How Vernon Martheze caught his 3.86Kg Bass @ Klerkskraal.

It was a very windy day at Klerkskraal Dam , wind speeds ranging from 35-40
Kmh , with no clouds to mention.
The Temperature was 24 degrees Celsius. He located some Lilly pads , where
the bass was caught in +- 4m deep water , that was as clear as bath water.
His secret weapon to his success was a green damiki curltail. In his short
stay at Klerkskraal Dam he managed to catch 45 fish with the Curltail from
damiki.
Once again well done to Vernon Martheze on winning the leg of the KBBC.
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(See attached file: Klerkskraal Dam, Ventersdorp Rural, North West.png)

Vernon Martheze Winner of Leg 3 of the 2010 Series with his and the KBBC's new personal best; a 3.86kg beauty

Leg 3 of the 2010 Series was held at Klerkskraal Dam on Saturday 18th September and was won by Vernon Martheze with a total 3 fish bag of 5.61kg. Allan won an Xplorer Journey V-boat float tube from Jandis Trading, R1,000 of Castaic Swimbaits and Intruder Crankbaits from Lunker Bay Tackle, a trophy and cash.

 

In second place was Danny Creigh-Smith with 4.29kg who won a lure hamper from Culprit Lures, a trophy and cash. Third place was taken by Pieter van Niekerk with 3.49kg who won a trophy and cash

Lake phobane - Goedetrou Dam , Mr-D's PB Bass

After a long intense fishing trip to Richards Bay , I decided to challenge Mr D – Daniel , and Donovan to a bass fishing trip. This would be Mr-D’s first bass fishing experience..

We arrived at Lake Phobane round about 8am , I decided to take a stroll down to the rocky bed on the left side of the dam.

Nothing happened , so I walked towards Donovan and Mr-D to fish the point , By the time I reached Mr-D and Don , Mr-D had missed 4 fish , No bites for myself or Don.

It was very overcast , the wind blew heavy from the front, which also brought a bit of rain.

Mr-D managed to out fish us at the end of the day , and landed his PB of 1.8Kg.

Don landed 2 – nothing special , and myself well I am still looking for my first bite.

This is a very beautiful and tranquil venue , hope to fish it again one day, Well done Mr-D

Huge 4.45 Caught at Midmar Dam

Date: 2 October 2010

I threw a EL Grande Hatch Match Stick in Junebug colour on a weight 1
mojo rig, on 12 pound Vicious Flourocarbon…. 7 foot medium rod


I fished a small rocky area inside a small bay off the main dam… thought
process behind this being that the fish should be moving shallower to
spawn…

The hard rocky bottom is ideal for spawning and the protection from the
wind, waves and silt by being inside a smallish bay.. also felt right to
me..

I got 3 small fish in the area in about 20 minutes and persisted further
down the bank… I then hooked that 4.45 kilo fish a few minutes later..

The water was very clear and the fish took the bait in about 8 foot of
water.

The water temperature was 64 degrees Fahrenheit, which seems to be the
spawning temperature/ or very close to it @ Midmar.

The weather was overcast the entire day and there was a light breeze
blowing for most of the day.

by Bryan Leppan from Durban