Bass Menace

Howzit Richard, I am also in KZN. Welcome and enjoy.

Ya, skeletor is spot on. If you want a general purpose rod then a 7' MH Fast is the best. I find medium a bit soft for weightless and Texas/Car rigs.

Seems it was a senko MCS...

Thanks guys. I have no doubt there are larger piggies cruising our waters. I just need to catch 'em now...

Note: Not my fish, caught by an angler from Pietermaritzburg. Thought you anglers in the U.S.A would enjoy seeing a monster bass from deep down South.

Hi all A beast taken this past Sunday. Water is called Midmar dam. Weighed in at 6.37kg (14 odd lb).

WOW there are some big mamas! 4.2 kg (9.3lb?) I have caught a larger fish but the scale wasn't working properly so cant be sure.

Haha understood. I wont tell them at all!

Thanks Catt.... Will have to go and get some Falcon Lake colour Recons. I bought watermelon red/black. Whats your thinking behind the reddish colour?

Hi all My second posting here and hoping for some ideas... Our local dam Inanda has been fishing well lately. Spring is here and the majority of fish have already spawned as evident by the clouds of small bass fry in the shallows. The dam is warm (currently around 70f) and has Northern as well as Florida strain bass. Other species found are carp, Tilalpia, catfish and bluegill. No craws but crabs are present. Water visibility is about 8', water colour is mainly a dark shade of green with lots of suspended algae and Daphnia etc. Over Winter we were catching plenty of fish 2lb+ and and very few dinks. Well the dinks have now come out of nowhere and are chasing down just about every bait you throw. http://www.streetmaps.co.za/default_home.aspx?x=30.853273333333327&y=-29.673760000000012&z=0.005&s=m&p=0 See link above, we mainly focus on the bays to the Northern side. The sides of the bays are mostly covered with floating type reeds that extend about 2 meters plus out into the water, creating nice shady areas for the bass to hide under. We have also caught a good few fish on the points and the old creek beds in 30'+ of water. Here again mainly fish around 2lb. See red circle, these reeds are very prevalent on the banks. To win a comp on Sunday we need to get into some good fish. I have done some reading on this site and many of your larger fish have been caught on larger worms. So... how would you go about fishing the Recon and U-vibe worms in this dam? What weight would you use? I am thinking a slow drag along the bottom would be ideal. Colours that work best here are shades of green and brown. Thanks in advance! Dennis