Little Princess Vlei

[TeachMeMaster]

Hi Everyone

New to the forum, hope you all are well.

Just moved into the Heathfield area of Cape Town and realised that I'm quite close to Little Princess Vlei.

Just have a few questions for anyone in the know about this location:

1) How safe is it to fish in the area ?

2) What types of fish are in the vlei?

3) Any other information about Little Princess Veli will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Dr halibut hoffman]

1. Not so much anymore, never used to be so safe..fished there with a mate a few times, and my dogs..mate carries a weapon and is military trained so felt safe but ja..Cape town has higher murder rate than some places @ war so safe is relative..not so much safe but safe enough?

2. Know of bass, very very smart and some quite big bass that have every lure thrown at them all day long, and seen carp there. Most likely kurper as they are in the system. We've sat for an hour trying to catch one bass with its nest not even a meter from the bank..it would take at look at every offering but that bass would not bite anything near the hook, take it so lightly by the trailer or skirt and remove from the nest, but it knew exactly what a hook was, probably been hooked a hundred times. There are little bass in the canal feeding the vlei too. Kids are always trying to catch them when I fish there..bass there are not dumb.

3. Not so much bank access and lots of rubbish.