tackleandcamp
Senior Member
Hi there guys did anyone ever go bass hunting at rietvlei? I wanna go but dont know if it will be a complete waste of time.
Regards
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Rietvlei Dam
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kaptein delarey
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Yes, will be worth going, but only bank angling allowed.
Best bet would be to go on a weekday, otherwise you'll have to do quite a lot of walking trying to find suitable spots to cast, without crossing lines with the carp anglers.
Also maybe wait till the weather warms up a bit.
Here's a report from last year December.
http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=79228&forum_id=32
The Bass Angler magazine also did an article on Rietvlei a couple of months back.
Cheers
Best bet would be to go on a weekday, otherwise you'll have to do quite a lot of walking trying to find suitable spots to cast, without crossing lines with the carp anglers.
Also maybe wait till the weather warms up a bit.
Here's a report from last year December.
http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=79228&forum_id=32
The Bass Angler magazine also did an article on Rietvlei a couple of months back.
Cheers
kaptein delarey
Sealiner
Both dams are quite tough to fish under the best conditions.
If I had to choose I'd go for Rietvlei, but be prepared to do a lot of walking to find the best spots. If you put in the hours, you will be rewarded with some of the strongest fighting and broad-bodied bass around.
Struben I've only been to once, only caught a couple of small ones and the fish are very skittish as this is a highly pressured dam.
Cheers
If I had to choose I'd go for Rietvlei, but be prepared to do a lot of walking to find the best spots. If you put in the hours, you will be rewarded with some of the strongest fighting and broad-bodied bass around.
Struben I've only been to once, only caught a couple of small ones and the fish are very skittish as this is a highly pressured dam.
Cheers
Droomvanger
Senior Member
Do your son a favour and take him to the artlure junior fishing event at Oppikoppi Bass Farm near Brits this Saturday, 7 Sept.
There are seniors who teach the juniors how to fish with artificial lures. You can then decide whether you want to enter a club. Four events a season. PM me if you are interested.
There are seniors who teach the juniors how to fish with artificial lures. You can then decide whether you want to enter a club. Four events a season. PM me if you are interested.
tackleandcamp
Senior Member
Hi there I would love to but at 4 months he doesn't really grasp the idea of going fishing. but surely will go there soon
Van De Jager
New member
Catches have been good this year, the water level has receded but the fish just carry on with their spawn pattern. The biggest that I know of is a 2.4 kg, but something bigger could have come out in the mean time. Will visit vlei or plaat tomorrow, if the weather picks up.
A mate of mine fished there on Sunday with 11 Bass biggest 2.1kg all C&R
We were there on Wednesday evening 14 Bass 12 of 0.8-1.2kg and 2 of 2.2kg+ all from the bank and all C&R
Watch out for the Hippos if you do go wading, Kirk got a really big skrik there about a month and a half ago
We were there on Wednesday evening 14 Bass 12 of 0.8-1.2kg and 2 of 2.2kg+ all from the bank and all C&R
Watch out for the Hippos if you do go wading, Kirk got a really big skrik there about a month and a half ago
sounds good sofar! 14 bass for a evening session aint too bad
Do i just look for bass-looking spots? thinking of going this friday morning.. Went fishing in bronkies yesterday, it was cold, like seriously cold, took me some time to get into a coupla fish but it was worth it. I wade a lot, almost saw my G@t yesterday though lol, but if i had to see a hippo, id walk on water so efficiently it would look like i got two 150 hp outboards strapped to my feet
Do i just look for bass-looking spots? thinking of going this friday morning.. Went fishing in bronkies yesterday, it was cold, like seriously cold, took me some time to get into a coupla fish but it was worth it. I wade a lot, almost saw my G@t yesterday though lol, but if i had to see a hippo, id walk on water so efficiently it would look like i got two 150 hp outboards strapped to my feetOk so i went to rietvlei this past Friday morning for about 4 hours and actually caught two bass! Nothing big, 800g-1kg but at least something. I will be going there again this weekend tho as its real close. Couldn’t fish the whole place though as there was some sort of competition going on.
I met another angler there that told me the woman at the gate told him to keep the bass he catches as they want to get rid of them. Hope people dont do this though.
The dam is real dirty, alot of mielie bomb holders and carp line in the water, and shoes, and a cd, half a reel and a spool. Sad that people pollute such a beautiful dam.
I was quite paranoid wading tho, crocks and hippos freak me a bit, but after the first bass this paranoia left me. But i dont know the dam to well so im not sure where these hippos and crocs hang out.
I met another angler there that told me the woman at the gate told him to keep the bass he catches as they want to get rid of them. Hope people dont do this though.
The dam is real dirty, alot of mielie bomb holders and carp line in the water, and shoes, and a cd, half a reel and a spool. Sad that people pollute such a beautiful dam.
I was quite paranoid wading tho, crocks and hippos freak me a bit, but after the first bass this paranoia left me. But i dont know the dam to well so im not sure where these hippos and crocs hang out.