| 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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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Third position went to Team Silver Lake Marine who presented only four fish weighing in at 5.02kgs.
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Until then, keep the lines tight.
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