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

[TOE 007]

The Kwarrie has got HUGE smallies and largies !!!!!!!!!!!!I have fished there for years before any development took place there , Smallies love those rocky clifs !


Brushhog , i know where that Bridge are , if i am on the pond i will have good idea where it is , but theres better places and stratagies that will deliver more big fish !

hows the Bluegills ? and Kurper ?

 

[Brushhog]

Hi Toe007,This smallmouth thing has got me going now!!!!!sounds good,i prefer the big islad too,but i just feel that some big fish might hold to isolated cover on that road/bridge,Bluegills are plenty and i have been seeing allot of tilapia when i launch at the second carpark spot,i have caught quite allot of them on fly before,there are Israely Kurper in there too!!!!not much tho!

 

[TOE 007]

Brushhog wrote:

Hi Toe007,This smallmouth thing has got me going now!!!!!sounds good,i prefer the big islad too,but i just feel that some big fish might hold to isolated cover on that road/bridge,Bluegills are plenty and i have been seeing allot of tilapia when i launch at the second carpark spot,i have caught quite allot of them on fly before,there are Israely Kurper in there too!!!!not much tho!

we have caught HUGE bluegills there on Flukes .

i havent fished there in a while but looks like the Bass are in mint condition ?

i loved deep spinnerbaiting there, and my mojo rigs , whats the average sze of those fish ?

ITs a hard dam to fish for Smallies , they dont like the reeds an mud that much .

is the fishing hard ,there ???

 

[Brushhog]

Yeah the bluegills are huge there,yeah im sure the smallie fishing is tough there,mojo rigs are wich i hae most succes on,yeah the fishing has been hard lately,getting 5 bass in an afternoon isnt good for Doordekraal,im used to between 7 and 15 fish a session!!!

 

[Riaan_The_Legend]

It's because of these stupid mythical jigs you guys insist on using.

 

[IanBass]

I was there on my boats tube and anyway, got quite a lot of fish, then was fishing near the dam wall with a watermelon purple fluke texas rigged, and, BANG fish on and my rod snapped, anyways the fish then came off, i casted a few times after that with half a rod, and BANG fish on, 10 secs later, line snapped! :swear

Carried on fishing that spot but only got a fish of a 1.2kg after that in that area. But I plan on catching that fish that F'd me and my rod and line up, and see what it was!


Tight lines!

 

[IAN FISHERMAN]

Next week Sunday. i would like to make a mission down there in the afternoon. Contact me if you keen Ian.

 

[BassMasterNONPro]

i caught a hump back spotted smallmouth bass yesterday. u need a special rig to target them though. Dont know if im going to give away the secret.

 

[Frogstar]

cool, what the hell is a HBSSM? wheres the pic?

 

[Riaan_The_Legend]

I caught a Spotted Small mouth on a Carolina Jig.

 

[Basspesialist]

IHey guys i fished dk on sunday the fishing was quite good. got a couple above 1.5kg and mu buddy got a nice one of more than 2kg. senco and jigs worked the best. we only fished around the island.

 

[Brushhog]

Nice Bassspecialist,have you got any photo's,got this one the other morning when fishing with BMNP and Riaanthelegend,VBMNP also got a nice fish about the same size as mine!!,this fish seemed to still be bregnant,it was very fat and full of marks from the spawn!!!

 

[Basspesialist]

Ill try to post sum pics. thats a nice one. what did u get it on? is all the marks from spawn? i also got a few with sum nasty gafs. Ive seen u in somerset sports maybe coming round tomorow to get sum more sencos.

 

[Mr Plastic]

hey fellas where is doordekraal? i live in d'urbanvale and wud like 2 go wet a line b4 work 2mrw... directions wud b appreciated... im one of the unfortunate ones that fish frm the side... is it possible at dk?

 

[Frogstar]

Nice fish BH

Mr Plastic, read from the start of this thread for all details you will need for fishing DK including a the need for a DK permit.

Options are limited if Fishing from the bank as you are not allowed to fish off the wall.

 

 

[Mr Plastic]

i just checkd googlemaps on my phone. is dk the dam close 2 willowbridge? a permit... that sux... i was gna go wet a line at 5am bt gues that wnt b hapening... im used 2 having limited options werever i fish as i cnt afford a boat or floattube at the moment... wil there b ppl asking 4 a permit at 5am? got myself al5 excited nw. so i can get a dk permit at tygervalley post office?

 

[Brushhog]

Hi Bassspecialist,i caught her on a texas rigged Zoom U-Vibe speedworm(watermeloncandy)Yeah you would of seen me there before,because unfortunately i work there!!Hi Mr plastic,i see your from D'urbanvilee,i am in Nerina,its like just before D'urbanvale,thats the dam yes,the one right behind Willowbridge,i dont know if the permit is necesary,just take your Freshwater license with,i havent even been asked fr these items lately and i havnt seen the security gaurd lately

 

[cptfly]

just found this thread, I am looking for a place close by and Doordekraal will work for me. Where do you guys launch your tubes/boats ? Hows the fishing from the banks at Doordekraal ?

 

[Frogstar]

Personally (and its just my opinion) anyone who wants to fish at DK should get a permit. Not just your fishing licence but a DK permit.

Once or twice without a permit who cares but if you going to be a regular on the water then get the permit. What they do with the money is their business but if we want to keep on fishing there lets play by their rules. Or if we dont like their rules participate in discussions to have the rules changed.

Security guard is around. Had a chat to him last friday. The one that got beat up. Would hate to have his job must be honest.  atleast i have now heard both sides of the story.

 

[Mr Plastic]

Hey guys.....

I also prefer to do things legally but after finding out last night after 11pm that its behind willow I went fishing there this morning without a permit.....

Its pretty hard to fish from the bank as there are no decent structure to fish in casting distance.... I was using a horny toad and after a few unsuccessful casts to the island I burned it on the surface as a topwater and got a reaction bite.... It was a bit unexpected and I missed the fish.....

Then I used a rapala fatrap and bumped it into all the rocks in the shallows and hooked a 1.0 - 1.2kg largie.... a few minutes later I hooked up into another one but lost it as my drag was very loose.... It ran straight for the bushes and the hook came out....

When fishing cranks I dont set the hook i just reel the fish in coz I always struggle to get the trebles out later..... Thus was the case with the first fish this morning hence no pic was taken....

I actually dont like fishing cranks for this reason as I always manage to get both treble hooks stuck in the fishes mouth and then I take forever to get it out....

That is why I am Mr Plastic.... Cheap, effective in all conditions and easy to remove the hook :breakd::breakd: