Big carp at Inanda and Midmar

Carp

There have been various reports received over the last week, most of which have been of good sized fish at Inanda and Midmar. Inanda seems to be picking up the pace somewhat in terms of quantities landed, as one angler managed to land 8 fish between 2 and 5kg from his camp site in one evening. The following morning produced another 5 fish and would have kept on producing had the angler stayed longer. The standard Kingfisher Freshwater Sport (readymade) Carp traces were used, with Supercast Mielies in custard flavour.
Albert Falls had a high volume of bass anglers along its shoreline, which made carp fishing a bit of a tricky affair. Anglers who fished around the Ntuli campsite area managed to land a few fish during the evenings, but the lack of anglers means a total of around 15 fish were landed. Shongweni Dam had a decent run and had a number of anglers fishing the reed line across from the camp site. Fishing this area means a lot of hard work and the need for good quality tackle. Many catches are made in this area. A good quality line such as Daiwa Sensor Monofilament is used for its extreme abrasion resistant qualities and its good knot strength.  

Bass

Anglers have enjoyed some excellent fishing all around over the last week, but the dam that has stood out above the rest has got to be Albert Falls. It produced 10 fish between 4 and 5.3kg in the last week alone, as reports indicate. Three of these fish were landed by one angler alone fishing deeper water with Crank baits. This was a pattern picked up on early on in the day and was used throughout the day to rack up numerous catches of good fish. Strike Pro Cranky X50 crank baits were used in a few of the farm dams around the Pietermaritzburg area over the weekend and managed to land a few fish over 2kg, which is an excellent catch for the dams being fished. At Shongweni Dam, the kick-boat anglers who were not involved in the competition spent a day on the dam to enjoy some lovely weather and some good angling too. Some very nice fish were taken on artificial frogs earlier on in the day and then crank bait and spinner bait seemed to do the majority of the damage from that point on. The reed line to the left of the clubhouse held some quality fish and the biggest reported was around 2kg.

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For more details on this KZN north coast deep sea fishing competition you can contact Hylton on 078 854 9358 or Rod on 083 587 3990.

May will see Pumula on the KZN south coast hosting the annual Quattro King of the Sea fishing contest.

Contact [email protected] to enter the Pumula event scheduled for 23 and 24 May.

The 2015 Inanda Bass Classic will be held at Inanda Dam over the first long weekend in May.

Friday 1 May 2015 will be the show day where our sponsors will display and sell some of their goodies.

Entry forms are available at www.inandabassclassic.co.za or from Ken Ainslie who can be contacted on 031 205 3777.

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