Started Bass fishing the end of last year and up u

[Speedworm]

Well then goodbye to this years spawn the carp gonna cruise along chase the bass from its nest and munch its eggs.

 

[DJP]

I've fished the techno park dams and canals since about 7years ago. The top dams are the new ones but the canals have had carp, bass and blue kurper in for years now. Good to see that the fish are in such good condition.

 

[braailegend]

Learn something everyday, but havent seen those carp... and their big, want to go for them on the fly rod, since their feeding so shallow. The cannals are bit milky, think its, because of the building going on close by, hopefully the fish are still alive when the building is done.

 

[braailegend]

Some nice pics

 

[braailegend]

On its way... note the clear water

 

[DJP]

Wow braailegend daai is 'n ongelooflike interesante bass. It epitomises the name Blackbass...yet I think thats more than just adaptation to the environment, probably some alternative genetic expression like black sprinbok.

 

[Brushhog]

Hene,Dis die eerste Black bass wat ek nog gesien het,Dirk,ek dink ons moet daar 'n draai gaan maak!!!Speedworm,your carp theory is a bit drastic,it wont wipe out an entire spawn!!!

 

[Brushhog]

And if we want to fish for Bass(alien species) then we shouldnt worry about carp,because they both are alien species and both do allot of damage to the eco systems!!!

 

[shakyhead]

Guys, are there any bass in the dam just past the Lord Charles close to Somerset? Looks like a nice dam, the smaller one is completely weeded over.

 

[Speedworm]

I went there once but did not see any or get any bites

 

[braailegend]

Was at the dam again this weekend, but looked like the fish wasn't in a bitting mood.. Also saw a relatively big barber cruizing around. Any tips for catching barbers or carp in clear water.. Think that barber will be a lekker fight on light tackle..

 

[TOE 007]

shakyhead wrote:

Guys, are there any bass in the dam just past the Lord Charles close to Somerset? Looks like a nice dam, the smaller one is completely weeded over.

howzit , are you talking bout the ponds on you way towards Skelmbos?

theres 2 ponds , both has got fish carp , barbel , and bass , we use to get loads of bass there , but i reckon the barbel are a bit of a problem , i am not sure which one ,but one of them is private property and the owner of that land a MR Moffat also a avid fisherman , just make sure cos i know some guys caused trouble there some time ago so i dont know if he would be so amped to folks fishing there ,and i wouldnt know where to get hold of him either ?

later!

 

[shakyhead]

TOE 007, yeah, it's the pond/dam as u go up the towards the Steynsrust bridge on ur left.

Took a drive to Techno park and watched the bass swimming around. It was amazing just to sit there and watch them. The water is brilliantly clear and you can c everything, even some topwater action when the bass jump to catch the dragonflies. u can clearly c that pitch black bass cruising around. The best of all is at some of the opening in between the reeds when u stop there, some of the smaller bass will will come idling up to you and oggling u like they expecting u to feed them or something. Maybe the builders there are feeding them, that's why they seem half "tame".

 

[Speedworm]

Here's 2 of my black bass

 

[.Generaal.]

that 2nd pic looks like wiesenhof?

 

[Speedworm]

ye

 

[Marthin]

wetie of dit daar ook sal werk nie, maar try een van daai sagte swart paddatjies. gooi in en laat dit sink tot op die bodem met geen sinker. gee net so 2 twitches en los net daar.

Die vis sal van VER af swem tot daar stil hang agter die padda en dit dan oppik.

 

[braailegend]

Sal dit die naweek gaan try, as die weer kan besluit of dit nou somer of winter is.

 

[dubs]

damn this just p'''s u off. this dam is one of the clearest dams in the cape. u can c fish right accross the dam on a good day n now the bloomin carp gonna muck it up.

hmmmm carp on lure !!!!

 

[braailegend]

Caught a catfish at the "pond" this weekend while going for the carp, guess it was between 1-2kg's, forgot scale at home, and cant judge its weight. Still looking for the bigger one lurking around.

Think it is a nice mixed pond, able to catch Bass, Carp and catfish... what ever you feel like the day. will post pic of the catfish later.

Not to worried about the carp.. just would like to catch one. Also had a big run on Saturday, but came off. The bass spawn is all over the place, so atleast the carp didnt chow every thing.