Fishing for 'domesticated' bass

[chrisv]

I fished a stocked bass dam near Franschhoek today - with no luck, not even a shadow of a bass. I tried everything - fished the top, fished the bottom and mid-water; I tried every lure in my box - jigs, soft super flooks, soft frogs, hard plastics, spinners, in-line spinners, surface plugs - in a variety of bassilicious colors... you name it, I tried it.

This made me wonder what these 'domesticated' bass feed on in these dams?

Anybody got strategies for fishing stocked dams? Please help.

 

[gt40]

whas this perhaps la ferme

 

[braailegend]

Somedays are just like that, no fish. Also winter is getting closer, so they will slow down. I have a pond close to my house with some nice bass, in summer I'll get 10 just before dawn, but in winter, I probably only get 3-4 the whole winter.

 

[chrisv]

GT - yes it was. U familiar with the dams? Seems to be a lot of trout around and spotted a good number of carp in another dam. I haven't progressed to trout as yet.

 

[gt40]

my friend stocked it.its plain plastic lined ponds.not sure how the setup is there but water temp down with air pressure would make hug diff.

i normally go very small and slow with 6lbs line0.20mm thick max

 

[chrisv]

Ponds seem great. I fished on 15lbs Spiderwire Braid 0.20mm and 20lbs Suffix 832 Braid 0.23mm. Which lures worked best for you in these wintry environs. Today wasn't too cold - about 24C out that way. What size bass were put in the bass pond - did your friend say?

 

[chrisv]

GT I have seen your posts on Fischershaven - where is this site? And is fishing still as good as when you posted? I usually fish off my Stealth BFS fishing kayak and are always looking for good spots to fish.

 

[gt40]

the bass that was stock at la ferme was 2kg ave.

i stopped managing fischer a year ago.dam got loads of weeds in the shallows.some local wild life catching fish at night when no one can spot then,this came out of 1 of their mouths when they told me where they catch nice bass.

i had my heart and soul in the dam but 3k a month was killing me for rental.farmer did not want bring rent down winter.you can still go there.