Winter is around the corner.

 

[ChriDry]

Very nice

 

[Quinton]

Did you guys get any bass there?

 

[DJP]

Yes, didnt actually target bass but they are there, takes some alternative tactics to catch them in the deep, suspending stickbaits, dropshot (US style) and zara spooks for the smallies.