Went to Roodeplaat (hengelaarsvreind) are on the 19, 20 & 21 of November 2010. Peg 30
My approach was to make a feeding spot with cooked maize (which was sent throw a ‘meelertjie) and some whole pips. This was mixed with popcorn feed. It didn’t work as I planed and the fish wasn’t interested in any pips which I offered them. But due to the weight and size of the cooked maize it stayed longer and did help keeping/attracting the fish to my feeding spot.
Day 1 (19/20 -11-2010)
Arrived at the Plaat around 4, unpacked and the lines was in at 17.30. I decider to throw 60-70m with the 1 rod and 20-30 with the other. 8 bolls of plain cooked maize on 60m and 10 bolls of plain cooked maize / maroek at 20m.
At 20m I was targeting blues and small carp.
At 60m I was targeting carp and barbell.
Fishing was slow and only caught my first fish (carp of 880g) at 2:00 am on the 20m spot, meanwhile 6 carp (by 4 anglers) of around 2.5kg was caught on either side of me.
In the morning (6:00 am) I landed a small barbell of 2.6kg on worms on the 60m spot.
Carp, SWD on bottom hook with biddulphs on bol and oorlog 1 on the top hook. Vaaldam strop was used.
The other anglers mentioned rose, but wasn’t willing to elaborate on what dips they were using.
Day 2 (20/21-11-2010)
All I manage for the day was small taps on the rods. The anglers on the NTV grounds manage to land a few fish, at hengelaarsvriend 1 or 2 came out.
I changed (22:30) to the same combo which bought me the carp of 880g the night before and the BOM I was using was carp o-fix (50% popcorn) its very fine and don’t leave a lot of big particles. I made my brake throw 23:45 at night, 1 carp of 420g (20m).
But it was still to slow; I decided to swap the Plan SWD with an OX Blood SWD and 30 minutes later a carp of 440g, 45 min later a carp of 1.44Kg (all on 20m).
The big problem I had with the 20m spot is it holds a lot of small vlei kurpers (due to the bolls of maroek I threw during the day) so there was a lot of small fish eating my bait with a lot of small taps. I had to rebate every 20min, if there were small bites present.
I decided to change the 60m rod to the new combo (06.00 am)
Sliding Rietvlei , Bottom hook OX blood SWD, Top hook floutie with SWD and on the BOM Oorlog 1 and Biddulphs.
07:20 - 1 carp 1.46Kg
09:00 - 1 carp 1.5Kg
Hardly any fish was caught during the night and day by other anglers. Think around 4 and then there was my 5 for the night and day at hengelaars vriend.
I caught a few vlei kurpers and during the process landed a whopper of a bass. My first a roodeplaat, the bass weighed in at 10g +- 1 gram, Lol
So for the trip:
6 - Carp (Total 6.24Kg)
1- Barbell (Total 2.65Kg)
15 - Vlei kurpers (Average 15g)
1 - Bass (10g +- 1g)
Not the best of catches but better then nothing at all. The weather temp was 28/30 day and 16/18 night, Slight breeze and hardly any clouds.
OX Blood – Supercast
Biddulphs – Supercast
Oorlog 1 – Dipsy
Ground feed – Carp O-Fix
Wil post some pic’s later.
My approach was to make a feeding spot with cooked maize (which was sent throw a ‘meelertjie) and some whole pips. This was mixed with popcorn feed. It didn’t work as I planed and the fish wasn’t interested in any pips which I offered them. But due to the weight and size of the cooked maize it stayed longer and did help keeping/attracting the fish to my feeding spot.
Day 1 (19/20 -11-2010)
Arrived at the Plaat around 4, unpacked and the lines was in at 17.30. I decider to throw 60-70m with the 1 rod and 20-30 with the other. 8 bolls of plain cooked maize on 60m and 10 bolls of plain cooked maize / maroek at 20m.
At 20m I was targeting blues and small carp.
At 60m I was targeting carp and barbell.
Fishing was slow and only caught my first fish (carp of 880g) at 2:00 am on the 20m spot, meanwhile 6 carp (by 4 anglers) of around 2.5kg was caught on either side of me.
In the morning (6:00 am) I landed a small barbell of 2.6kg on worms on the 60m spot.
Carp, SWD on bottom hook with biddulphs on bol and oorlog 1 on the top hook. Vaaldam strop was used.
The other anglers mentioned rose, but wasn’t willing to elaborate on what dips they were using.
Day 2 (20/21-11-2010)
All I manage for the day was small taps on the rods. The anglers on the NTV grounds manage to land a few fish, at hengelaarsvriend 1 or 2 came out.
I changed (22:30) to the same combo which bought me the carp of 880g the night before and the BOM I was using was carp o-fix (50% popcorn) its very fine and don’t leave a lot of big particles. I made my brake throw 23:45 at night, 1 carp of 420g (20m).
But it was still to slow; I decided to swap the Plan SWD with an OX Blood SWD and 30 minutes later a carp of 440g, 45 min later a carp of 1.44Kg (all on 20m).
The big problem I had with the 20m spot is it holds a lot of small vlei kurpers (due to the bolls of maroek I threw during the day) so there was a lot of small fish eating my bait with a lot of small taps. I had to rebate every 20min, if there were small bites present.
I decided to change the 60m rod to the new combo (06.00 am)
Sliding Rietvlei , Bottom hook OX blood SWD, Top hook floutie with SWD and on the BOM Oorlog 1 and Biddulphs.
07:20 - 1 carp 1.46Kg
09:00 - 1 carp 1.5Kg
Hardly any fish was caught during the night and day by other anglers. Think around 4 and then there was my 5 for the night and day at hengelaars vriend.
I caught a few vlei kurpers and during the process landed a whopper of a bass. My first a roodeplaat, the bass weighed in at 10g +- 1 gram, Lol
So for the trip:
6 - Carp (Total 6.24Kg)
1- Barbell (Total 2.65Kg)
15 - Vlei kurpers (Average 15g)
1 - Bass (10g +- 1g)
Not the best of catches but better then nothing at all. The weather temp was 28/30 day and 16/18 night, Slight breeze and hardly any clouds.
OX Blood – Supercast
Biddulphs – Supercast
Oorlog 1 – Dipsy
Ground feed – Carp O-Fix
Wil post some pic’s later.
, men take your wives with, after the 1st fish bites, they would want to go again 
