Hi all,has anyone fished Doordekraal lately???I go

[Douglas]

Thanks Jason, yea all makes sense...

since 90% of the time the lure is partially off the hook, now it makes logical sense to me..

Thank you..

Watermelon brushhog, if been using the 6" watermelon seed ridgeback lizard - some extreme scent lock or something, seems to do the trick so far - more hours will bring me closer to that big one i reckon, i first need to service my reels again, my worm baitcaster is a few years old already, and has never really been treated like it should (maybe iv grown up now???) so il have to do some maintenance on that reel, as i am no coffee grinder fan for casting worms, honestly it drives me insane. il use it in the occassion i need to throw really light weight worms (winter conditions almost only, like no weight with minute worms)

so im off the dam till the bad weather passes and opens some clearer skis...

 

[Brushhog]

Hi all,ive been missing out there lately,been stuck with work and this weekend im fishing Quagga's,but i wanna meet all the sealiners soon before i leave!!!Flukes,Senko's and brushhogs in greenpumpkin works really well,the water clarity has just been up and down lately so colours have to be adjusted according to clarity!!any good fish been coming out lately???I wanna put in a trip on Wednesday morning before work,5:00-9:00,anyone interested??

 

[Douglas]

if i get my reel working i can join... ( cannot fish without my baitcaster, just dont do it for me..)
prob only till about 7:30 latest then i got to leave there...
lol i got to be on the work at 8:30 without getting chowed out...

il confirm closer to the time...

 

[Douglas]

this weekend im moving, lol closer to the dam so all my fishing stuff doesnt have to sit at my offic lol.
but i have been invited to fish the sh**t dump - water works there by zeekoeivlei for some carp - apparently there is some big monsters there to... dont know whether i would be keen on the scent constantly pronging my nose ey...
lol will ma see...

 

[Brushhog]

Alright,hope you get your reel fixed,Waterworks isnt bad at all,infact its cleaner than the main dam(Zeekoeivlei)Douglas i take it you will be fishing J dam,there are some lovely fish in there,then you also have S dam and the old WP dam,and the first dam you get on the left after coming in by the fence is also being fished now,some guy got two fish over 10kg's there recently!!

 

[Douglas]

lol j dam s dam, give me the fish dam and im happy lol.
yea heard of the nice ones that came out there, il just take a clothes peg with, i believe they quite comfortable after a few hours...lol

Ok anyone here know who is very good with baitcasters? i think i screwed mine up totally tonight,the cluck cluck cluck noise i was getting when casting is thankfully no more there, nor does it seem the problem with my magnetic break is still there( found the part i lost last time that actually makes the magnetic break work....)

But now with all those problems out of the way, the centre wont grip, which means the spool aint turning and i cant figure out why, im dubm founded, everything is in the same place etc and iv taken the reel apart before many times and it worked better (lol besides the magentic break ok )

so if anyone knows who is expert at baitcasters, id like to take it to him (or her) to fix - then take my old one with and hope they can reassemble that one - my old baby crestfire i attempted to fix (lesson learnt there - keep good track of what goes where... next time).
the reel is in several pieces and i cant reassemble it again. there was noone in george at that time i could have taken it to.

Who can help?

Hope you guys know someone?

Thanks alot guys.

Bass guys have always been the best to fish with. (shh dont tell the rest of the codes..)

 

[JasonVorster]

Wednesday morning could possibly work. Want to make a turn there later today, probably around 3 or so fo a few hours.

Anyone going out today?

 

[Douglas]

lol 2 busted reels, im out till they fixed or replaced haha.

thankfully payday around the corner lol.

This morning looks amazing would have been an awesome morning out, though i think the bites would have been shy, water possibly cold as the last days terrible weather, and i believe there is rain on its way tomorrow?
Will check the weather later today.

 

[JasonVorster]

Yeh see a bit of cooler weather on the way tomorrow so think today might be ok, provided the wind doesnt make it's usual appearance at DK.

 

[Douglas]

lol which it does regularly... ey

anyone know of a reputable person i can take my 2 baitcasters to?
lol they need urgent repair or else im off the waters a while

 

[Marthin]

The healthy carp population has always been around. In fact it got a serious hiding about 4 years ago. A guy made a seriaaaaas groundbait spot near the big tree on the western bank near the bigger island.

THey fished there 2 nights and kept all the fish they caught. Monster carps, 2 bakkie loads.

The water used to be crystal clear, but the development near the river coming down from Magic Forest during winter months a few years ago meant that brown brown water came running into the dam, and clarity took forever to return, it actually has never gotten to the way it was when the dam was built. Also one serious flood about 8 years ago also did it's part.

I also once witness a guy keeping a very nice size bass to eat there. I guess you can't fault a guy for keeping a fish for the pan.

There also used to be an otter family that moved in about 4 years ago. Dunno if they are still around, but they could also have given the nesting bass a hiding. Remember otters aren't natural to a bass. I've had big bass come up and nudge me while wading if i was to close to a nesting site. If it did that to an otter it's overs cadovers. A carp won't do that.

Black or blue flukes with glitter in got me most bass in that dam, especially in the corner near the wall on the eastern side next to the reeds. I only did bank fishing so my spots were limited, but a weightless fluke, floated in next to the reeds with the help of a soft NW wind fished very slowly always produced a couple.

The biggest fish i know of in the dam was 4.2kg and caught by 2 boys about 6 or 7 on a mepps black fury in that corner on very thick line dropped into a hole in the grass that was present at the time. They were just messing about and caught the fish. The different tilapia species used to hang around in a gap between the grass and the main wall that was about 2 metres wide up and down, and i suspect the big bass used to hang under this wall of grass and dash in and out to nail the blue gills and kurper.

On those red hot summer days, late afternoon on the southern side of the small island it was just reachable from the spot the carp fishermen sit. I caught fish there often. If you sat still you could see them chase the dragon flies and other fish on the rocky bank...

 

[IanBass]

Douglas wrote:

lol which it does regularly... ey

anyone know of a reputable person i can take my 2 baitcasters to?
lol they need urgent repair or else im off the waters a while

speak to Arthur at fishing specialist in goodwood.

 

[Douglas]

ok awesome thank you.

Im going to be down the road from him at 11 so will pop in.

Awesome thank you.

 

[Douglas]

they not looking even at the reel that just broke recently which is an imperial 2000 or something as he only wants to work with name brands (shimano daiwa etc, understandably.

Lol so i gave him my shimano crestfire which i was ready to toss away... and he looked at it, lol and some comment from someone behind me of its terrible condition (which is really was in a terrible condition)..so lets see if he can get that right, which i doubt he will even bother fixing, but if they do i will be ecstatic...

but if anyone knows of people selling second hand baitcasters that are in a good condition, not that i need to replace in a few months now, i would look at them..

Lol so i will have to be happy with coffee grinders till i replace them, sadly so lol

 

[Hannes101]

Not to hijack a Bass thread but these are the lunkers cruising in Doordekraal.

 

[Hannes101]

Danny Barnaby

 

[Hannes101]

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[Douglas]

wow - dont we wish the bass were that size....

then the carp would have to worry about being eaten hehe.

 

[Speedworm]

how much did your first pic weigh ?

 

[Worm]

Hey BassMasterNONPRO!!!

Its mE!!! LOL Tyron, From Stephen Merry and Roxy!!!

Howsit Bud!

Hey Every1 else, sorry about not being to busy on here, but i had hectic exams and supps, but alas. . .i passed them all!!

I am goint down to Doordekraal today with my post office permit, lets hope one of the other two security guards are on duty!

Ill inform you guys how they day went later.

Regards
Worm