Rietvlei Dam
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Little Green Fish
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[color=#006600]snyper564[/color] wrote:
About three to four weeks ago you could still fish NT angling grounds, Hengelaarsvriend and the big Nat. Res. but not the side where the boat launch is, so it seems pretty much stuffed as it's been for some time now....
Sorry if this is bad news but that's the info I have...
Haven't been there myself of late but my scouting sorces indicated that they have apparently started the spraying of the hyacinth and it's starting to die off, however on Saturday eve another bloke called me to say that the river on the old Aventura road is completely blocked with the hyacinth's up into the mouth and as far as the eye can see towards the rest of the dam.
About three to four weeks ago you could still fish NT angling grounds, Hengelaarsvriend and the big Nat. Res. but not the side where the boat launch is, so it seems pretty much stuffed as it's been for some time now....
Sorry if this is bad news but that's the info I have...
Little Green Fish
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[color=#0066cc]Ryan[/color] wrote:
You mean to tell me there's bass in them waters, last I heard they all died as a result of some chemical spill.....
Little Green Fish
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the guys that told me there wasn't any is goin 2 DIE......... Bassstids
Little Green Fish
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that's what i was told wherever i enquired, each and every answer was zero. and i even went out once to make sure, and yes once surely cannot be considered to be deffinitive proof of their absence but still....
Rietvlei Dam (Pretoria) used to be a Bass dam of note!
You could pick up both Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass (Northern strain) in the 1970s.
See the pic for an old cover of "Stywe Lyne": This 4,2kg (9.24lb) Northern strain Bass was caught by Poen Oelofse in 1973 in Rietvlei Dam near Pretoria on a small sinking Rapala Countdown. A similar Bass of 3,9kg (8.58lb) was caught about half an hour earlier in the same spot by another angler! Those were the days!
Some Bass must still be there. Remember that only a small portion of the Rietvlei shoreline is open to the public and that fishing from a boat is not permitted (although there is a yacht club). Many years ago a buddy of mine (who shall remain nameless!) caught some beautiful Smallmouth near the wall at Rietvlei. This area is not open to the public. My guess is that one would catch some good Bass at Rietvlei if Bassing was allowed from boats, notwithstanding the pollution, etc ... Just look at the Bass coming out of the polluted Harties!
Now if someone would just stock Rietvlei with some Florida strain Bass ...
You could pick up both Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass (Northern strain) in the 1970s.
See the pic for an old cover of "Stywe Lyne": This 4,2kg (9.24lb) Northern strain Bass was caught by Poen Oelofse in 1973 in Rietvlei Dam near Pretoria on a small sinking Rapala Countdown. A similar Bass of 3,9kg (8.58lb) was caught about half an hour earlier in the same spot by another angler! Those were the days!
Some Bass must still be there. Remember that only a small portion of the Rietvlei shoreline is open to the public and that fishing from a boat is not permitted (although there is a yacht club). Many years ago a buddy of mine (who shall remain nameless!) caught some beautiful Smallmouth near the wall at Rietvlei. This area is not open to the public. My guess is that one would catch some good Bass at Rietvlei if Bassing was allowed from boats, notwithstanding the pollution, etc ... Just look at the Bass coming out of the polluted Harties!
Now if someone would just stock Rietvlei with some Florida strain Bass ...
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