Giving up a good spot

[VaalieBassman]

Most of the posts are always about where is the best place to fish for a given venue. Now the question is will you give up your favourite/best spot to just anyone? Some of us spent most of their weekends on a certain body of water to determine where is the best spot to find the lunkers! This gives us the edge when it comes to competitive fishing! Now coming back to the question will you give up your favourite spot to a stranger?

My answer is NO, what is your take on it?

 

[damian27]

im talking about salt water in my answer, but its still the same consept.

my answr is..........NOOOOOO!.

because the next thing you know people have littered the area, and raped it.

 

[basslover]

Depends who it is, but i dont give away to much on a forum.

 

[AYOBA!]

In the case of a private venue like Vasfontein and bass o mania dams, if there is new anglers, specially children learning to fish and it is obvious they struggle I will assist, even if it means showing them the hot spots and where not to cast...

 

[cranky]

if you want your spot cleaned out or a person like justy varkevisser who brags about dropping hth capsules on your spot then give them away on public forums.

 

 

 

[HennieS]

Vaalie

That is a very interesting question! My approach is probably different to most people I never use to do "spot fishing" what worked better for me was to rather focus on structure fishing. I use to look at what structure I find the fish on and if something happens in one area I would have a backup area with the same structure. Most dams in SA you will find replicated structure where the fish holds. I believe it is one of the weak points of SA bass anglers is "spot fishing". That is probably why most struggle in the States because the waters is massive and the most spots they will find is well known spots. You must maybe try it!

The other interesting thing is I got asked a lot where I caught my fish and I never lied, bass anglers is so use to lying they dont believe you anyway! My answer will also be of stumps in 10ft of water, rather than at that spot on the corner! I would id areas I want to look at on topo map and then go and search for structure in those areas.

I suppose each to his own! That is what makes the sport so interesting!



 

 

[VaalieBassman]

Very interesting Hennie, what I have seen in a place like the Vaal River is that you can fish a certain spot (which obviously holds fish) from the morning till the afternoon and you will catch fish every now and then. Sometimes you must hold to that spot and wait for the bigger fish to come into shallower water to feed! If you are not on that spot you will mis the fish! You maybe lucky and catch one at a spot before moving on, but 90% of the time you can sit on one spot and it will deliver!! I have seen many "big" names fish in exactly this manner and they normally win competitions!

 

[HennieS]

Vaalie

You 100% correct, the fish will not stay on that structure all day. They will migrate either shallow to feed or deeper to rest dependent on time of day and water temp. As important as the structure is to understand the migration route, if you get that right you will catch them all day long. Fish going shallower to feed comes from a channel or creek somewhere! I am sure you have also seen those big guns fail if the fish is not there?

 

 

[100% African]

Definately won't post on a forum as that's just inviting the world to rape it... I share my honey holes with a very few people... Unfortunatly it's not being faulty, but just how it has to be done... or the next time i go to fish i'll be really disappointed.

 

[Koos Bass]

I have seen 2 private venues close down (no more Bassing) because of the way that "bass anglers" rape a nice dam. They often sneak into the place because they dont want to pay the gate fee R15-R30 per angler because they are only going to stay for 3 or 4 hours. (You know that 30 bucks could leave you homeless or with out food for a week)

and then "those" people still leave bottles and s$#t all over the place for the groundkeeper to clean up.

So i say dont tell any one!!!

With "bass anglers" and "Those People" i dont mean any of the real angler who fish with pride. but more the clown who got some stuff from a friend and tries to hide from his wife or something like that. Only sad thing is that we all stay bass angler to the owner of the place, weather you are serious or not

Tell Only real bassing mates !!!!

 

[cranky]

something else to be careful of...when you take other people other than your reguler partner on your boat and you fish one of your favourite spots...the next time you see that person and his or her fishing partner...if it produced fish...yip they will be on your spot and so more and more will keep fishing that spot until it no longer produces fish. 

let use inanda as an example...if the island produces fish you will see groups of bass fisherman fishing the island...instead of covering water and looking for other places most people will just keep going back to the same spot.

i think this is one of the reason we were able to produce good bags during the comps...we didnt follow the packs...we fished our own areas covered lots of water...always looking for active fish.

it didnt always work we got a hiding during an albert falls comp where the masses went to the ridge and managed to bag 10 kg+ bags...but still managed to stay in the top 5 thoughout the season.

we were at wild acres yesteday and there were people with a plastic bag full of bass...just taking out everything they caught...no matter the size...it sad to see...

i take bass every now and again...i dont take anything over 1 kg and only take what i eat that day...i dont have a problem with people who take the odd fish home for dinner...but when i see people hauling 2 kg + fish out and loading the back of a bakkie with everything they catch i have a problem with that...humans always have to be greedy...that why the world is becoming like it is.

i also have a problem with people who catch big fish show it to everyone then dump it in the rubbish bin...if you gona show off your fish and decide to kill it at least eat or give it to someone who does...otherwise release it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[CarloT]

Hi Cranky.

 

Were did u finish in the BETT?

"it didnt always work we got a hiding during an albert falls comp where the masses went to the ridge and managed to bag 10 kg+ bags...but still managed to stay in the top 5 thoughout the season."

There was only one 10kg bag this season and that did not come from the ridge!

 

[cranky]

i didnt fish the bett...

i am talking about the 2006 bass fishing season...fishing as team cranky (ian stanley and shannon munn) then someone else took over the name team cranky from 2007 and as you can see by the results havent done the name any good...90 th position in the 2010 bett results...it is just sad...hopefully they wont pull the name down again next season

there have been a couple of good team efforts...names to remember like team sh!thead was another team which proved themselves...i remeber the one comp they had already taken the boat out the water by 8.30 in the morning with a massive bag boated early in the morning.

then team ruffthumb cam along anf proved their worth...   

we fished the sa bass cast for cash and came 1st in kzn...

then there was comment about shannon and i being *** fisherman and we wonldnt stand a chance against the so called pros...in the 10 grand challenge...so we decided to fish one of the comps...the first one we fished we came...1st with a bag over 9 kg...cant remeber the exact number...but do remeber the silence when i emptied the bag onto the scale.

we fished a couple of the 10 grand challenges and i didnt do to badly.

i recall we were also labeled the one fish wonders...after weighing in a 3.7 kg bass to win the comp at craigie burn..with only one fish...only 8 fish were caught that day...and nothing else over a kg

the last comp i fished was the major bass comp at nagle a while back which i won with a 4.4 kg bass 

 

/bassingforum/images/arctyc/icons/icon1.gif Final Standings for BETT KZN 2010

BETT KZN 2010 SEASON - RESULTS
Position No. Team Name Total
1 Team Z Craft 54.155
2 Team Evinrude / Rapala 51.445
3 Team Manns Furuno 48.110
4 Team Snake Eyes 46.925
5 Team Kelvin & Kelvin 45.990
6 Team Yamaha Panasonic 44.730
7 Team Lucky Strike 2 44.200
8 Team Honda Strike King 43.845
9 Team Hot Doggy 42.105
10 Team Blueye 41.655
11 Team Garmin Goya 41.560
12 Team Shake & Bake 41.095
13 Team Yamaha 40.800
14 Team Andrew Hendry 40.125
15 Team Mercury Strike King 39.640
16 Team Notties H2O 39.085
17 Team Bhamba Bass 38.430
18 Team Yamaha KZN 38.365
19 Team SLG Legend 38.235
20 Team Boom! 37.390
21 Team Kwikfit 37.045
22 Team Flying Dutchman 35.675
23 Team Vimsec 35.650
24 Team Bassing.co.za 35.370
25 Team Windy Bay 33.755
26 Team Anytime Holidays 32.460
27 Team Moolman 30.615
28 Team American Rodsmith 30.590
29 Team Beginners Luck 30.490
30 Team Rochester / Honda 30.275
31 Team Hatchery Hackers 29.585
32 Team Honda Marine 28.990
33 Team Kauai Juice 28.805
34 Team Deep South 27.010
35 Team Savage 24.875
36 Team Span Africa 23.515
37 Team Fish Eagle 23.441
38 Team Roach 23.015
39 Team Midas Sport 22.800
40 Team Flat Dog 20.195
41 Team CLC 19.695
42 Team Unitek 19.430
43 Team Ladybugs 18.565
44 Team Pty Unlimited 16.135
45 Team Sphere 15.605
46 Team Horny Toads 15.530
47 Team Lucky Strike 1 15.000
48 Team Always Fishing 14.535
49 Team Mercury Spro 14.460
50 Team Europa 12.850
51 Team Mashobane 11.755
52 Team Xtranet 11.335
53 Team Bass Angels 11.210
54 Team Skeeter 11.165
55 Team Status 11.125
56 Team Hewitt Yamaha 10.295
57 Team Fragram 9.585
58 Team Backlash 9.360
59 Team Rebel 9.310
60 Team Tag / Blaize 8.775
61 Team Wills 8.730
62 Team Mallie 8.360
63 Team Debateable 8.055
64 Team Bass Busters 7.935
65 Team Aquaholics 7.680
66 Team Bass Devils 6.975
67 Team Fish On 6.825
68 Team Jitterbug 6.430
69 Team MD 6.140
70 Team Stiver 5.775
71 Team Lombard 1 5.410
72 Team Lombard 5.345
73 Team Leitch Landscapes 5.110
74 Team Malachte KZN 5.105
75 Team A & M 5.060
76 Team Vorster 4.885
77 Team @ Liberty 4.570
78 Team Last Cast 4.230
79 Team Sportfisher 4.220
80 Team Fishing Adventures 3.185
81 Team Langebaan 3.180
82 Team IFH Consulting 3.055
83 Team Catmik 2.975
84 Team Hook on Bass 2.750
85 Team Victor 2.500
86 Team Rough & Ready 2.295
87 Team Raptor-Carlyle 2.000
88 Team Ali Boat 1.800
89 Team Aqu Acadamy 1.000
90 Team Cranky 1.000
91 Team Doxa 1.000
92 Team Far Timbers 1.000
93 Team Peach 1.000
94 Team Raptor 1.000
95 Team Bass Hunter -0.100​

 

 

 

[cranky]

imported post

 

[CarloT]

Ok makes sense now. We had a very good start to this years BETT but had 3 small bags. That really cost us. Once we droped out of the top10 (half way) we just could not get back in!

 

[bblunt]

OOOOh you should have copywrited your name. This new team is k@k. I think I know who it is too.