Carp action at Albert Falls
Albert Falls seems to be producing some excellent carp of up to 12kg mainly coming out on the sweeter Super Cast flavours. Anglers also seem to be going smaller to get the bigger fish where even the conventional anglers are adding in a few tricks by using much smaller hooks with one Tiger Nut which is fooling the carp.
Carp have very soft and sensitive mouths and will often spit the hook if they taste the metal of the hook. This is why anglers are going as small as possible. Inanda is producing lots of smaller fish at the moment with the fish not much bigger than around 6kg. Anglers are using spicier dips to influence the smell of their baits and banana seems to be the best flavour for the ground bait. Nagle Dam is producing plenty of smaller carp as well as Midmar Dam. If you are struggling to get a feeding area going and the fish just aren’t interested, add a cup of milk powder into your next bomb. This will attract fish from all around the dam by creating a milk cloud. The fish will be drawn to the centre of the cloud where you will hopefully have your hooks.
Things are quiet on the bass front at Inanda with only the smaller fish making an appearance. Hazelmere Dam is producing some good fish from the side as there is plenty of new flooded grass areas where the fish have been hiding. Recent rain has produced some brilliant new areas to catch these fish. In the deeper areas 9m Crank Baits are the only lures to use as the bigger fish are sitting very deep. Anglers have been reporting some excellent catches in this dam of up over 3kg. The deeper areas in Albert Falls are still producing some exceptional fish with anglers reporting two to three fish a day up to and over 3kg. Nagle Damn also seems to be producing some excellent numbers of fish, but unfortunately the size isn’t there. Frogs and poppers seem to be working well at the moment which is slightly odd for this time of the year. Anglers are pitching frogs under low hanging trees and twitching it erratically to attract the fish that are hiding in the structure of the bank. This is an excellent style of fishing, but you have to fish quite a tight drag as these fish will take you into structure and cut you off at their first opportunity. Fishing a 50lb + braid on a heavier rod will allow you to pull the fish out of the structure that it may pull you into.
The dams around the Dargle area seem to be turning on before the pressure drops. Before storms the trout seem to be eating mostly on the surface on a floating line and a small delicately presented floating fly. As all us fly fishing boffins know, storms in the Berg disappear as fast as they arrive. As soon as you see those grey clouds rolling over, grab your floating outfit and throw a fly in, as you will only have a small window of time before it becomes too dangerous to fish. There have been excellent fish coming out around the Underberg and Kamberg areas on fast sinking line in much deeper water, often next to weed beds or in holes in the weed. Pulling a fly over the hole and dropping it down will allow the fish time to react, but often the fish will attack the fly as it moves into the open water. Anglers seem to be going lighter and lighter these days when fishing a lot of our local stock damns around the Berg area. Often we see anglers rigging themselves out with 2/3 weight floating outfits with ultra light reels. This allows the best fun when catching the smaller stockies and river fish.
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Things are quiet on the bass front at Inanda with only the smaller fish making an appearance. Hazelmere Dam is producing some good fish from the side as there is plenty of new flooded grass areas where the fish have been hiding. Recent rain has produced some brilliant new areas to catch these fish. In the deeper areas 9m Crank Baits are the only lures to use as the bigger fish are sitting very deep. Anglers have been reporting some excellent catches in this dam of up over 3kg. The deeper areas in Albert Falls are still producing some exceptional fish with anglers reporting two to three fish a day up to and over 3kg. Nagle Damn also seems to be producing some excellent numbers of fish, but unfortunately the size isn’t there. Frogs and poppers seem to be working well at the moment which is slightly odd for this time of the year. Anglers are pitching frogs under low hanging trees and twitching it erratically to attract the fish that are hiding in the structure of the bank. This is an excellent style of fishing, but you have to fish quite a tight drag as these fish will take you into structure and cut you off at their first opportunity. Fishing a 50lb + braid on a heavier rod will allow you to pull the fish out of the structure that it may pull you into.
The dams around the Dargle area seem to be turning on before the pressure drops. Before storms the trout seem to be eating mostly on the surface on a floating line and a small delicately presented floating fly. As all us fly fishing boffins know, storms in the Berg disappear as fast as they arrive. As soon as you see those grey clouds rolling over, grab your floating outfit and throw a fly in, as you will only have a small window of time before it becomes too dangerous to fish. There have been excellent fish coming out around the Underberg and Kamberg areas on fast sinking line in much deeper water, often next to weed beds or in holes in the weed. Pulling a fly over the hole and dropping it down will allow the fish time to react, but often the fish will attack the fly as it moves into the open water. Anglers seem to be going lighter and lighter these days when fishing a lot of our local stock damns around the Berg area. Often we see anglers rigging themselves out with 2/3 weight floating outfits with ultra light reels. This allows the best fun when catching the smaller stockies and river fish.
(File Photo: Wikipedia)
Twitter - @kingfisherdaiwa @SportswaveAndre