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Van De Jager

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Went to RDW on Tuesday, caught about 15 fish weighing from 800g to 1.5 kg in 4 hours. Found a good spot in a shallow area to the right of a place called bass hole or something, I caught all the fish using a Big Dead Ringer Green Pumpkin on a Texas rig, with the tail dipped in neon green garlic dye. Entrance fee for the day was R45.00, but the toll gate fees to get there and back home was about R100.00. Whach out for cop's on the highway got a R500.00 speeding fine on my way back home. Dispite that it was a great trip.:fishn
 

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Fanie

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Cool Van,
It's not always about getting the monsters. Just fishing and getting them is still very ok.

Have you ever considered getting a boat ? Opens up a lot of very nice fishing spots. I had a 4,8m dory cathedral hull with a 28hp motor when I started. It was the boat that caught the most fish, but times were different then. Easy and light to tow.

Just thinking out loud...
 
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popperdotcom

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Good stuff Van, I also had a great day last Sunday at RDW on a Kayak. I got a few small fish on a brown speedworm weightless and some decent fish on a shallow crank. RDW is an awesome venue, it was my first time there.
Gonna go to Roodeplaat tomorrow and try catch a fattie like you did. Thanks for the report - any tips on bait /rig for plaat? Cheers have a good weekend
 
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Van De Jager

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The most reliable bait to use at Roodeplaat a green pumpkin seed worm with a 2" tail, dipped in a noen green garlic sented dye on a Texas rig. Fish at a depht of 1.5m - 2.5m there's a grass line that you can feel when retrieving your lure. The fish usualy take the the bait when it drops to the bottom, just be ready to strike after casting, if that fails, retrive your lure slowly for 10m, it produces 35% of your bites. use dark colours in poor light conditoins, and good luck. 
 
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popperdotcom

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Thanks I fished hard this weekend but unfortunately the bank was pretty busy, I will have to try that spot you told me about during the week. I had a small boat that I could get around with - I picked up one fish (probably just under 1kg) on a spinner bait near the start of the rowing course. Also saw some other guys get a decent fish on a topwater frog I think. One knock on a green fluke near the bridge at the bottom. Besides that the barbel were going nuts and I got two on a crank bait !
Will let you know if I get lucky, really keen to try that spot of yours
 
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Van De Jager

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Went there on Monday, fished for 3 hours, didn't catch anything at my usual spot, but visited another area and found a congegation of females. caught 2 and lost 2, one of them a monster, going back tomorrow to take revenge, the fish were in the 1.3.kg range, in prestine condition, fat and ready to spawn, will post picks if I catch something.
 
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