Bass surprise at Midmar Dam

Many a personal best has been broken since the beginning of winter and it has been a pleasure to see all the dams producing good fish over the last week.

Weekend anglers have even managed to pick up some large carp on conventional tackle at Inanda Dam.

The secret seems to be larger baits.

Shongweni Dam has had a decent amount of fish, all in the 3-6kg mark, caught mainly on tiger nuts.

Barbel are still making a nuisance of themselves. The barbel usually start moving onto your swim if there is a high concentration of fish meal in your feed. If you have too much of a problem, try use more maize.

Albert Falls Dam fished well for bass over the past weekend, seeing a few bass over 2kg caught near the dam wall and towards the back of Kyalami Bay. Crank baits and weightless flukes have worked well.

Midmar has been the least favourite of all the local dams over the last few months, but surprised us over the weekend with many reports of decent catches from anglers on the boats. Most fish have come out deep and on lures such as brush hogs, jigs and deep diving crank baits.

Inanda has fished well around the camping area for those who do not have a boat, and if you do, most spots around the river mouth down towards Taxi Bay have fished very well. Shongweni fished a bit slower than normal over the last week with very few reports of decent bass being landed. Most fish have been caught in the deep near the dam wall.

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