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bekkerian

Senior Member
Howzit guys.

just a quick Q. have any of you guys fished this dam(s) before? its on the right hand side just after the Stellbosch/Paarl turnoff coming from the tunnel...(cant seem to save and attach image now)

Whenever I drive past it(stay in GP now so it doesnt happen to often anymore) it looks like a piece of heaven. lots of dead trees and grass!

there must be some nice fish but I never see anyone fishing there...
 
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Valrath

Banned
Ye it does look like heaven.

But if u dont know the farmer ur chances of getting permission is 0.5%. Im just worried there might be barbel in there. Those things r like aids if they get in the dam. Goodbye bass ;./
 
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Valrath

Banned
Nothing worse than going to a dam that looks like heaven and pulling out. Barbel the ******* of the fish family.

Watch your language

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gt40

Senior Member
i know the owner.friendly bloke.

the dam getting smaller and it does have barbel an carp, tilapia but no bass
 
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BulkCarrier

Sealiner
Use to have lots of bass in the dam. I fished it as a kid and the biggest bass we got was 2.5 kg. There are 3 dam's on the farm ( If it's the one I am thinking of ). Problem is somebody release carp into the dam and it went south quite quickly. Tried to fish it a few years ago and nothing. Previously we went out on a little row boat and you could see the bottom of the dam and now it's just mud.
 
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BulkCarrier

Sealiner
Use to have lots of bass in the dam. I fished it as a kid and the biggest bass we got was 2.5 kg. There are 3 dam's on the farm ( If it's the one I am thinking of ). Problem is somebody release carp into the dam and it went south quite quickly. Tried to fish it a few years ago and nothing. Previously we went out on a little row boat and you could see the bottom of the dam and now it's just mud.
 
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gt40

Senior Member
sorry no carp can do damage like what happend in this dam.their family from the freestate brought barbel with.

the dam has some nice carp yes but not enough do to any damage.the dam is getting made smaller due to his plans for the future.all that nice structure getting removed.the dam is still clear by the dead trees
 
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Pauli

New member
hi, have always been more a saltwater type but have recently been presented with an opportunity to fish a dam near Paarl at the foot of the Paardeberg. I know precious little about bass fishing other than I may have a chance with my light rods, spinning reel and some artificial baits if I fish in amongst the dead trees and other structure to be found at this dam. Can anybody give me some advice about what bait paterns to buy, how to rig up and what time of year will produce, assuming that these are bass that I have seen breaching at this dam. (large fish by the looks ok it, but only seen from a distance of a few hundred meters)
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Paul.
 
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Blanky

Senior Member
Pauli wrote:
hi, have always been more a saltwater type but have recently been presented with an opportunity to fish a dam near Paarl at the foot of the Paardeberg. I know precious little about bass fishing other than I may have a chance with my light rods, spinning reel and some artificial baits if I fish in amongst the dead trees and other structure to be found at this dam. Can anybody give me some advice about what bait paterns to buy, how to rig up and what time of year will produce, assuming that these are bass that I have seen breaching at this dam. (large fish by the looks ok it, but only seen from a distance of a few hundred meters)
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Paul.
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Hey Pauli, might be carp that breach as they often jump clear out of the water! Dont get me wrong, bass do jump clear outta the water but mostly they inhale food off the surface.
 
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