Venties is one of Inanda's prime fishing spots. In order to understand why and how it works, you will have to rely on your electronics.
Here are some of the tools:
Google Earth - This is a great place to start.
Use your fishfinder GPS's Sonar Logging combined with DrDepth to create extremely accurate depth charts -
Use DrDepth's Bottom Type feature to determine where the hard and soft bottom is:-
Use DrDepth's Georeferenced side scan feature to view your side scan recordings:-
Overlay your side scan recording by channel (left or right) on top of your depth contours:-
Breaking the side scan down in detail and creating accurate waypoints ...
The first section to break down will be S00293 to S00295.
305 - broken up old house
306 - broken up old house
307 - broken up old house
308 - broken up old house
309 - standing timber
310 - standing timber
311 - standing timber
312 - standing timber
313 - standing timber
314 - standing timber
315 - standing timber
316 - standing timber
317 - 318 - ledge to deep water (bass highway)
319 - standing timber
320 - brushpile
321 - 322 - small ledge just before drop off
323 - small hump
This next section is particulary interesting because of how the nests are sometimes on the flats, and other times they are on the top of certain humps with a little drop off nearby (17FT). The other interesting thing here are the 'highways' that the bass probably use to head up to the shallows for a meal. Also notice how the fish sit on the first two humps, but not on the third.
333 - hump
334-335 - 'highway'
336 - hump
337 - 338 - 'highway'
339 - 341 - 'highways'
342 - 343 - double ledge
344 - hump
345 - hump
Here are some of the tools:
Google Earth - This is a great place to start.
Use your fishfinder GPS's Sonar Logging combined with DrDepth to create extremely accurate depth charts -
Use DrDepth's Bottom Type feature to determine where the hard and soft bottom is:-
Use DrDepth's Georeferenced side scan feature to view your side scan recordings:-
Overlay your side scan recording by channel (left or right) on top of your depth contours:-
Breaking the side scan down in detail and creating accurate waypoints ...
The first section to break down will be S00293 to S00295.
305 - broken up old house
306 - broken up old house
307 - broken up old house
308 - broken up old house
309 - standing timber
310 - standing timber
311 - standing timber
312 - standing timber
313 - standing timber
314 - standing timber
315 - standing timber
316 - standing timber
317 - 318 - ledge to deep water (bass highway)
319 - standing timber
320 - brushpile
321 - 322 - small ledge just before drop off
323 - small hump
This next section is particulary interesting because of how the nests are sometimes on the flats, and other times they are on the top of certain humps with a little drop off nearby (17FT). The other interesting thing here are the 'highways' that the bass probably use to head up to the shallows for a meal. Also notice how the fish sit on the first two humps, but not on the third.
333 - hump
334-335 - 'highway'
336 - hump
337 - 338 - 'highway'
339 - 341 - 'highways'
342 - 343 - double ledge
344 - hump
345 - hump