hi all, i am going to oppiekoppie bass farm on sat
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we didn't have any luck.
we did see a guy pull out a 1.5kg bass around 8 o'clock in the main pond next to the house. he was fishing a watermelon red fluke, texas rigged. we spoke to another guy who claimed to have caught 4 small bass in the upper pond on a crankbait, also early morning. we saw him pull out a smallish bass later in the afternoon with the same crank in the same pond. he also managed to catch a carp on this crankbait...
we tried everything. poppers, spinners, spinerbaits, senko's, flukes, brushhogs, worms, jigs, crankbaits. i had a reaction on a popper late afternoon in the main pond from what looked like a decent fish, but i must have jerked as he went for it, cause he missed it.
the water is quite clear in the main pond, while the other two ponds' water was fairly brown. the owners said they use brush hogs there with a bit of success.
the pond next to the one by the house has alot of kurper, if you're up for that. you could see kurper everywhere dashing for cover when they saw my crankbait coming.
hope you have more luck than we did.
we did see a guy pull out a 1.5kg bass around 8 o'clock in the main pond next to the house. he was fishing a watermelon red fluke, texas rigged. we spoke to another guy who claimed to have caught 4 small bass in the upper pond on a crankbait, also early morning. we saw him pull out a smallish bass later in the afternoon with the same crank in the same pond. he also managed to catch a carp on this crankbait...
we tried everything. poppers, spinners, spinerbaits, senko's, flukes, brushhogs, worms, jigs, crankbaits. i had a reaction on a popper late afternoon in the main pond from what looked like a decent fish, but i must have jerked as he went for it, cause he missed it.
the water is quite clear in the main pond, while the other two ponds' water was fairly brown. the owners said they use brush hogs there with a bit of success.
the pond next to the one by the house has alot of kurper, if you're up for that. you could see kurper everywhere dashing for cover when they saw my crankbait coming.
hope you have more luck than we did.
[color=#006600]sparnar[/color] wrote:
HA HA HA. That was me
Well the short while we were there were not to bad. I got that 1.52kg on my 3de cast as said on a watermelon red fluke on a texas rig. I drop a mother in the dam next to that one. Then the top dam i got 2 more witch were 700grams and 900grams. Will post pics later today
HA HA HA. That was me
Well the short while we were there were not to bad. I got that 1.52kg on my 3de cast as said on a watermelon red fluke on a texas rig. I drop a mother in the dam next to that one. Then the top dam i got 2 more witch were 700grams and 900grams. Will post pics later today
scrat, those ponds are small enough in some spots to cast right over if your lure is heavy enough. the bigger ones have jetties.
johanvc, would you normally go for a black/blue colour in water colour like those top two ponds? excuse all the questions, but i'm still learning the trade
johanvc, would you normally go for a black/blue colour in water colour like those top two ponds? excuse all the questions, but i'm still learning the trade
[color=#006600]sparnar[/color] wrote:
The norm is to use dark colour lures in dirty water and natural colours in clear water. But sometimes you need to think outside the box to trick these fish in biting. I use black and blue senko’s in any colour water. I have taken fish on that in clear water and also in dirty water. So also with Green pumpkin senko’s in clear water. I have used chartreuse and white also in both types of conditions. The question just is what does the fish want. And you need to adapt according to that.
The norm is to use dark colour lures in dirty water and natural colours in clear water. But sometimes you need to think outside the box to trick these fish in biting. I use black and blue senko’s in any colour water. I have taken fish on that in clear water and also in dirty water. So also with Green pumpkin senko’s in clear water. I have used chartreuse and white also in both types of conditions. The question just is what does the fish want. And you need to adapt according to that.
Bassies are weird foooshies. Its like when you fish at varsity dam in VDB. The bass in this dam are chartreuse crazy. The visibility in th water is about half a meter but this dam is poluted with bags, cans, plastic bottels....
Basslover has caught bass on babybass colours in this dam. I actually never leave home without my chatreuse liquid dye when fishing at this dam.
Its very true what Johan says, you have to find the pattern what the fish wants.
Why is chatreuse so inviting for bass? What is natuaral food in the water thats more yellow than orrange in colour?
Basslover has caught bass on babybass colours in this dam. I actually never leave home without my chatreuse liquid dye when fishing at this dam.
Its very true what Johan says, you have to find the pattern what the fish wants.
Why is chatreuse so inviting for bass? What is natuaral food in the water thats more yellow than orrange in colour?