Winter Fishing

[Scrat]

Sad to hear about yesterday. Better luck next time ....

 

[BigBass]

[color=#006600]MAN[/color] wrote:

... could you assist me in maybe a place to stay or numbers of a few guest houses in the area...

 For Goedertrouw info (also on accommodation), go to: http://www.bigbass.0catch.com/id5A8.13.htm

 

[basslover]

By this time you guys know im nuts:rasta!!!Ive got the day off, and decided to go and do some fishing this morning in the vaal up at three rivers, started at about 06:30 with a water temp of about 8 9 degrees, 07:00 i caught this piggy of about 2.2, 2.5kg...on a Culprit Jerk Shad June bug.She was so fat!!dont know if it was eggs, or just food...but i doubt it if it was eggs, still bit early for that??
I still cant feel my toes, But it was worth it!!!

 

[Scrat]

Crazy man!!! Is jy nie bang die cops sluit jou toe met daai baraclava nie. It looks like you on the river to steal some boats. .... hehehehe!!

Congrat on the fooshie!!!

 

[BucknutZ]

lekker man, mooi vis

 

[Fishton]

Hehehehe, you are crazy! Well done though, awesome catch, that would be a winning fish in a comp!

 

[bjornh]

nice fish basslover, esp in those conditions. getting into ur culprit plastics i see!sweeeet
oh bru and u MUST get a scale!im not sayin this to be nasty but we all get a huge shock when we actually weigh our fish...like 'nought, never...damn things broken...com'n er' fact you can't fit your thumb in the fishys mouth properly suggests its bout 1.5 kgs...no bigger
glad uv got time to fish cuz!
stuck at varsity...stupid thesis
tight lines bru

 

[Fishton]

sacales - and if it's not digital, it aint a scale ..... just a spring with numbers on it.

 

[BigBass]

Spot on, Fishton!

Essential fishing equipment (especially if you want to brag a bit!) is a digital camera and a digital scale!

 

[Fishton]

It works both ways sometimes, a fish may only look around 2.5 and it goes way into the mid 3's, I love it when it does that

 

[Little Green Fish]

Digital scale, digital camera, now I catch digital fish on my PS2..... You gotta love technology....

 

[basslover]

BJORNH...i do have a scale, but unfortunatly not a digital one, it was defo above 2KG, but defo not more than 2.5 KG.
Im looking at buying myself a digital one this summer!!But that was defo NOT a 1.5!!!I just wish i could knew how accurate that scale of mine is...

 

[basslover]

[color="#006600"]bjornh[/color] wrote:

nice fish basslover, esp in those conditions. getting into ur culprit plastics i see!sweeeet
oh bru and u MUST get a scale!im not sayin this to be nasty but we all get a huge shock when we actually weigh our fish...like 'nought, never...damn things broken...com'n er' fact you can't fit your thumb in the fishys mouth properly suggests its bout 1.5 kgs...no bigger
glad uv got time to fish cuz!
stuck at varsity...stupid thesis
tight lines bru

Not taking you on here buddy::respekt:...and correct me if im wrong(EVERYONE)...but ive seen some small fish with big mouths,ive fitted my thumb easily into a fishys mouth thats smaller than 300gm???, if i look at my pics, the vaal rivers bass's mouth is allot smaller than the bass in basslake or any other places i have fished, dont know why, but thats how i see it in my pics(Ryan maybe you or your friend that studies bass can give us some interesting info about this...):fst:

 

[Ryan]

Hey Bud it is very hard to Guestimate a size from a photie - fact is if you know what the fish weighs then why should you be worried about what anyone else says

 

[basslover]

true....hehehehe...thanks for your wise words....lol

 

[bjornh]

studpid site maintenance...now i can't look at that pic again.
i'm goin to upload a pic of a fish i caught at inanda on my last trip (it looked big)...and get you to guess the weight. i must just make sure i didn't report that trip to everyone here and all that needs to be done is for someone to go back to that post!
the size of ones hand in relation to the fish is often a good indicator, as people usually hold the fish quite close to the camera (extra 2pounds!!). unless you have big mits and played keeper without gloves at school, i'd say that fishy isn't close to 2kgs. those spring scales are useless. But alas, who cares. i know you're not trying to prove anything, you're just stoked you caught it...and we're stoked for you.well done!

 

[Ryan]

[color=#006600]bjornh[/color] wrote:

studpid site maintenance...now i can't look at that pic again.
i'm goin to upload a pic of a fish i caught at inanda on my last trip (it looked big)...and get you to guess the weight. i must just make sure i didn't report that trip to everyone here and all that needs to be done is for someone to go back to that post!
the size of ones hand in relation to the fish is often a good indicator, as people usually hold the fish quite close to the camera (extra 2pounds!!). unless you have big mits and played keeper without gloves at school, i'd say that fishy isn't close to 2kgs. those spring scales are useless. But alas, who cares. i know you're not trying to prove anything, you're just stoked you caught it...and we're stoked for you.well done!

I am 6ft 7 weigh 130kgs My mits are humongous and any fish looks small in my hands - Bjorn - guess the weight of this fish 10 to 1 you will be wrong

 

 

[bjornh]

wish i could but sealine won't let me look!
is that the huge barbel you posted a while back and asked guys to guess??
if we want to get technical we can start looking at head to body ratios, time of year, specific waters etc but i'll eat my next fish raw it thats 2kgs!

 

[Ryan]

I hope you like bass sushi...................

 

[basslover]

Well just to get confirmation for myself i took my scale and tested it...well i weighed a 2 litre bottle of water and it was at about 2.2 kg so i think my "SPRING" scale isnt too bad...but i still want to get a digital one.