I went fishing this afternoon,just for 45mins,were looking for bass and barble,that i saw earlier this weekend lurking in the shallows.I took my spinning rod packed with spider wire,and a red head lure,to my surprise ended up catching 2 very nice breams.....not to shabby!!!!They were between a kilo and 800grams.....guess summer's on the doorstep!
I went fishing this afternoon,just for 45mins,were
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Make me want to pick up the spinning rods and go in search of reds.............
I edited your pics - by pic 2 I had a stiff neck so I turned them all up the right way I trust this is in order....
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Make me want to pick up the spinning rods and go in search of reds.............
I edited your pics - by pic 2 I had a stiff neck so I turned them all up the right way I trust this is in order....
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hi Kumz
Not to sure if the fish you caught is exactly a Red Breasted "Kurper" , the one's i've caught have a distinct "red" color starting at the gill area covering almost the entire belly . Perhaps its the female of the two ie : having no color , i stand to be corrected . The Blue Kurper also known as a Mozambique Tilapia also belong to the same family , Cichlid . I've caught many of these with a Mepps Black Furry . I achieved excellent results fishing with a scarborough reel dragging a small marble size ball of bread along the bottom at a verry slow wind , half a turn every 10 secs or so . The first take is so slow that if you are using any other reel , you would probably not feel the take , by the third take the fish will swim of with the bait and slowly increase its speed . The scarborough gives u the advantage of direct contact with the fish at all times and allows for little or no resistance when a fish swims with the bait . Bass fishing is something special with this reel .
Cheers
Killer
Not to sure if the fish you caught is exactly a Red Breasted "Kurper" , the one's i've caught have a distinct "red" color starting at the gill area covering almost the entire belly . Perhaps its the female of the two ie : having no color , i stand to be corrected . The Blue Kurper also known as a Mozambique Tilapia also belong to the same family , Cichlid . I've caught many of these with a Mepps Black Furry . I achieved excellent results fishing with a scarborough reel dragging a small marble size ball of bread along the bottom at a verry slow wind , half a turn every 10 secs or so . The first take is so slow that if you are using any other reel , you would probably not feel the take , by the third take the fish will swim of with the bait and slowly increase its speed . The scarborough gives u the advantage of direct contact with the fish at all times and allows for little or no resistance when a fish swims with the bait . Bass fishing is something special with this reel .
Cheers
Killer
[color=#006600]killer fish[/color] wrote:
Hiya Killer,
Is your post directed at Attie?
These fish are definately red breasted kurper - note the small mouth - Blues have massive mouth's - this is the easiest way to tell the two apart.
They also only fet their bright red colour during breeding time.
The Blue Kurper does not belong to the Chiclid family - chilchlids are mouth brooders. The red breasted kurper and canary kurper are the two most common species we have in SA.
I agree with you fishing with a scarbourgh is the right method to tackle these fish if fishing with bait but we mainly target these with lures.
Hope this clarify's things a bit
Regards
Ryan
Hiya Killer,
Is your post directed at Attie?
These fish are definately red breasted kurper - note the small mouth - Blues have massive mouth's - this is the easiest way to tell the two apart.
They also only fet their bright red colour during breeding time.
The Blue Kurper does not belong to the Chiclid family - chilchlids are mouth brooders. The red breasted kurper and canary kurper are the two most common species we have in SA.
I agree with you fishing with a scarbourgh is the right method to tackle these fish if fishing with bait but we mainly target these with lures.
Hope this clarify's things a bit
Regards
Ryan
Killer,
Appologies I eat humble pie.
Blue kurper Are part of the Chiclid family as are Red breasted kurper.
Red breaseted kurper are also substrate breeders not mout brooders as I indicated.This is also one of the True Tilapias - Tilapia rendali.
Blue Kurper - Oreochromis mossambicus is a mouth brooder as such and holds eggs/lavae and young in their mouths whilist breeding - probably another reason why they cannot be targetted during breeding season - they have lockjaw so to speak.
ANyways thanks for making me read up on it learnt some interesting facts this morning
Appologies I eat humble pie.
Blue kurper Are part of the Chiclid family as are Red breasted kurper.
Red breaseted kurper are also substrate breeders not mout brooders as I indicated.This is also one of the True Tilapias - Tilapia rendali.
Blue Kurper - Oreochromis mossambicus is a mouth brooder as such and holds eggs/lavae and young in their mouths whilist breeding - probably another reason why they cannot be targetted during breeding season - they have lockjaw so to speak.
ANyways thanks for making me read up on it learnt some interesting facts this morning
killer fish
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Ryan..... cool man yip i was writing streight out of my head 4got about the color change during breeding periods .When i was a youngster the only books i read were about "fish" . I have caught a variety of fish in my years of fishing . It was the freshwater sceine that got me hooked . I must admit a good size red breasted kurper can give you a good tustle on the right tackle.
great pics.....
KILLER
great pics.....
KILLER