so there's the Q? is there or isn't there any bass
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Little Green Fish
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skuus bigmouth, maar ek bly aan die bokant van zambesi en die signal daar is maar baie sleg, het probeer maar ek kon nie eers behoorlik posts lees op die forum nie... sal weer vanaand probeer.
popperdotcom
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I have just started trying. Didnt know there were bass in emmerentia until last week.. I reckon a fluke (natural colour) baitfish or watermelon perhaps. Maybe a worm. Spinner or shallow cranks would be good too, but it is probably still a bit cold for that. Let me know if you have any luck.. Mid aug should start warming up. Hopefully guys release their fish... Dam is so small. There are better places to fish but what a pleasure to be able to throw a line after work.
popperdotcom
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I have just started trying. Didnt know there were bass in emmerentia until last week.. I reckon a fluke (natural colour) baitfish or watermelon perhaps. Maybe a worm. Spinner or shallow cranks would be good too, but it is probably still a bit cold for that. Let me know if you have any luck.. Mid aug should start warming up. Hopefully guys release their fish... Dam is so small. There are better places to fish but what a pleasure to be able to throw a line after work.
popperdotcom
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I have just started trying. Didnt know there were bass in emmerentia until last week.. I reckon a fluke (natural colour) baitfish or watermelon perhaps. Maybe a worm. Spinner or shallow cranks would be good too, but it is probably still a bit cold for that. Let me know if you have any luck.. Mid aug should start warming up. Hopefully guys release their fish... Dam is so small. There are better places to fish but what a pleasure to be able to throw a line after work.
popperdotcom
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Cool J Bay. Thanks for the post. Where? Along the dam wall? I have some watermelon hogs that i will try. fishing very slow i presume? what time of year?
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Always slow in winter. What you can do is, on the road where all the houses are, go right to the fence that blocks the botanical gardens, and walk up the bank towards the yacht club, and fish any likely look spots, under the willows is always good.
There is a concrete pipe running into the dam, under a willow, have a few throws under that tree, I lost a HUGE bass there cos it jumped into the tree, lol.
Walk past the yacht club(try get a few throws in around there if you can, the bass love it, the canoeists do not, you're not allowed to fish there), then make your way along the wall, looking for any signs of them, and, have a few throws near the over flow.
When you get to the end of the wall, walk along the bank that leads to the botanical gardens, there is a concrete jetty type thing there, have a few casts in the bay there, it normally has nice bass.
Past that, but still outside the gardens is a section with lots of over hanging trees, plenty bass there, but it is pretty secluded so be careful cos vagrants hang around there sometimes!
There is a concrete pipe running into the dam, under a willow, have a few throws under that tree, I lost a HUGE bass there cos it jumped into the tree, lol.
Walk past the yacht club(try get a few throws in around there if you can, the bass love it, the canoeists do not, you're not allowed to fish there), then make your way along the wall, looking for any signs of them, and, have a few throws near the over flow.
When you get to the end of the wall, walk along the bank that leads to the botanical gardens, there is a concrete jetty type thing there, have a few casts in the bay there, it normally has nice bass.
Past that, but still outside the gardens is a section with lots of over hanging trees, plenty bass there, but it is pretty secluded so be careful cos vagrants hang around there sometimes!
popperdotcom
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Great help, thanks! will let you know...:fishn
I live in the area, like the guys above say, green superfluke, bright green pepper worms and my personal fave plastic, choc brown earthworm (zoom baits). My best luck is always flicking them out (always) unweighted (red hooks work well for some reason. Let them sink - wait a good minute. SLow retrive, with hard jerks, let them fall again. Best place is dam wall, halfway down, where there are banks of rocks underwater. I have caught by flicking a worm under the little walk-way bridge the canoeists use, on the very left of the sluice gates. Drop your bait on the rubberised mat, let it plop in, and hold on. I have seem like 8 bass follow my lures, and then one last hard jerk, and they can't resist. Now is a good time, going in October. Early morning is best, water is too clean during day. Beware the patrolling barble along the wall - they are doing their regular beat. Hook one bass, and guarantee you, within 2 minutes they are there. I have seen ones of more than 3 feet long there...