Greetings from the East Rand!

[tjokkie]

Hi All,

By way in introduction I am Chris
I am staying in the Greenstone Area Gauteng
I have been fishing Shore, Deep Sea , Papgooi , Bass etc since i can remember

Lately i have taken a special interest in bassing so mostly been fishing for the old big mouths when time allows.

Have been reading the posts on the site for quite a while now and thought its time i stop *ghosting* here

My favourite dam currently is definately SterkFontein by Harrismit (Some Monsters in there)

Have been trying Homestead with some friends in Benoni with very limited success so any tips on it would be much appreciated!
Failed with the following lures there -->
Watermelon Red Fluke (weightless and Texas rig)(Only got one hit on Weightless)
Top Water Spo frog
Horny Toad
Yellow Spinnerbait
Fishing time--> 5:30 AM till 8 AM


Next weekend i will be trying some Jigs and Craws there!



Hoping to learn a lot from everyone here.

Have a good one and tight lines !!!!!

Cheers
Chris

[webbrent]

Welcome! I am just around the corner from you in River Ridge.

Enjoy the site!

[Nuno]

welcome
homestead is a dam i live close to and my biggest bass comes from there 3kg..
i catch on lippless cranks or square bill and mr jumbo grubs (junebug) or jr flukes-watermelon red or green has caught me some good fish..

have a look at TBC - <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.basschallenge.co.za/index.php/kunena-2013-03-18/7-gauteng/30089-homestead-dam" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.basschallenge.co.za/index.ph ... estead-dam</a><!-- m -->

[Navrik]

Welcome Tjokkie. Enjoy your stay and congrats on the upgrade from "roofkyker" status!

[toast69]

Welcome Tjokkie

I have had some success on white spinnerbait at Homestead just recently in December. Also Like Nuno mentioned, lipless cranks work well. Are you fishing from the bank at homestead ?

Regards

Toast

[tjokkie]

Hi,

Thanks all!

@Nuno : Thanks for the info will give it a bash again this weekend!

@Toast69 : Thanks for the info!
Yes fishing at the bank , we worked our way up from the bottom all the way up to the bridge.(Highway side)
Only fish that came out there was a barbel which was caught on a biggish
rappala X-Rap.

[toast69]

Yeah my dad caught a barbel on a white spinner as well in December, but a mate of mine nailed 4 bass in a hour on a white spinner as well, fished it quite slow with a pause retrieve..

[mislaura7]

Have been trying Homestead with some friends in Benoni with very limited success so any tips on it would be much appreciated!
Failed with the following lures there -->
Watermelon Red Fluke (weightless and Texas rig)(Only got one hit on Weightless)
Top Water Spo frog

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[toast69]

Hi there, I was at homestead on Saturday morning, caught 2 on a strike king mini spinnerbait in a hour, missed one on a shacky head rig, struck too late on that one.

[toast69]

This was other one.

[Nuno]

ive caught a few good keepers on watermelon jr fluke weightless mislaura7.

[toast69]

Some very nice fish there Nuno. Iv just acquired a float tube so taking it out for a test run Saturday morning to target the scouts club and boat club across the dam..

[Nuno]

did u get that one i showed u? try the reeds by the boat club get deep in there and on the right of the boat club when u facing it from the water there is a reed island by the houses, fish there as well.. along the houses also produce on some days..
good luck
if it was any other week end i would of joined u there but got a busy week end before my tbc comp the following week end..

[toast69]

Yes I did, thanks for that link, much appreciated.. Great stuff thanks for the info, im going to fish that entire side of the dam Saturday, I will report back asap, hopefully with some good fish as well.

Regards.

Toast.