New Basser

[Q9550]

Good morning guys,

So recently i moved from DBN to JHB and i am currently living in the fourways area. I started bass fishing not too long ago and managed to catch some small bass in la mercy river, durban. Im looking for some good bass spots around the fourways area and also any tips or tricks to catch these fish.

King Regards

 

[jonathanw]

Hi,

there are quite a few dams around, problem is safety. closest to you would be footloose trout farm but i have not had to many bass from there though... more carp and barbel.
I fished the last 2 weekends at Dowerglen Dam ( linksfield ), bass on the bite small though got a few decent ones, used smaller bass a live bait, plus side free entrance
and relatively safe got about 20 fish for the day.
Another great venue is Oppie Koppie in Brits, excellent bass and blue kurper fishing.

Hope this helps a bit

 

[Q9550]

Howsit jonathanw,

Thanks for the info really appreciate it. I have read about footloose farm here on the forum and alot of guys were saying that it has degraded alot over the years. I'll definitely try oppie koppie when i get a chance. I haven't ever tried carp fishing and all the dips and bombs and bait flavors make my head spin lol might need a mentor to show me the ropes or lines rather. We use to fish la mercy river for barbel, excellent fun on light tackle and a friend even got them on lures while trying for bass, will definitely target them here as well.

If you ever fishing close to my area drop me a PM maybe i could join you if you dont mind.

Thanks alot

 

[jonathanw]

Sure no probs

 

[JL]

jonathanw wrote:

Hi,

there are quite a few dams around, problem is safety. closest to you would be footloose trout farm but i have not had to many bass from there though... more carp and barbel.
I fished the last 2 weekends at Dowerglen Dam ( linksfield ), bass on the bite small though got a few decent ones, used smaller bass a live bait, plus side free entrance
and relatively safe got about 20 fish for the day.
Another great venue is Oppie Koppie in Brits, excellent bass and blue kurper fishing.

Hope this helps a bit

Oppie Koppie a great venue with excellent bass - Really??

 

[jonathanw]

Yup, bass fishing there is pretty good got a few fish around the 1 kg mark and plenty fingerlings ( oppie koppie bass record around 4 KG mark), the blue kurpers even better, must of caught about 30, kurper average 1 kg upwards, a few close to 2 KG in those dams, fight way harder than the bass!

 

[JL]

I wasn't impressed with the bass fishing. Kurper fishing might be another story. Couldn't fish in one of the dams, and the other dams at the top were extremely muddy and smelled pretty bad with low water levels. The only other dam that was reasonably decent (close to the houses) got overcrowded very quickly. The dam is small and with 16 guys fishing it at the same time makes it quite tricky and unpleasant. I won't be wasting my time to return there.

 

[jonathanw]

Eish, that sucks... luckily i went during the week, had the entire place to ourselves.. anyways tight lines.

Regards