One of the biggest Bass officially caught in SA!
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U ous can talk K@k LOL!
Sheesh, chill out gt40 and go get some fish to show us.. Spotties, smallies and black bass all occur in the berg river and they maintain separate populations in the same waters and don't interbreed.. Go catch some and take pics for us in a new thread for ID's
Some durbs ous please get some floridas 2. PS. Everyone here knows florida is a separate strain/subspecies of largemouth which is a separate species of bass to smallmouth, spotted, Guadalupe, Suwannee, rock and red eye bass. Everyone knows that they originated in North America as the entire family comes from there but were taken to every corner of the world. The largemouth came from holland to here, it is well documented. GT, get hold of a copy of "Bass Fishing in Southern Africa" by Charles Norman, '84, '86..it's great reading and get off Popkops back, that is not a very respectful manner of open discussion. Go get stuck into some fish and let off the steam!
FYI, bass are Micropterus, cousins of sunfish, Lepomis, together members of Centrarchidae and relatives of other cichlids like kurper and peacock bass. Largemouth is Micropterus salmoides, florida is Micropterus salmoides floridanus and for example rock bass is Ambloplites rupestris so its "relative".
Sheesh, chill out gt40 and go get some fish to show us.. Spotties, smallies and black bass all occur in the berg river and they maintain separate populations in the same waters and don't interbreed.. Go catch some and take pics for us in a new thread for ID's
Some durbs ous please get some floridas 2. PS. Everyone here knows florida is a separate strain/subspecies of largemouth which is a separate species of bass to smallmouth, spotted, Guadalupe, Suwannee, rock and red eye bass. Everyone knows that they originated in North America as the entire family comes from there but were taken to every corner of the world. The largemouth came from holland to here, it is well documented. GT, get hold of a copy of "Bass Fishing in Southern Africa" by Charles Norman, '84, '86..it's great reading and get off Popkops back, that is not a very respectful manner of open discussion. Go get stuck into some fish and let off the steam!FYI, bass are Micropterus, cousins of sunfish, Lepomis, together members of Centrarchidae and relatives of other cichlids like kurper and peacock bass. Largemouth is Micropterus salmoides, florida is Micropterus salmoides floridanus and for example rock bass is Ambloplites rupestris so its "relative".
This PIc of that monster fish takes me back many years to Nagle dam in particular. We were a family of 4 Dad Mom brother. All of us were absolute bass fanatics. In those days consevation was a big part of my dads fishing practices, It was catch take a photo and release and only bass that were injured were kept on a stringer incase it had miraculously survived and were then released. If not it went home......back to the fish on the string, two smallish gill hooked fish placed in the shallow near the Dam wall side of Nagle. My dad calls and sais sone come and look at this. All I remember is this pair of monster bass trying to get those small 30cm bass off the stringer. They were litteraly engulfing those fish. Absolutely awsome site. I always believed that a MONSTER would be caught from this DAM even though its a catch of the past. I am Talking Bass fishing in the 70's. Congrats to the angler.
Its a pitty about the stone throwing in the discusion. We all have opinions and a certain amount of knowledge lets always try to be reasonable with eachother
Bycatch if I may ask are you a fish scientist? Wanna know who we are dealing with.....Thanks Bud.
Its a pitty about the stone throwing in the discusion. We all have opinions and a certain amount of knowledge lets always try to be reasonable with eachother
Bycatch if I may ask are you a fish scientist? Wanna know who we are dealing with.....Thanks Bud.
Morning Cobia777. No, unfortunately I am not but if I could do it all over again then that is what I would do.
I am an information sponge when it comes to fisheries matters and particularly on the conservation side. I get involved in such matters through my involvement in fishing and make a point of gathering information and assisting science, scientists and projects wherever possible. We need to understand our fisheries if we ever hope to preserve them for our kids and their kids.
I am an information sponge when it comes to fisheries matters and particularly on the conservation side. I get involved in such matters through my involvement in fishing and make a point of gathering information and assisting science, scientists and projects wherever possible. We need to understand our fisheries if we ever hope to preserve them for our kids and their kids.
Use to fish Nagle Dam quite often.
I would dive out my cranks oblivious to the fact that there was a croc lurking in the dam...until i saw him one day, sun-bathing on the top of the weir. Needless to say, we stopped fishing there off our fishingskis!
Miss those days...
I would dive out my cranks oblivious to the fact that there was a croc lurking in the dam...until i saw him one day, sun-bathing on the top of the weir. Needless to say, we stopped fishing there off our fishingskis!
Miss those days...
