Johannesburg Boat Show

1 Ticket, 3 Shows, 1 Venue




This Spring, from 24 - 26 August, come and enjoy the first days of summer when the newly launched Johannesburg Boat Show will be in full float at the Johannesburg Expo Centre, Nasrec.

Take a look or come and join us at the show
http://youtu.be/x-I-xZ-UJXs

B.E.T.T. Calendar

GP Dates and Venues

Where possible the events will be held on the first Saturday of each of the following months listed below but these are subject to change if the date clashes with any other event or unseen circumstance arising. We will obviously try to keep any changed to the bare minimum.

DATES:	VENUES:
4th August	Witbank
8th September	Nandoni
6th & 7th October	Albert Falls

PLEASE NOTE – The September event will be on the second weekend of the month to Albert Falls Classic scheduled over the first weekend

1.             Venues will be confirmed at each Bett event for the following month. BETT reserves the right to change any venue seven days prior to the event.

KZN Dates and Venues

Where possible the events will be held on the last Saturday of each of the following months listed below but these are subject to change if the date clashes with any other event or unseen circumstance arising. We will obviously try to keep any changed to the bare minimum.

DATES:	VENUES:
25th August	Alberts
29th September	Woodstock	Backup: Midmar
6th & 7th October	Albert Falls

               

PLEASE NOTE – The March event will be a two day event to compensate for the fact that there will be no event held at the end of April. This two day event will be at Sterkfontein on the last weekend of March i.e. 31^st March & 1^st April. These will be run as separate events and televised separately. This is being done to fulfil our commitments of 9 events excluding the final for Supersport.

1.           Venues will be confirmed at each Bett event for the following month.

2.           Fishing Times will be 06h00 to 16h00 with these times being adjusted according to season & weather. Please take careful note of the monthly invitation to see any changes of fishing times.

B.E.T.T KZN - June 2012 Albert Falls Dam

June saw the KZN B.E.T.T. tournament hosted at Albert Falls Dam. The cold anglers got off to a late start due to a thick blanket of mist covering the dam delaying them launching their boats, due almost no visibility.

Angela Crookes waiting for the mist to lift

Angela and Tim, McCrystal Insurance KZN Team, are currently leading the B.E.T.T. KZN tournament with 43.595 points, in second place the Goya / IFH consulting team - Giulio and Preston with 42.925 points and in third the Yamaha SHO / Rapala team - Julian and Martin with 42.615 points. The Loomis & Franklin Honda team (McCrystal team 2) - Schalk and Mzi are currently is 26th place with 27.65 points. The rest of the season looks to be very exciting with the anglers so close in points.

B.E.T.T Gauteng - June 2012 - Renosterkop Dam

Six months into the year and 6 tournaments down, the Gauteng June event played out at Renosterkop Dam, a familiar dam for this year's field after having already visited the venue in February. But the teams now face new challenges as this is now winter fishing with new strategies and techniques required. The water temperature and dam level have dropped while leading up to tournament day.

Launching in their predetermined placings, skippers held onto the wheel as they flew through the chilly morning conditions to claim victory over their first spot of the morning. With the field spread across the dam it was down to business as the teams put their practiced strategies into play. One such team was father and son, Craig and Kewan of Team Bru Force. Having had an amazing start to the day they had their limit well before midday and were searching for bigger kicker fish to complement their already more than average bag.

There is only one thing more important than winning the day and that is qualifying in the overall top ten and gain entry to fish the B.E.T.T 2012 Classic at the end of the year. With three tournaments left on the calendar, the pressure is on - not only for the current top ten to stay consistent and remain within the top ten, but also for the rest of the field as they strive to their place in the final.

 

With weigh-in time drawing closer, most teams had their limit of 5 fish, but nothing big enough for them to brag about. With a better than expected early winter bite, teams were landing sufficient fish, but big bass were a rare luxury. As the winter sun began to fade and the 9 hours of dedicated fishing time came to an end, the teams ran back to the scales to see if they had done enough to claim the trophy for this June event.

The top three teams were as follows:

3rd - Allan and Adrian of Team Mc Crystal Insurance Bass 2 with 7.22kg.

2nd - The father and son team - Craig and Kewan Ninaber of Team Bru Force with 7.41 kg.

1st - Back in top spot for the third time this year with just 150 grams more, the Renosterkop Dam, Dixon Batteries champions for the month of June, Sloepie and Varkanelli of Team Triton Mercury 2 with a 5-fish bag totalling 7.56kgs.

For more detailed results, click the Gauteng latest results tab, visit the photo gallery and like us on Face Book. Be sure to catch the show premier on July 10 at 18:00 on SuperSport 6.

Until then, keep the lines tight.

B.E.T.T GP - May 2012 Rooderkoptjies Dam

Gauteng competitors fished a venue never before featured on the BETT trail. This after the scheduled venue of  Rust de Winter Dam was changed in support of the conversational drive to allow it to rest and recharge its fish  reserves. The new venue was as a result of a vote between The Vaal river, Rooderkoptjies Dam and Hartebeestport Dam. After the week long poll, the majority vote was for Rooderkoptjies Dam.

Despite this, many teams were in two minds to fish this venue after very poor practice results.

But as with every event to date, while many competitors may be battling, there is always a team that boasts big fish and this event is no different! One such team was Allan Baker and Adrian van Vuuren of Team McCrystal Insurance Bass 2. This is what Allan had to say about their day:

"Rooderkopjties dam was a new venue for us. We firstly put in a lot of effort, familiarising ourselves with the dam’s detail by researching and recording all available information regarding depth, temperature and potential fishing areas.
We then pre-fished a week prior to competition day and found that the fish were relating to river inlets, moving between 25ft and 12ft breaks with rock and trees. The areas with only submerged rock or timber did hold fish, but not the size we were looking for. The bait also needed to have some red in it, so we can only presume that the bass were feeding on red breasted Kurper, or something similar.
On competition day, we targeted them with a Texas rig, in an effort to get the bait down deep and in the strike zone as quickly as possible. We caught all our fish before 08:30 and couldn’t upgrade after that. With the bite having died, we planned to leave early - to watch rugby, but ……..not when there’s another 2.85Kg to be taken!!" - Allan Baker, Team McCrystal Insurance Bass 2.

After 8 hours of slow fishing, the top spot went to Team Triton Mercury 2 with 6.78kgs, 1.07kgs more than Team Mc Crystal Insurance Bass 2 in second.

Third position went to Team Silver Lake Marine who presented only four fish weighing in at 5.02kgs.

For more detailed results, click the Gauteng latest results tab, visit the photo gallery and like us on Face Book. Be sure to catch the show premier on June 4 at 18:00 on SuperSport 6.
Until then, keep the lines tight.