Bass Fish-off: First event results
With commentary by Sardine Correspondent and Team Angler Mike Stubbs…
Day 1
Session started at 10:30 and ended at 5pm. When we got in the water conditions were over cast and light showers through the mid day. The dam was 75% full and water visibility about 2m. Finding the pattern was quick after picking a crank bait rod and throwing a lipless crack, ensuring the crack hits the bottom and bouncing off the structure below. Picking up my bag (5 fish) in a short period of time. And then off to target the bigger fish. Fishing the top water in the afternoon proved a lot of fun. Saturday bag just over 3kgs. This was the best fishing I have ever had at Midmar…
Day 2
Session started at 6am and finished at 1pm. It rained most of the morning with moderate mist and fog. Started off fishing with same pattern as day before, but realized very soon that the fishing conditions had changed. With the fish not touching the crank, I quickly moved over to a slower bait. Picking up my drop shot rod, was soon to be the answer and allowing the bait to sit just off the bottom with barely any movement, was the answer to picking up the fish. Getting my bag just before lunch time was nerve wracking, but fishing slower paid off with a lovely bag just over 4.7kgs. Fishing was great over all and some lovely fish were caught biggest 4.7kg caught by Len de Wet (pictured).
Preparing for the next fish off, for Woodstock end of November.
Overall Positions after Midmar:
| Angler Name | Chapter | Province | Midmar 25 October | Midmar 26 October | Woodstock 29 November | Woodstock 30 November | Goedertrouw | Goedertrouw | Inanda | Inanda | Total | ||
| 5 | 1 | Martin de Kock | Inanda | Coastal | 14.195 | 12.300 | 26.495 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 2 | Neels Beneke | Inanda | Coastal | 9.320 | 14.260 | 23.580 | ||||||
| 7 | 3 | Gareth Potgieter | Midlands | Midlands | 10.650 | 12.920 | 23.570 | ||||||
| 8 | 4 | Casper Knoetze | Inanda | Coastal | 9.955 | 12.900 | 22.855 | ||||||
| 9 | 5 | Harold Roberts | Tekweni | Coastal | 12.435 | 10.380 | 22.815 | ||||||
| 10 | 6 | Brendon van Zuydam | Midlands | Midlands | 11.165 | 11.580 | 22.745 | ||||||
| 11 | 7 | Carl Gutzeit | Tekweni | Coastal | 11.570 | 10.520 | 22.090 | ||||||
| 12 | 8 | Len de Wet | Tekweni | Coastal | 8.570 | 12.970 | 21.540 | ||||||
| 13 | 9 | Wayne Easton | Inanda | Coastal | 10.265 | 11.080 | 21.345 | ||||||
| 14 | 10 | Shane Estran | Ladysmith | Northern | 11.465 | 9.860 | 21.325 |
