The current log leaders, team Thermocline,
focussed on two key areas to secure a five
fish limit of 8.8kg, and in so doing second
place on the day. Herman Geldenhuys and
Jannie Stander cast Norman DD22 crankbaits and slowly fished Zoom Super Flukes
over a deep underwater hump. Their other
major tactic was pitching soft plastic craws
and flukes at big isolated stumps in water
shallower than 6 feet.
“Biggest Bass”: Charl Carey with the biggest
bass of the day, a slab of a fish at 4.39kg. The
second biggest bass caught in Lowveld Bass
Trail history.
“
Frank and Ben Gottschalk of third
placed team Wittus Angling concentrated on shallow points comprised of
gravel as well as sand flats near to
drop-offs. They incorporated various
baits on their way to a bag of 8.075kg
including spinnerbaits, Yum Money
Minnows and black weightless
fluke-style plastics.
”
The second biggest bass of the tournament
was caught by team Hazyview Midas. This
fish of 4.385kg helped them to fourth place
with a bag of 7.435kg, just shy of the top
three. Hannes van Wyk and Nico Heyns
picked up a lot of fish to the right hand side
of the palisade fence in deep water of about
65 feet. They saw big fish in this area on
their Lowrance fishfinders but only managed to get smaller bass to bite. They stayed
on that spot until about 12pm before
moving to the dam wall for about an hour
with no success. They moved back to the
deeper water and on Hannes’s first cast his
line went tight on a big fish. They made the
decision to weigh the 4.385kg bass immediately and returned to the spot straight
away... Two casts after returning to this area
Hannes was again on to a proper bass of
2.4kg. Both of their bigger fish came on a
drop shot rigged Strike King KVD Dream
Shot.
Biggest Bass:
Burn – 3.155kg: Marine Components Service Voucher R1000 &
Garmin Discount Voucher R1000.
2nd Biggest Bass:
Angling & Outdoor World – 3.115kg: Wittus Angling Voucher R700.
Angling Times Weekly SA
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