Papa Roaches producing big trout
Albert Falls has been producing some nice carp in the 8-10kg range. These fish seem to be eating in the early evening which is strange for fish in this dam as they usually begin to eat at around 2am.
These fish have been caught on garlic flavoured corn. Inanda has been producing plenty of fish in the clean water with carp of up to 8kg coming out. These fish are being caught on a sweeter bait such as tutti fruity floaties and boilies. Greener anglers must remember that there are plenty of smaller carp and even tilapia that will pick up and let go of baits. These fish are not really interested in eating the whole bait at once, but more interested in moving it out of the feeding area. This is where anglers will often hear their alarms having short bursting runs, but stopping immediately as the fish drops the now heavy bait.
Nagle Dam has continued to produce some really nice fish over the last few days with the biggest fish being reported at 9kg. As more and more holiday makers come down to KZN for the festive season, we urge the use of catch and release of these big carp. These fish are seen as trophy fish and anglers should do their best to protect them.
There has been one or two reports of Shongweni Dam fishing really well at the moment. Thankfully the poachers' gill netting has not taken out all of the fish.
We start off at Inanda where the very clean water has been producing some excellent bass on the lighter colours such as the new McArthy Chrystella Tiddler. This light colour is a deadly bait in clean and clear conditions. It can be fished in almost any way as being almost weightless it can be pulled along the surface or it will slowly sink to the bottom, then jerked around in a life-like fashion.
Albert Falls is still producing lots of fish over 3kg in the deep on deep diving cranks. When these fish take your lure, anglers explain how it feels as though you have hooked into structure at the bottom, more often than not these fish will be sitting on a slope to the deeper areas, so if you happen to feel yourself get stuck, give a good hit and wait for the bass to move, if it doesn’t, well then you’ve gotten yourself a log.
Hazelmere is producing lots of little fish all around the sunken grass. This new feeding area has really been producing lots of fish between the 500g and 1.5kg mark. This is an excellent spot to fish if you have come to Durban for a holiday. There are lots of areas you can catch decent fish from the side as well as off kick-boats.
There have been many reports of fly fishing anglers around the Underberg area changing tactics as the fish move deeper with the hot weather becoming more and more noticeable. Anglers are using Big Dragon Fly Nymphs and Papa Roaches to get at these bigger fish. A fast sinking line is needed here, as a standard intermediate will not get to the bottom in time. A few anglers are opting to use a long leader on a floating line with a strike indicator in the dams. A heavily beaded fly will drop down to the floor and await the beautiful rainbow or brown trout that is likely to take it.
(File Photo: AFP)
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Nagle Dam has continued to produce some really nice fish over the last few days with the biggest fish being reported at 9kg. As more and more holiday makers come down to KZN for the festive season, we urge the use of catch and release of these big carp. These fish are seen as trophy fish and anglers should do their best to protect them.
There has been one or two reports of Shongweni Dam fishing really well at the moment. Thankfully the poachers' gill netting has not taken out all of the fish.
We start off at Inanda where the very clean water has been producing some excellent bass on the lighter colours such as the new McArthy Chrystella Tiddler. This light colour is a deadly bait in clean and clear conditions. It can be fished in almost any way as being almost weightless it can be pulled along the surface or it will slowly sink to the bottom, then jerked around in a life-like fashion.
Albert Falls is still producing lots of fish over 3kg in the deep on deep diving cranks. When these fish take your lure, anglers explain how it feels as though you have hooked into structure at the bottom, more often than not these fish will be sitting on a slope to the deeper areas, so if you happen to feel yourself get stuck, give a good hit and wait for the bass to move, if it doesn’t, well then you’ve gotten yourself a log.
Hazelmere is producing lots of little fish all around the sunken grass. This new feeding area has really been producing lots of fish between the 500g and 1.5kg mark. This is an excellent spot to fish if you have come to Durban for a holiday. There are lots of areas you can catch decent fish from the side as well as off kick-boats.
There have been many reports of fly fishing anglers around the Underberg area changing tactics as the fish move deeper with the hot weather becoming more and more noticeable. Anglers are using Big Dragon Fly Nymphs and Papa Roaches to get at these bigger fish. A fast sinking line is needed here, as a standard intermediate will not get to the bottom in time. A few anglers are opting to use a long leader on a floating line with a strike indicator in the dams. A heavily beaded fly will drop down to the floor and await the beautiful rainbow or brown trout that is likely to take it.
(File Photo: AFP)
Twitter - @kingfisherdaiwa @SportswaveAndre