Lunker bass at Albert Falls
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May is a great month to be outside, camping and fishing. The evenings and mornings are fresh, and the sun is looked forward too, but the heat is moderate and angling becomes pleasant. The weather is also relatively predictable and trips can be planned easily. The Carp have been on the bite and dams such as Albert falls and Midmar seem to be fishing well.
Over the weekend most of our dams saw plenty holiday makers, boating and loud music, but this is the time that one should take to tie traces, investigate structure, and research the waters that fish best. If these dams are investigated when surrounding factors cause for bad fishing, it is not time wasted and one should consider using "bad weather" or "crowded dams" to their advantage and research water depth, structure, bed consistency and fish activity during these times.
Bass, Goedetrou has produced some fine specimen of up to 4,7kgs over the weekend, and it is also nice to see the fish in such good condition. Albert Falls has yet again produced lunker Bass for the anglers fishing competition and socially. Pelican Bay seems to be the spot of choice, and reports of Zooms new "fluke stick” in the watermelon red colour proving to be an absolute winner. Hazelmere has fish slowly but has seen decent Bass up to 3kgs, caught mostly on brush hogs and spinner baits.
The Bluff saw its fair share of anglers too, and it seems the fish decided to make an appearance as well. There have been many smash ups near the rocks, many of which are believed to be big specimens of Black Tip Kingies, which have taken live baits as well as throw baits. Anglers also hooked into a decent amount of Grey Sharks and Stumpies.
Scottborough has been a bit quiet, with hardly any reports, besides a few Grey Sharks and Brown Skates.
Port Edward has been productive recently with a generous supply of Hound Sharks. These fish have been landed mainly in the afternoons and have been enjoying Mullet head.
Port St John's has had very good Shark angling off the deep water points, with most if the bites being in bigger slide Chokka. Dribs and drabs of Kob and Garrick have been seen down south and many anglers have already started landing fish on McArthy Paddle tails, having loads of fun.
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