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myself I decided to put all my rods away except 3,
a Horny Toad and two punching rigs.
Sunday morning was looking good with the
weatherman predicting hot sunny weahter. We
headed back to the bays where managed to get
fish the day before. After about an hour I had my
limit punching the thickest structure I could find.
Hendri was struggling to boat fish with only one in
the live well. We headed towards the river section,
to find some dirtier water, where I manage to get a
kicker of about 1.3kg BY PURE LUCK. I cast my
punching rig out into 65ft of water, just swiming
it back to the boat, I got hit right next to the boat,
the Bass did’nt know what hit him, he was in the
boat before you can say FISH-ON.
Hot spots:
We found 4 bays with some very thick cover and
steep banks.
Best techniques:
Most of our fish was taken on Punching lures
(Yamamoto Flapping Hogs, Strike King Rodents
and Berkley Havoc Pit Boss) rigged with a heavy
cover hook and 1 - 1 1/2 oz tungsten weights.
Tackle:
6’10 Quantum Tour Edition Heavy Rods,
Quantum Tour reel and 50lb Siperwire Stealth.
The Numbers:
Total fish: 51
Total weight: 46.33kg
Average weight: 0.91 kg
Fish/Angler: 5.67
Clearwater Pound Club:
6lb - Hendri Oosthuizen - 2.86kg
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