I was working the banks at Strubens on Sunday. Not

[Johanvc]

Bigmouth wrote:

Not to sound sceptical or anything but a curly tail aint going to catch u a 3-4 kg bass. The hook will never hold up. Go big or go home. Anyone ever tried a black horny toad?

I would not say that. I got that 4.3 on inanda fishing a small finenessworm and a very small hook. I also got a 3.4 fishing a small grub

 

[da haWk]

Billaridoo wrote:

50m dead straight from the jetty. Nobody has been able to reach that far, so nobody can confirm this.

I can because i was fishing last year with a guy and there was a father and a son with a toy boat about 50cm long, the wind takes it and it was going passed the stump and a huge green body jumped out at it and im talking about 4-5 kgs and you can texas rig a fluke and get it there if you cast from the 3rd or forth thorn tree from the back and the guy i was fishing with reached it with a spinning reel to get the boat back, so bassit11 i agree with you   

 

[Billaridoo]

I saw a huge bass, so I know they are there. Just think that they are hook shy from pressure and wrong bait presentations. Saw a chap waiding taking out gunck. Neon cheapie worms rigged on v.d. Merwe hooks and so forth. The other great big problem is that there are numbnuts that hook decent size fish and do not release them. The workers are powerless and I have had numerous arguements with such anglers at the dam.

Very little control and management is kept at Struben dam and I fear that the bass population is not going to last very long there unless something drastic is done.

 

[fish tales]

i agree with the management and control,, however i do also agree that struben's bass population is coming to a stand still