Going fishing tomorrow?

[BassBailey]

Hi Guys,
I am new to the forum! Chad Bailey.
Hoping to make some connections and start attending some of the tournaments.
Is anyone heading to Theewaters tomorrow?
I just got a little tinny i want to take out and test run as well as get some fishing in.

[Rory]

Hey BB, welcome. There is a prefish cutoff in effect for all SABAA members due to an upcoming divisional. Just FYI. I will be there for a meeting at lunchtime and will gladly point you in the direction of a tree or 2....

[abos]

Hi BassBailey
I was there today for a afternoon session, got 7 fish.
Not as good as previous sessions but owell lol.

We got fish just before the bridge, so you know there fish there now & its a good spot to fish before heading into "the forrest of trees" lol & getting lost...

Rory can also give you some good advice on were he has been getting fish and with that you'll defenitly get some action. I might be going again tomorrow so id maybe see you there...

Enjoy and tight lines :blue-biggrin:

[BassBailey]

Thanks for the response guys..
Unfortunately my buddy bailed on me last night last minute :eusa_snooty:
I am now wishing i went on my own but oh well, ill probably fish a private dam just to get some adrenaline pumping and not waste this Sunday.
I will give a report back on the fishing, let me know if you guys ended up fishing Theewaters and how it was please.

[BassBailey]

sooo..i ended up fishing at Vygeboom dam in Durbanville.
Awesome weather accompanied by a crowd of youngsters running around catching carp and tilapia, which is nice to see.
Fished for about 3 hours with very little luck.
The dam is way overstocked with bait fish and the bass are obviously not compelled to eat your plastic worm when they have KFC burgers swimming around them.
I threw everything, everywhere.
My only "success" was throwing a dead ringer on the surface where ever there was some grass.
Had a big explosion but unfortunately he missed the lure :eusa_shifty: I straight away threw a small senko on my spinning rig, but nothing.. couldnt believe it.
The rest of the day i had another 3 top surface takes, all of which the lure flew one direction and the bass smiling another direction. Put my spinning rig in straight after on all three takes with only one bass coming back for more.
so that was it, 4 strikes, 1 fish for the day - 600grams.

With this in mind, i felt that the bass where only hitting the top surface because of reaction and not knowing what it was, definitely not to feed.
All in all, i caught a bass, and that makes me happy.

Hopefully next weekend i can give some proper feedback :eusa_dance:

[Lugnut]

sooo..i ended up fishing at Vygeboom dam in Durbanville.
Awesome weather accompanied by a crowd of youngsters running around catching carp and tilapia, which is nice to see.
Fished for about 3 hours with very little luck.
The dam is way overstocked with bait fish and the bass are obviously not compelled to eat your plastic worm when they have KFC burgers swimming around them.
I threw everything, everywhere.
My only "success" was throwing a dead ringer on the surface where ever there was some grass.
Had a big explosion but unfortunately he missed the lure :eusa_shifty: I straight away threw a small senko on my spinning rig, but nothing.. couldnt believe it.
The rest of the day i had another 3 top surface takes, all of which the lure flew one direction and the bass smiling another direction. Put my spinning rig in straight after on all three takes with only one bass coming back for more.
so that was it, 4 strikes, 1 fish for the day - 600grams.

With this in mind, i felt that the bass where only hitting the top surface because of reaction and not knowing what it was, definitely not to feed.
All in all, i caught a bass, and that makes me happy.

Hopefully next weekend i can give some proper feedback :eusa_dance:

Don't the cops chase you there? That's almost in my back yard and I've often thought about a quick fish in the early morning or late afternoon. My concern is that I've heard some of those tannies around the dam think it's theirs and don't hesitate to call the cops. There's some really nice fish in there!

[BassBailey]

Hi Lugnut,
i read all over the net that fishing has been banned because of the bird life.
I went there to see for myself during the week and was surprised to see atleast 5 guys fishing. Asked around and most of the responses were that you can fish but might get chased away.
I would go down in the afternoon for an hour or two if you stay in the area, just have some fun and if someone does chase you away, apologise and come back disguised next time as a bird watcher.
Goodluck!