Fisherman in general

[Guest]

Howzit Ouens

How many of you only target bass and won't fish for any other species and how many of you will throw in a carp rod etc in the evening at the camp fire hoping to catch something else. I know Robfisher targets koi from time to time(He He). Are we only bass fisherman or are we a fisherman in general

[seadog]

Carp is a shlep, if you go bassing you then have to take along your carp shite. I like bass fishing. if i can catch Kurper with my smaller bass stuff i will.

I love sea fishing and have been doing that for a long time. (longer than bass). So those are by two fav types of fishing. (even though i got my national colours for Carp fishing..)

[Guest]

I will catch anything, anytime,anywhere ....i'm a fishing slut ......if you throw goldfish in my bathtub, Ill enjoy catching them too :lol:

[Fab]

Howzit Riaan,

When I was a kid I used to fish for telapia and mullet. I've been a surf fisherman all my life and a bass fisherman for about 15yrs.... Fresh water, I focus mainly on bass and have occasionally fly fished for trout...

Never, as in nooit, gooied a pap bait for carp... Only bass fishing for me at this stage.... I think that it would be easy to be converted from pap gooi-ing to bass fishing, but not the other way around... You have to wait too long for anything to happen and you don't have the lure changes etc etc.... I know u have all the mooties and dips and goeters.... but it's just not the same.....

:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[Guest]

No definately Fab, there is no way that pap gooi can ever be compared to bass fishing and flyfishing for that matter, any artlure fishing, fresh- and saltwater is KING!!

[pomerob]

I fish for bass during day, and become a fishing slut at night. Nothing better than sitting round a fire, nice double whisky on the rocks speaking kak and watching a line

[Guest]

jip I totally agree Rob, especially if it's a nice quiet dam and all you hear around you are animal noises 100 times better than sitting at home in front of the Tele or PC :?

[drew]

Hi Riaan.

I moved to the coast about 6 years ago. To stop off at a good spot and cast a lure or two fo Kingfish is a mere 2 minute detour on the way home. I was always a bass fisherman and a saltwater bait fisherman until I decided to try and catch small kingfish, shad etc on a bass rod. I quickly learnt that you need to upgrade tackle a bit but man you catch a 2kg Kingfish on a bass outfit and you will be hooked !!! So occasionally during the week I will go and flip a few poppers and jerkbaits for saltwater gamefish, but by weekend it's bass fishing.

[funkyfish]

Howzit guy's .... i too am a fishing slut!!

I fished for carp and barbel when i was a kid (took it seriously), when i couldn't go trout fishing. Then the flyfishing became all time consuming as started catching barbel, carp and yellows and bass on fly!! Then when i reached 13 my dad bought a deep sea boat ...and that was that ...i spent all my time concentrating on gamefish and light tackle billfish ...started guiding and skippering boats in South Africa and Mozambique during my varsity breaks. Then the real world hit me ... and i realised that normal people only get 15 days leave a year ...and that i couldn't just shoot down to cape Vidal for a long weekend anymore ... or miss a week of varsity to fish deep sea comps... thats when a good friend of mine introduced me to bass fishing ...and to say that i was hooked immediatly is an understatement. I mean it allows us to fish weekends (fiancee allowing) at the drop of a hat!

But just because i now bass fish, does not mean i dont fish for other species. When i deep sea fished and the weather was crap ..we used to fish for barbel & crocs in Lake Sibaya. I still fish for carp, barbel and yellowfish on fly, pap, worms, lures ...u name it! I was taken recently by serious carp fisherman (Boilies , bivvies, alarms etc - u could buy a boat for the same price as all his tackle) and it was awsome - caught a 20lbs carp ... on a rig very different from the old dough and mielie pips ...but still had fun. I find that as long as im catching fish.. no matter what they are ..im having a blast!

I dont think we have to be snobby about what kind of fishing you do ..wether its a 1 weight fly rod for wild brown on the upper umzimkulu, or g loomis GLX serious at mteri ... wh o cares man ...were FISHING!!!

Trev

[robfisher]

I?ll fish for anything anytime! I grew up rock and surf fishing when I lived on Tongaat beach? my preference was for karenteen and black tail? if I go to San Lameer for a holiday I will sit inext to the lagoon and fish for anything? I will drop a line into a mud puddle in the road if I had a chance of catching something? when we fish private dams I like to have a carp rig in the water with an alarm because a 4kg?s carp fights like a bugger! I also want to go night fishing at Inanda for some Barbel sometime. My 3.75Kg Koi is still my best fight of a fresh water fish? I can?t wait for the day a bigmouth of over 3kg?s hit me.

[VX70]

I'm fishing artlure! Its nice, we catch carp, barbel, bass, blues you name it and we catch it ! I represented South Africa 3 times as a junior and 2 times as a senior! We not doing papgooi, so don't start with it !

This is some of my biggest fish that I caught by using artlure !

Barbel -> 16.95kg
Carp -> 7.8kg
Blue Kurper -> 2.2kg
Largemouth Yellow -> 4.3kg
Smallmouth Yello 2.7kg
Bluegill -> 430g
Bass -> 2.55kg

[robfisher]

I?m scared to ask because I know it?s going to send me back to the tackle shop again? what?s ?artlure? please?

[drew]

Hi Rob.
Been wondering where you've been today. Artlure is merely an abbreviation for Artificial Lure fishing. The same as you do for bass, but these guys target multiple species. I had the fortune of fishing with a national artlure fisherman once or twice and these guys have a wealth of knowledge on almost any freshwater species of fish. I take my hat off to these guys. VX, awesome Barbel. Did you catch it on a cast and retrieve, or by dipping?

[VX70]

I'm not sure if you know how we call them? For the guys who don't know what that means this is how you do it !

You take your surf rod with some strong line (40lb - 60lb), your bait being a leadheah (hook + weight with chicken feathers on, looks something like a jig). Now your leadhead must be about 40cm from the point of your rod, you put the point of the rod in the water and with a side movement you actually splashing water around. The movements is about 10cm to 30cm, this is basically replicating a small bird or something that's busy drowning. Be sure to hold the rod as they take it very hard because of the short amount of line that is given to it.

[Guest]

I badly want to do some arlture fishing. Once in a while i do put out a bait, but then it's only for Barbel or bream. Carp just don't interest me.