11 Teams ( 25 %) however had to endure the long hours without managing to put a fish in the well . The March 2016 event shows that the fishing this year is a lot tougher with only 2 teams blanking during the 2016 event at Vygeboom .
In total 137 fish were weighed in with a total weight of 61.464kg and an average weight of 0.449kg per fish which is a decrease from the round 1 event a month earlier of 0.533kg .
At the end of the day first placed Team Venom Lures of Frank and Ben Gottschalk once again put a master class together which saw them winning the day by a massive 2.45kg deficit . Their second victory in a row . An awesome achievement showing that fishing is more than just luck .
Once again they focus their efforts and time on a shallow bank with flooded grass in the 3-6ft range . Although they also agree with very tough fishing , they were around better quality fish .
The fish fell victim to Venom Lures Skip shads in Watermelon and Zoom Super Flukes in Watermelon orange and Green Pumpkin purple flake all rigged weightless . A perfect presentation for pressured bass .
Second placed team Just That of Alan Lubbe and 7 year old grandson , Blake Grobler , had a blast of a day already culling fish at 10:30 the morning . They found an abundance of fish in 14ft water which fell for a drop-shot . They also had success with flukes and 3 decent fish were caught with jigs all in the 12-15ft range .
Third placed team Frogz of Niel Deysel and Burger Loots spent some time finding an old underwater grass line edge which was approximately 30m off shore in 8-15ft water . There just happened to be a raft anchored on the grass line . Fish used this
TOP-10 FROM VYGEBOOM DAM , AND WHAT THEY TOOK HOME THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS :
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TEAM VENOM LURES – R1500 CASH LBT & R2000 CASH BASS WAREHOUSE & R2500 CASH |
SUBARU NELSPRUIT + VEHICLE & FUEL FOR NEXT EVENT – 13.29 PTS . |
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JUST THAT – R1000 CASH LBT & R2000 CASH NTT BARBERTON – 10.84 PTS . |
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FROGZ – R2000 CASH FORD – 10.735 PTS . |
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MIDAS SPORT – R700 CASH LBT & WITTUS ANGLING VOUCHER ( R1000 ) – 10.69 PTS . |
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OSPREY – GARMIN HAMPER – R1600 – 10.58 PTS . |
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TEAM YTEC – ANGLING & OUTDOOR WORLD VOUCHER & MIDAS HAMPER – R1500 |
– 10.2 PTS . |
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BUCKET MOUTH – SOLLY ’ S ANGLERS CORNER VOUCHER & MIDAS HAMPER – R1400 |
– 10.01 PTS . |
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ANGLING & OUTDOOR WORLD – SOLLY ’ S ANGLERS CORNER VOUCHER & MIDAS HAMPER |
– R1100 – 9.665 PTS . |
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LET ’ S FISH – MIDAS HAMPER – R800 – 9.415 PTS . |
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DREAM CATCHER – MIDAS HAMPER – R600 – 9.4 PTS . |
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