where to bass fish in Cape Town

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Johnny Blaze

Senior Member
hi All

 

i live out in brackenfell and wish to take my son bass fishing. have gear except for lures but can get that. but what I would like to know is where in cape town do you guys fish?
 
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Jazz

Senior Member
Johnny there are a couple of places not too far from you. There is kenridge dams (which flow into the tygervalley water front) and there is a well stocked dam by the bellville golf course.
 
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Johnny Blaze

Senior Member
Oh wow thanks Jazz. who do I contact to fish those dams? and when you say kenridge dams. i was under the impression that those dams were closed to fishing?

Manna to you for the info
 
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Jazz

Senior Member
Johnny I'm not refering to the little dams up in the resedential area... I'm refering the the dam down on the otherside of the lower road below tygervalley.

If you take old oak towards tygervalley and go all the way down to the lights at the dros willow bridge, turn right then left at the lights at kenridge onto van riebeeckshof, then left again at jip de jager drive, first left onto mara str, first left onto ixia, left onto gazania st, park at the end of the road and off you go.

Just watch out if you walking in the water, last time I was there (a good few yrs ago there were a lot of little leeches around)
 
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Jazz

Senior Member
There's def bass there, if you ever at tygervally water front stand on the deck and look for the bass in the water... Loads and they all came in from that side of the world. A few good barble as well.

If you got bb or google maps there is a bass filled dam at kommissaris Str also off jip de jager.
 
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OvaR8ed

Sealiner
All the dams in the tygervalley, kenridge and proteavallei area is closed to fishing except the Doordekraal dam (The one you gave driections to).

It should be noted that you need a special permit to fish that dam (There is a guy in a wooden hut that WILL ask you to produce the permit if you rock up there with fishing gear) and the dam has a closed season as well due to the birds breeding season or some kak like that...

Further, the residents made sure it is illegal to clear new gaps in the grass/weeds along the bank so there are only two gaps along the eastern bank and unless you're early, the carp guys usually camp off blocking an entire gap making continuous flipping of lures challenging from dry land. The enitre dam wall is off limits to fishing as per sign boards that are erected everywhere, and the the western bank has no gaps in the weeds.

Unless you have a float tube, I wouldn't say it's worth fishing that dam. (But there are Bass in there, just hard to reach)
 
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OvaR8ed

Sealiner
My suggestion would be to go to any CPT tackle shop and buy the A4 compilation (book) called Cape Town Trout and Bass fishing venues. (It sounds like you have to go anyways since you still need to get lures)

It has a lot of dams within a hour's drive from brackenfell that can be fished.
 
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