JasonVorster
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Biggest I got to date there was 1.4kg, there are big fish but just way to many small fish. Have seen bigger ones come out many years back. Makes for a full days fishing though thats for sure.
Hi all,has anyone fished Doordekraal lately???I go
- Thread starter Brushhog
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JasonVorster wrote:
Few things we must look at:
Bank or tubing?
Bag limit?
biggest fish for the day ect...
everyone that wants to join could pay R50 for entry and the money gets split between 1st, 2nd and 3rd and something like R100 for biggest fish...
What you guys think?
Douglas and Jason this sounds like a plan... lets try it at DK first time round, it's close for everyone and we see how it goes from there.
Few things we must look at:
Bank or tubing?
Bag limit?
biggest fish for the day ect...
everyone that wants to join could pay R50 for entry and the money gets split between 1st, 2nd and 3rd and something like R100 for biggest fish...
What you guys think?
JasonVorster
New member
Howzit Quinton
Think DK for a 1st round is a good bet. Think it's probably best to make it tubing on DK as bank fishing you are very restricted to 1 maybe 2 spots on the dam. Give the guys the option though.
Bag limit i think 3-4 fish, any more than that might be a little difficult to keep attached to the tubes especially if they big.....optimism there....lol!!!
Think R50.00 is a fair entry. Almost run it the same as the cast for cash comps. Which is just a money comp really and a good social day for all the guys to get together.
How many fisherman are we going to limit it to will also need to be addressed as well as times.
Possibly 4-5 hours at a push on DK - with some wind that will be fun...lol!!
Sure that guard will flip when he see's so many of us on the water..lol..
will look into another possible option for location - Have got an idea in mind but would just need to chat to the owner 1st and hear his thoughts on the idea. Nice big dam, good structure. Probably a little bigger than DK and good entry points for tubing and then you could easily open it to bank anglers as well as there is plenty space. But for now because of DK being close for everyone thats a good idea.
As far as weigh in etc. that will need to be well thought. Or make certain weigh in times for the guys. Divide the day into 3 weigh in times and then take the guys top 5 fish??
Suggestions more than welcome guys..
Lets make this happen.
Any ideas for possible dates?
Think DK for a 1st round is a good bet. Think it's probably best to make it tubing on DK as bank fishing you are very restricted to 1 maybe 2 spots on the dam. Give the guys the option though.
Bag limit i think 3-4 fish, any more than that might be a little difficult to keep attached to the tubes especially if they big.....optimism there....lol!!!
Think R50.00 is a fair entry. Almost run it the same as the cast for cash comps. Which is just a money comp really and a good social day for all the guys to get together.
How many fisherman are we going to limit it to will also need to be addressed as well as times.
Possibly 4-5 hours at a push on DK - with some wind that will be fun...lol!!
Sure that guard will flip when he see's so many of us on the water..lol..
will look into another possible option for location - Have got an idea in mind but would just need to chat to the owner 1st and hear his thoughts on the idea. Nice big dam, good structure. Probably a little bigger than DK and good entry points for tubing and then you could easily open it to bank anglers as well as there is plenty space. But for now because of DK being close for everyone thats a good idea.
As far as weigh in etc. that will need to be well thought. Or make certain weigh in times for the guys. Divide the day into 3 weigh in times and then take the guys top 5 fish??
Suggestions more than welcome guys..
Lets make this happen.
Any ideas for possible dates?
i love the ideas coming out here....
How about this :
DK, then one other dam, then the final fish off at Fischers Haven? As long as there is suitable braai facilities etc, since i dont know the dam - sure if we get enough willing guys we could squeeze (i think its GT??) for a 1 day better price for all anglers linked to the compo?
Just remember, I am not a tuber, im a ski... lol so dont limit me out of the comp haha.
We not carrying live wells, so lets limit our bags to 3? Much easier to string along, i still got to figure out how to do mine without the fish getting slightly hurt.
So prizes would be :
1st Place, 2nd Place and 3 rd Place and Biggest Fish?
If we lucky maybe some owner of one of the fishing shops are reading this and they would maybe donate a bass boat with 200hp engine and 38p Trolling motor, fully rigged with Live Well, GPS & Fish Finder Combo,with all the finese requirements a genuine compo bass angler would require?
If not, a packet of worms would be great::H
Haha no stress just kidding.
1) DK
2) ?
3) Fischers Haven
Fishing System :
Start at Sunrise (Seeing we are not into serious compo, no reason we need to miss the best time on the water).
So everyone agreed 5:30 on the water, off by 11am?
R50 entry for all 3 dams, tallied together and divided respectively among 1st, 2nd, 3rd and biggest fish (bass only assuming?)
Anyone own a buthcery that would like to make some extra saturday cash by putting together an affordable braai pack for the day?
Call it the " X Butchery Friendly Bass Compo Braai Pack"
If you are putting a nice price together, then surely you need to get your advertisings worth, at the braai spot put up a board or whatever the owner of Fischers Haven will allow you to do.
There is my ideas...
We will see how this spins off...
Next step we see if we cant make a 2 day trip, or 1 long day trip to some of the larger dams - sharing of boats and such the like to dams such as : Voelvlei, Theewaterskloof, and some other places where we can really get some lunkers.
:first (my positive affirmation -
)
How about this :
DK, then one other dam, then the final fish off at Fischers Haven? As long as there is suitable braai facilities etc, since i dont know the dam - sure if we get enough willing guys we could squeeze (i think its GT??) for a 1 day better price for all anglers linked to the compo?
Just remember, I am not a tuber, im a ski... lol so dont limit me out of the comp haha.
We not carrying live wells, so lets limit our bags to 3? Much easier to string along, i still got to figure out how to do mine without the fish getting slightly hurt.
So prizes would be :
1st Place, 2nd Place and 3 rd Place and Biggest Fish?
If we lucky maybe some owner of one of the fishing shops are reading this and they would maybe donate a bass boat with 200hp engine and 38p Trolling motor, fully rigged with Live Well, GPS & Fish Finder Combo,with all the finese requirements a genuine compo bass angler would require?
If not, a packet of worms would be great::H
Haha no stress just kidding.
1) DK
2) ?
3) Fischers Haven
Fishing System :
Start at Sunrise (Seeing we are not into serious compo, no reason we need to miss the best time on the water).
So everyone agreed 5:30 on the water, off by 11am?
R50 entry for all 3 dams, tallied together and divided respectively among 1st, 2nd, 3rd and biggest fish (bass only assuming?)
Anyone own a buthcery that would like to make some extra saturday cash by putting together an affordable braai pack for the day?
Call it the " X Butchery Friendly Bass Compo Braai Pack"
If you are putting a nice price together, then surely you need to get your advertisings worth, at the braai spot put up a board or whatever the owner of Fischers Haven will allow you to do.
There is my ideas...
We will see how this spins off...
Next step we see if we cant make a 2 day trip, or 1 long day trip to some of the larger dams - sharing of boats and such the like to dams such as : Voelvlei, Theewaterskloof, and some other places where we can really get some lunkers.
:first (my positive affirmation -
)Let me elaborate on one part i see is not clear :
Thats R50 for all 3 dams combined, prize giving is on the last event which is at Fischers Haven.
Not prizes at every dam and not R50 at every dam.
once off entry, once off prize, 3 dams.
We going to fish it over 3 days, ie, 3 saturdays or is everyone keen on squeezing all 3 dams into one day?
Thats R50 for all 3 dams combined, prize giving is on the last event which is at Fischers Haven.
Not prizes at every dam and not R50 at every dam.
once off entry, once off prize, 3 dams.
We going to fish it over 3 days, ie, 3 saturdays or is everyone keen on squeezing all 3 dams into one day?
JasonVorster
New member
Hi Douglas, liking the input. Think a 3 sat. comp is a great idea maybe even make the 1st a qualifier for the remaining - elimination round for those of you who are up for the challenge. Float tubing/ ski (for u Douglas) tournament trail.
Alternatively give it a trial run at DK and see how it all goes then plan another 3 sat. comp depending on the turn out. What you think? 3 dams one day might be a hard one to push out to allow for guys to travel etc.
3 fish limit is good. Think the guys can always weigh in, then we take the 3 biggest fish per angler for the day. Stringing the bass on for extended periods of time might not be too go for them (what you guys think)
Sure we could squeeze some prizes out of some guys if push comes to shove, add a little bit of advertising as you suggested and why not. A little exposure can go a long way.
We would also need someone to volunteer as weigh master - preferably someone not fishing and willing to do that...any suggestions?
Getting excited for this..
How many guys you think we should limit it to for DK? If we make fishers the last round we will have to have elimination rounds as fishers is a smaller dam that is once we have swung the idea past GT40 first. Cant picture 20 guys tubing on there at once..lol..
I see KZN has quite a number of kickboat challenges. Will try speak to the guys and get some info on how they work their system.
Then with regard to fishing times I think 05:30 on the water should be good till bout 11:00 by then we should have all got our fair share.
Lets try and get all the ideas in by end of next week, so we can put through a proper proposal for those interested.
Keep the ideas coming guys.Thanks for all the input thus far!!
Alternatively give it a trial run at DK and see how it all goes then plan another 3 sat. comp depending on the turn out. What you think? 3 dams one day might be a hard one to push out to allow for guys to travel etc.
3 fish limit is good. Think the guys can always weigh in, then we take the 3 biggest fish per angler for the day. Stringing the bass on for extended periods of time might not be too go for them (what you guys think)
Sure we could squeeze some prizes out of some guys if push comes to shove, add a little bit of advertising as you suggested and why not. A little exposure can go a long way.
We would also need someone to volunteer as weigh master - preferably someone not fishing and willing to do that...any suggestions?
Getting excited for this..
How many guys you think we should limit it to for DK? If we make fishers the last round we will have to have elimination rounds as fishers is a smaller dam that is once we have swung the idea past GT40 first. Cant picture 20 guys tubing on there at once..lol..
I see KZN has quite a number of kickboat challenges. Will try speak to the guys and get some info on how they work their system.
Then with regard to fishing times I think 05:30 on the water should be good till bout 11:00 by then we should have all got our fair share.
Lets try and get all the ideas in by end of next week, so we can put through a proper proposal for those interested.
Keep the ideas coming guys.Thanks for all the input thus far!!
awesome, i like as is thus far.
lets try head it for latest starting date - Saturday the 20th.
If the numbers are too big, then we have a fish off, but would kind of defeat the "sociable mixing" idea if we had an elimination strategy.
If we are full up, then we hook the same fish each time haha.
Lets take that on the number of people that give a yes.
So from here onwards :
Who is in on this? Planned starting date the 20th?
Say Yay or Nay, or yes or no, or um or ahhh.
Which ever floats ur tube.
Il start.
Yay.
(still need a 2nd dam, but im still in)
Therefore, current amount of entries :
1
lets try head it for latest starting date - Saturday the 20th.
If the numbers are too big, then we have a fish off, but would kind of defeat the "sociable mixing" idea if we had an elimination strategy.
If we are full up, then we hook the same fish each time haha.
Lets take that on the number of people that give a yes.
So from here onwards :
Who is in on this? Planned starting date the 20th?
Say Yay or Nay, or yes or no, or um or ahhh.
Which ever floats ur tube.
Il start.
Yay.
(still need a 2nd dam, but im still in)
Therefore, current amount of entries :
1
lol Douglas,
I'm in 2... This sounds like a really good plan for the float tubing around ct...
Maybe the 3 of use can hook up sometime and discuss this on paper than over the net. make life a lot easier and then we make a separate post for the comp and ppl can reply to only that post.
I'm in 2... This sounds like a really good plan for the float tubing around ct...
Maybe the 3 of use can hook up sometime and discuss this on paper than over the net. make life a lot easier and then we make a separate post for the comp and ppl can reply to only that post.
Gees,id love to take part,but i work on weekends quite often so i'll be very lucky if it falls on my one off weekend,is it fine if i only take part in one event as i will be moving to Gauteng end of Feb???Has anyone concidered Wiesenhof as a 2nd location,even tho theres allot of small fish it makes for good teqhnique to try and get the bigger fishbetween the small ones and is a fair sized dam
Dont know Wiesenhoff, so if anyone else can vouch for it as a suitable location, then lets be there.
If you know ahead of time which weekends you are off let us know, lets try schedule day 3 on your off weekend? Like this you are there for the prize giving and afterwards braai..
If you know ahead of time which weekends you are off let us know, lets try schedule day 3 on your off weekend? Like this you are there for the prize giving and afterwards braai..
Hi Brushhog,
Wiesenhof as a second Dam is Good.
Let us know when you have your off weekends.
The main aim of these mini comp's is to get a few guys that Float tube together and have a good day on the water.
I haven't heard of a group down in ct that float tube together and have mini comp's...
Wiesenhof as a second Dam is Good.
Let us know when you have your off weekends.
The main aim of these mini comp's is to get a few guys that Float tube together and have a good day on the water.
I haven't heard of a group down in ct that float tube together and have mini comp's...
JasonVorster
New member
Im in for the comps.
Wiesenhoff was the dam I was thinking of as a location. Know the owner personally. There are some really big fish in the big bottom dam. Hard fishing but good to test the guys.
So now we got 3!!!!
Wiesenhoff was the dam I was thinking of as a location. Know the owner personally. There are some really big fish in the big bottom dam. Hard fishing but good to test the guys.
So now we got 3!!!!
JasonVorster
New member
Going to try make a turn at DK this afternoon for a few hours. Better get the practice in...
When do you guys want to meet up.
I will also chat to the owner of wiesenhoff early next week and see what sort of deal we can work there to fish for the day. Just going to need an idea of numbers before I chat to him.
When do you guys want to meet up.
I will also chat to the owner of wiesenhoff early next week and see what sort of deal we can work there to fish for the day. Just going to need an idea of numbers before I chat to him.
JasonVorster
New member
20th sounds good. Thats pretty soon so we need to get cracking on this ASAP if we going to organise this comp. Wanted to go out yesterday on DK - didnt though with wind, today same story, lets hope Sunday is going to be still for a change, wont hold my breath though.