hi all On sunday i went to my usual fishing groun

[EBEE ALI]

hi all
On sunday i went to my usual fishing grounds with my ultralight spinning outfit and my medium spinning outfit.
When i got there it was like the dam was devoid of fish.absolutely no activity.it seem the locals cleaned the place out.but with some luck and help from friend i found a protected stream on the outskirts of the dam and caught some small but helthy bass.
Later around midday i caught a bigger fish in the main dam and in the late afternoon targeted some deep water bass on dropshot and the splitshot rig.after having my line snap a few times i decided to switch to my medium outfit.i fished until 7 :30 in the evening.
Here are some of the fish i caught.

 

[EBEE ALI]

berkley power wriggler in the mouth

 

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white hair jig(1/16 oz) claimed this one

 

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caught on dropshot!

 

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split shot rig

 

[J_Bay]

I used to fish there a lot, if it's the dam I'm thinking of. Pitty the fish are gone, it used to be full up with nice bass!!

 

[EBEE ALI]

ja i only started fishing here from last year.the spawn was good and there was a lot of bass to be caught but it seems that as soon as the locals get wind of good catches they come in and clean the place out.
There are still reports of 3 and 4 kilo fish being caught.

 

[kaptein delarey]

Hi,

I don't think the place has been cleaned out. Fished there last weekend and caught bass, almost on a cast for cast basis. Lots of smaller ones, but with a couple of good ones thrown into the mix. Lost one of about 2kg (I think, I hope ...).

Went back there this past Friday and nothing but 2 small ones. Must be the weather, cause it was very windy and slightly chillier than normal.

They must still be around when the weather turns, we just need to figure out the right pattern for the conditions fished under. I stuck with the lure combo used the previous weekend, when I actually should've adapted.

Hope this makes sense. Just my thoughts.

Cool.

 

[J_Bay]

I found that plastic worms work best there when there is cold weather around. Also, if the water is a weird "Pea Soup" colour, you're in for some very tough fishing...

That big tree in the back ground of your photo on the wall, that is a pretty good spot to throw some soft plastics. I got some nice ones on a Zoom Super Flukes, and also some Zoom Baby Brush Hogs!

My biggest bass ever is from that dam, 3.2KG. So yeah, there are some very nice fish in there!

 

[EBEE ALI]

yws no doubt the dam holds some good fish and i agree that the fluke idea.the log that used to be there rotted away and isnt there anymore.my biggest fish from this dam came on a watermelon red fluke and my first bass ever from this dam was caught on a berkley ringworm.
Ive noticed that towards the evening guys from town come and catch so much small and medium size bass that they fill 5 litre buckets full of fish.this is a catch and release dam,even the security guards there ask me for fish,why isnt there anybody regulating that place.

Yesterday there was a canoe race or something there and for the entire morning you couldnt cast a lure without hitting a canoeist.thats most probably why i didnt catch anything in the morning.

What gets me worked up is the fact this place has so much potential and if only there were better rules and a more active governance 2 and 3 kilo fish wont be rare catches.

 

[EBEE ALI]

double post

 

[J_Bay]

I didn't know it's a catch and release dam. I always did release all the fish, but I didn't know you had to?? Also, the canoes have been annoying fisherman since I started fishing there, years back.

Sometimes, if the canoes are very full up, it can make the fish go off the bite, but normally it's not too big a problem.

 

[EBEE ALI]

on the roadside part of the dam there is a big sighn telling you what you can and cant do,in SMALL wrtitng it says ''catch and release by order''.