New Bass Farm

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Johanvc

Sealiner
Well guys after long chatting to the family and some serious arm twisting I might be starting a bass farm similar to Bass O Mania. On a stretch of land that we not using. It will be situated just outside Delmas a mere 25min drive from JHB. This place will only be open on weekends and will be by appointment only for day visitor. NO fishing will be allowed during the week. Well for me it will lmao.  Now my questions to you are.

1.       What do you look for when visiting a place like this?

2.       What facilities would you be looking at when visiting a place like this?

3.       Would you prefer fishing a big dam or smaller dams? Now there will be more than one dam on the property. But they will change every couple of months to allow the fish to recover and settle again.

Any other input would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Johanvc

Sealiner
O and just before anybody thinks of giving me crap about permits. I will be following the correct root for all permits. Permits for stocking private waters, Permits to transport fish and permits to net private dams. A friend of mine has just done that and I will be getting all the contact details this week
 
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basslover

Senior Member
Awsome stuff johan!!
Thats one of my biggest dreams but at the moment that wont happen...lol

I think basslake is a perfect example of a visitors friendly place...allot of shade, public toilets esp. if the ladies come with.
Braai fascilities with sommer cheap chairs.

then allot of structure in the dams, then the dams small enough for bank and wader anglers but big enough for float tubes and inflatables if you know what i mean.


Great stuff Johan, hope you will have allot of success and we will defo come and support you when it opens!!
 
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zucas922

Senior Member
Oxygen water grass , keeps the water clear and is the ultimate structure , and maybe a small tackle shop , just the basics such as hooks and sinkers and a tray that you can select soft plastics from . . . Last and not least rod and reel hire , just my 2c
 
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gt40

Senior Member
hi johan

you can contact me.would be able to help you.making plans to go to jnb still some time soon.

willem

pm me your number
 
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Monster

Senior Member
Johan

 

That sounds awesome, think you will have many people knocking on your door and I will definatly be one of them. Congrats man

Stuff that would be nice

  • Toilets so guys can bring their grls[/*]
  • Braai facilities with shade. [/*]
  • Access to the water from the side, some places are very overgrown and you have to fight your way through a tropical foreste to get to the water and then there is no place to cast. [/*]
  •  Good fish
[/*]
The last is the most important. Congrats Johan
 
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Loams

Sealiner
Congrats Johan!

I know you were talking about this two years ago already, and I am very glad that it is now coming to bear fruit. I wish you all of the best.

There is nothing that I can add that I don't think you know and will do, but here goes anyway.

a) Well managed stock with slot limits and culling.
b) I like big dams
c) Canoe and inflatable with trolling motor hire
d) no broken bottles and crap lying all over
e) Family friendly
f) Limits on amount of people entering on any specific day
g) Perhaps you can have fishing clinics for youngsters during the week
h) Over school holidays, I would suggest something like "bassing kids" where people can leave their kids over for a day

All of the best bud, I will definately support you
 
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Johanvc

Sealiner
[color=#006600]Loams[/color] wrote:
Congrats Johan!

I know you were talking about this two years ago already, and I am very glad that it is now coming to bear fruit. I wish you all of the best.

There is nothing that I can add that I don't think you know and will do, but here goes anyway.

a) Well managed stock with slot limits and culling.
b) I like big dams
c) Canoe and inflatable with trolling motor hire
d) no broken bottles and crap lying all over
e) Family friendly
f) Limits on amount of people entering on any specific day
g) Perhaps you can have fishing clinics for youngsters during the week
h) Over school holidays, I would suggest something like "bassing kids" where people can leave their kids over for a day

All of the best bud, I will definately support you
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Well some hard thinking and some serious arm twisting went in to this. But yes finally got the YES answer i was waiting for.

Well just some answers to you remark so that you can tell me what you think.

a)      That will be done. There will be a separate dam for kids that all small fish will be moved to.

b)      I would rather go for smaller deep dams as that gives me better management over the dams and allows me to build more dams to fish. At most two dams will be open at ones so that the other dams can recover over a period and then open so that the other dams can recover. By NO means will they be very small. But they will be big enough  to give you a serious work out when walking around.

c)      I don’t want to allow any form of floating device on the water. SO NO float tubes and NO inflatables. The dam will be accessible all over so no need to go on to the water and with that gives the fish a chance to get away from the anglers in the deeper water

d)      I will have guys working there permanently maintaining the property. They will keep the lawn mowed and keep the place clean

e)      That is my main objective. As you know I have the two boys and my little princes and want a place they can run around and we don’t need to worry

about them. A place they can also enjoy with their own little dam

f)       That number still needs to be calculated but fishing will be by appointment only. That way we can manage how many people come there on a day

g)      I was thinking about this and will defiantly speak to Hannes from SA Bass about this during the school holidays.

h)      This part I am busy chatting to my sister about as she owns two crèches with after cared and was thinking on a after care service during school holidays
 
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Johanvc

Sealiner
[color=#006600]Monster[/color] wrote:
Johan

 

That sounds awesome, think you will have many people knocking on your door and I will definatly be one of them. Congrats man

Stuff that would be nice

  • Toilets so guys can bring their grls [/*]
  • Braai facilities with shade. [/*]
  • Access to the water from the side, some places are very overgrown and you have to fight your way through a tropical foreste to get to the water and then there is no place to cast. [/*]
  •  Good fish
The last is the most important. Congrats Johan
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Well the answer on the good fish. My friend’s farm has finally started producing some really nice fish. I will be going there sometime soon to see what they like.

But I think with a healthy Trout diet they will be more than adequate for my dams. The last time I was there the dams produced plenty of fish around the 2kg mark. And that was a year ago. I am also going to contact some people I spoke to Bigbass about a while back to stock one dam with smallmouth. This is my idea but will see if we can get the smallmouth going on one dam


 
 
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Johanvc

Sealiner
[color=#006600]basslover[/color] wrote:
Awsome stuff johan!!
Thats one of my biggest dreams but at the moment that wont happen...lol

I think basslake is a perfect example of a visitors friendly place...allot of shade, public toilets esp. if the ladies come with.
Braai fascilities with sommer cheap chairs.

then allot of structure in the dams, then the dams small enough for bank and wader anglers but big enough for float tubes and inflatables if you know what i mean.


Great stuff Johan, hope you will have allot of success and we will defo come and support you when it opens!!
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That is my main idea. My end result I would want a small little coffee shop that you can buy refreshments and some small lunches like a toasted sandwich and chips or a burger
 
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Loams

Sealiner
Klink sommer piele!

Hows this gonna affect your competitive fishing schedule? I reckon managing a Dam will take up quite a bit of time?
 
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Jan-Harm

New member
Very Good Idea.
Here is my suggestions,apologies if it have already been mentioned.

-Srickly control visitors.Get a decent booking system so there is no over crowding.

-Stock one of the smaller dams with kurper to keep the kids busy and this will be the breeding dam for bait for the bass in the bigger dams.

-Plant a small bunch of reeds at the in flow of the dams,it acts like a filter and keeps the water clean.

-Enough shade,toilets,braai facilities and dustbins.

-The entrance fee should be a bit pricey to keep unwanted people out.(Dronkgatte)

Best of luck with your new project.If you do it the right way it will be a huge success.
 
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Johanvc

Sealiner
[color=#006600]Loams[/color] wrote:
Klink sommer piele!

Hows this gonna affect your competitive fishing schedule? I reckon managing a Dam will take up quite a bit of time?
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I will have to get somebody to manage the place when I am not there. Next year will be a very hectic year for me as i will be fishing divisional’s again plus a couple of Classics and the also some of the tournaments
 
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scuba

Senior Member
sign me up for all the dirty work. netting fish stocking dam etc etc... if i am available i am available to help...
 
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Johanvc

Sealiner
[color=#006600]Jan-Harm[/color] wrote:
Very Good Idea.
Here is my suggestions,apologies if it have already been mentioned.

-Srickly control visitors.Get a decent booking system so there is no over crowding.

-Stock one of the smaller dams with kurper to keep the kids busy and this will be the breeding dam for bait for the bass in the bigger dams.

-Plant a small bunch of reeds at the in flow of the dams,it acts like a filter and keeps the water clean.

-Enough shade,toilets,braai facilities and dustbins.

-The entrance fee should be a bit pricey to keep unwanted people out.(Dronkgatte)

Best of luck with your new project.If you do it the right way it will be a huge success.
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There will be NO overcrowding.

The smaller dam will host small bass and the some curper. Thanks for the info
 
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