Spinning for Leeries, Lures?
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I picked up a Rapala X-rap Sub-Walk, in pearl/white, a couple of weeks ago. I used it the last time I was spinning for leeries. WOW, what an action this lure has at speed! It is incredibly realistic. No over the top action just a darting gliding movement that looks like a mullet should have and just below the surface. Got acouple of chases but in the end got 6 leeries on a McArthurs Olive soft plastic. Seemed to be the one that worked that day!
SSS: In that area of the river its best to use surface lures(poppers, chisel nose) because of the huge amount of grass. Spoons gather grass on your first retrieve. If you are willing to "wade" a bit, choose a clear spot between the grass on the channel/drop-off and use 100mm dropshot minnow or shad imitations. Smaller size leeries, but great, non-stop fun. The mouth is closed, so they are there throughout the year, sometimes just more difficult to hook them. Take a small rod/hooks with and catch small stompies as livebait, also deadly. If you have a Kayak, go to the next bend(turning left towards the bridge), there are massive leeries and grunter(prawn drift bait). Enjoy.
Spitting Sand Shark
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Oosie wrote:
Thanks Oosie, my mate has got a 2 man canoe, and we've been wanting to paddle up the river, but wasn't sure we would find any leeries there, but hell, if you say there's big ones, then i'm going for it!!
I'm going to use a small 6-7ft rod , reckon the smaller the rod , the more fun you'll have!??
Thanks Oosie, my mate has got a 2 man canoe, and we've been wanting to paddle up the river, but wasn't sure we would find any leeries there, but hell, if you say there's big ones, then i'm going for it!!
I'm going to use a small 6-7ft rod , reckon the smaller the rod , the more fun you'll have!??
Spitting Sand Shark
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Sheez, i bet.... nice leerie!!
Spitting Sand Shark
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SSS, not sure, still in Angola at present, but just stay in the deepwater channel, it runs all the way from the braai area to the last bend. Fish are also more concentrated now, but not always a good thing as all the bait fish are also in the channel and the leeries are "lekker dik" from easy food. You can go for grunter very shallow on the sides of the deepwater channel where they are trying to get to the prawn holes. If you stand at the bridge and look towards the first bend, you would see the huge wakes caused by leeries feeding in that area or walk there from the little gate after the bridge. Just beware the leeries are spooked easily by movement. There must also be Cob, because I have found a dead one at that bend of +/- 8kg once.
Spitting Sand Shark
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Shot for the lekke info
Will definitly try for grunter and cob, you never know.
Drove to the gate yesterday after work, and was shocked at how the water level dropped!!! but you can still see the channel, and it gets wider towards that first bend.
Will post again on Friday Afternoon/Evening and let you know what happend, and hopefully post some pics as well
Will definitly try for grunter and cob, you never know.
Drove to the gate yesterday after work, and was shocked at how the water level dropped!!! but you can still see the channel, and it gets wider towards that first bend.
Will post again on Friday Afternoon/Evening and let you know what happend, and hopefully post some pics as well
aquadementia
Sealiner
To be honest a chisel nose has never and will never be MY first choice for garrick. Dropshot is WAY more versatile!!!! You can change retrieve a bit with plugs, whereas with dropshots you can retrieve it however you like, skipping the surface or twitching on the bottom. I have caught garrick on all types of retrieves, if they are not taking the fast retrieves then slow it right down and you can then also catch kob, flathead and shad which I have also caught in the seekoei on dropshot.
If you watch the Alcock dvd where they target garrick from the boat, Chad mentions that if they were using a leadhead (/dropshot, same difference) they would have boated 6 of them already. They were using spook type lures just because the take (when they eventually commit) is cool to see. When they did use the leadhead, their retrieve was slow and on the bottom. If there is weed in the water then I go somewhere else lol
dropshots to use in seekoei river - white, pearl variations and the kob like chartreuse. 3-4inch is good.
My pb garrick was caught in the middle of winter, in July. That was in the sea and not river, where they are pretty much all year round
If you watch the Alcock dvd where they target garrick from the boat, Chad mentions that if they were using a leadhead (/dropshot, same difference) they would have boated 6 of them already. They were using spook type lures just because the take (when they eventually commit) is cool to see. When they did use the leadhead, their retrieve was slow and on the bottom. If there is weed in the water then I go somewhere else lol
dropshots to use in seekoei river - white, pearl variations and the kob like chartreuse. 3-4inch is good.
My pb garrick was caught in the middle of winter, in July. That was in the sea and not river, where they are pretty much all year round
basstacle4see
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I must agree with aquadimentia....my limited experience on leerie in swartvlei convinced me that there are more succesfull lures than chissel nosed plugs for leeries. Then again it may differ from season to season/ area to area.....out of the ± 10 we caught in December none came out on chisselnose, but lots of chases. Minnow type bass jerk baits produced most of the goods...
Spitting Sand Shark
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Well i had no luck with the chisel nose, spoon, rapala and dropshot in both the seeikoei and kabeljouws river... there are some leeries in the seekoei, got myself a nice small live mullet and hooked it on just infront of his back fin, felt a bump and when i reeled it in, a leerie i asume, took a nice bite out of the mullets head , 1mm next to the hook!!
at least i got a nice 6kg Cob at kabeljouws in the surf.
at least i got a nice 6kg Cob at kabeljouws in the surf.