what king of kurper

[EBEE ALI]

hi guys

I caight tjese yesterday at footloose.please help me id

 

[aquadementia]

its a baby blue

 

[EBEE ALI]

oh cool.i saw some big blues in that same dam and some good size bass aswell

 

[jardineo]

It is not a baby blue, it is a canary kurper, or a kerriebek.

 

[Fishpaste]

Definitely not a canary kurper.

 

[armgesukkel]

carpmudgeelkortkopnreemde vis my opinie ? sorry just having a laugh

 

[armgesukkel]

the book shows it as a :::vleikurper ::

 

[aquadementia]

ok jardineo then please post a pic of what you think a baby blue is... let me post a pic of what I think a Canary Kurper is

 

[jardineo]

Look at my profile picture...i caught that a week ago at a private farm dam near Bon Accord in Pretoria..apologies if may have this incorrect.

 

[aquadementia]

I see that's a nice one, but nothing close to a baby

 

[aquadementia]

armgesukkel the vlei has a shorter face and is more a box shape. it also has a tilapia spot on the dorsal

 

[Enigma]

Baby Blue Kurper and probably a female.

Your profile pic looks like a Blue or Mazambique Tilapia.

Post a larger pic so we can ID it. Small Canary Tilapia are browner and full of stripes and dots

 

[jardineo]

There you go...Moderator would you advise anglers to visit Vaalkop, Roodekoppies or Klipvoor dams, with all those protesta near Brits?

 

[Enigma]

That is a nice Female Blue Kurper you caught there.

Klipvoor you can get to and bypass the troubled areas.

As to Roodekoppies I'm not to sure as I personally don't know exact hotspots with the service delivery protests.

My advice would be to phone the Brits SAPS and enquire as the the safety on the route you plan to travel.

Given the issues I would be inclined to say that Harties or Vaaldam would be a better bet or if it's Kurper you want then take a 40km longer drive and go fish Flag-Boshielo Dam(Arabie)

 

[kaptein delarey]

Definitely a baby blue.

The juvenile blues are easy to confuse with vlei kurpers, and I've caught them both before off the same spot also at Footloose.

The 3 faintish spots on its side is also a way to identify them.

Cheers