Roodeplaat Dam

[Joe Henkins]

Good Afternoon all

Please advise info on this dam, is there bass in this dam? Is it a hard dam to fish? Which bait works best here? Is it a good dam for barbel fishing?

 

Any info

thank you

 

[Ryan]

Dam is hard but plenty of bass - cranks and dark plastics work best

 

[Joe Henkins]

Thank you for the info. Will be taking 3 carp rods, 2 barbel rods (still deciding which bait will work best) and bass rods.

 

[johank]

Hi Joe

I have fished Roodeplaat a few times; this is what worked for me:

Carp:
Kaboem mielies on hair rig (plain)
Bomb = sweet corn flavor ACE instant porridge + chick chick + popcorn mix (2cups,half cup, 1 cup)
Obviously your flaoties will also do the trick…

Barbel:
(i know meat world in centurion sell this)
Looks like chicken strips, but not filets, it contains some bone, and very fatty, so this is my preferred bait as it is easy to get them to stick to your hook, and they work!
+- R5 for a packet!

Bass:
Never had any success at the reserve side.

I hope this helps bud!

Cheers
Johan

 

[Little Green Fish]

Not only does it have bass, it has BIG ones but they are and can be (most of the time) be full oi IT, watermelon chartuese 8" deadringers rigged carolina, and 4" jerk baits firetiger colours are the damaging lures, they tend to get the full of it buggers to go on the bite more often, bass that is.

 

[jaenswart]

What are you're favorite areas? I live close to the dam, but I must say that getting to the bass through all the barbell can be difficult at times.

Hyacinths are still very annoying with the boat.

 

[Little Green Fish]

The blue jetty @ the old aventura resort, the bird lookout the bay next to the damwall and the bottle neck close to the launch, however like you say the hyacinth is what has kept me from going there the last year, don't wanna paddle the carp out the way with the trawling motor on full speed ahead and still only manage 10m every 20minutes......

 

[jaenswart]

Little Green Fish wrote:

The blue jetty @ the old aventura resort, the bird lookout the bay next to the damwall and the bottle neck close to the launch, however like you say the hyacinth is what has kept me from going there the last year, don't wanna paddle the carp out the way with the trawling motor on full speed ahead and still only manage 10m every 20minutes......

Just crazy that they cannot sort those plants out. I have also had success next to the dam wall, the bird hide and also the rock piles near the bridge.

 

 

 

[Joe Henkins]

Thank you for all the replies will be sure to try them all.

 

[Van De Jager]

Bass fishing at the dam is best from September, through to the end of November. You might be lucky enough to land a few, just before the water turns, end March. Dark soft plastics work best, especialy worms with allot of tail action. 

 

[Van De Jager]

And another one.

 

[Van De Jager]

And the last one.

 

[SmokingToe]

If i remember correctly the venue does not allow powerboats, that true? If so are kickboats/inflatables with trolling motors allowed, or dont you really need a boat to access the good spots?

 

[Little Green Fish]

The venue has two areas (stretches of water) the right side after entering the gate doesn't allow powerboats unless you're training for rowing, to the left is the Boat launch etc where boats are allowed, just not sure if it's open to boats yet with hyacinth problems Roodeplaat use to have (sprayed some weeks ago) inflatables and kickboats etc is allowed all over.

Heard that the bass isn't really on at the moment as they're still trying to recover from the hyacinth sprayed, dying and sinking (oxygen levels are somewhat low) added to this is, once hyacinths are removed (natural water filtering system but no other benefits) the green allgae returns, suckig out even more oxygen and preventing sunlight penetration and heating of water, so Roodeplaat is a bit messed up and deffs confused at the moment not to even mention the bass...... sorry for the dreadful info?  Believe me I too wanna go, it's the closest place to my house, and I haven't fished it for almost two years now........

 

[SmokingToe]

Yea i used to do rowing there most sunday mornings for around a year, i remember the only power boats allowed was the ones with the angry couches shouting through the megaphones Never saw the part of the dam where powerboats are allowed. Suppose it doesnt matter considering the terrible news.

 

[Little Green Fish]

SmokingToe wrote:

Yea i used to do rowing there most sunday mornings for around a year, i remember the only power boats allowed was the ones with the angry couches shouting through the megaphones Never saw the part of the dam where powerboats are allowed. Suppose it doesnt matter considering the terrible news.

Will keep finding out and soon as they're on (which some suggest will be as late as only next year) i'll let you know......

 

[J]

I go there alot, as far as boats are concerned I believe the launches are still closed, last Sunday however there were a few boats towing skis and a couple of crotch rockets on the water that must have been launched from private launches.
I have not tried too hard for bass in this dam but normally get a dink or two when spinning for kurper. The barbel population in this dam is prolific, you could paddle out and chuck a spear into the water and you will probably pull out a barbel kebab.
They are great fun to target and really five a good pull. Red breasted lipless cranks work well for them as well as platties if you want to go the bait route.

Something I have noticed is that the smaller kurper seem to be disappearing over the last few months, not 6 months ago the dam used to be full up with canaries and vlei but I struggle to find them now, does anyone know more about this?

 

[shel247]

well, last time i was there, the guys with canes where pulling them out for supper.. could have something to do with the diminishing population of kurper. I'm a sworn catch and releaser, so i despise those pricks.

Aswell, i caught my PB at roodeplaat, 4.2kg of pure female power!! Just off the bank on my friends inflatable. Anyone got similar stories or am I the only one?