Hi Guys I work very close to Rietvlei dam in Ir
- Thread starter Little Green Fish
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Little Green Fish
Sealiner
must be back at work next week after a two month leave of absence hahaha and my office is in sight of the dam, so there I'll be taking lunch from 09;00 till 16;00, cannot take lunch earlier as I only get to work at 08:45, due to the lack of interest in sitting in the on site coffee shop sucking on the rear ends of Camels, drinking coffee and shooting CARP with collegues 
What about the rumours about a resident croc in Rietvlei? Cause this might be a matter of concern when wading...
I heard it's not a big croc but even smallish crocs can take a child ( my boy is 10 and always fishes with me) so I am a bit concerned.
What are your thoughts and have anyone seen this croc recently?
I heard it's not a big croc but even smallish crocs can take a child ( my boy is 10 and always fishes with me) so I am a bit concerned.
What are your thoughts and have anyone seen this croc recently?
iv been a member of the sailing club for about 13 years...iv seen crocs and hippos...i think there are more than 1 croc...normally find it on the island...lat time i saw it it was about 1.5 but that was 2 years ago or so...there are 3 hippos but iv been told they have been fenced off to the river but im not sure...iv seen one all the way at the sailing club before
henroawesome
New member
Hi guys.
Im super new to bass fishing. And love the sport thus far.
Im not to sure, but this was all i could find regarding bassing at rietvlei. Will i waist my time if i go their, or will i be rewarded with a nice size bass, as my current record only sits at under a kg.
Thanks
Im super new to bass fishing. And love the sport thus far.
Im not to sure, but this was all i could find regarding bassing at rietvlei. Will i waist my time if i go their, or will i be rewarded with a nice size bass, as my current record only sits at under a kg.
Thanks
henroawesome
New member
Ive been their two days, nothing from spinners up to top water, NOT EVEN ONE BITE!!!
kaptein delarey
Sealiner
Have you tried flukes?
Watermelon gold, watermelon red & junebug have all worked for me at Reitvlei.
Rig them weightless or with small mojo weight and mix it up fishing them slow and/or erratic.
Can be a very tough venue.
Cheers
Watermelon gold, watermelon red & junebug have all worked for me at Reitvlei.
Rig them weightless or with small mojo weight and mix it up fishing them slow and/or erratic.
Can be a very tough venue.
Cheers
kaptein delarey
Sealiner
Decided to revive this thread again woth a couple of nice chunky bass that I caught this past Saturday from Rietvlei.
Water level was very low so all the grass and green algae slime was compressed into shallower water, which made for challenging fishing.
First one weighed in at 1.97kg
Another shot of same fish.
Second one 1.21kg
3rd 1.385kg
4th 1.10kg
5th 1.26kg
This gave me a 5 fish bag of almost 7kg/15lb (6.925kg) ... not bad for fishing from the bank.
Late afternoon I caught loads of these smaller-sized bass that were hitting lures like crazy.
I stopped counting after 11 of them.
All fish were responsibly weighed and released without being out of the water for more than a couple of seconds.
Day turned out great in the end.
Cheers
Water level was very low so all the grass and green algae slime was compressed into shallower water, which made for challenging fishing.
First one weighed in at 1.97kg
Another shot of same fish.
Second one 1.21kg
3rd 1.385kg
4th 1.10kg
5th 1.26kg
This gave me a 5 fish bag of almost 7kg/15lb (6.925kg) ... not bad for fishing from the bank.
Late afternoon I caught loads of these smaller-sized bass that were hitting lures like crazy.
I stopped counting after 11 of them.
All fish were responsibly weighed and released without being out of the water for more than a couple of seconds.
Day turned out great in the end.
Cheers