First time having a good weekend.

We left for bronkies at 5 a.m. on Saturday morning got there and set up camp (it was quite cold.) I eventually got my lines in at +/- 8. All I Could do now was wait, and wait we did. After 3 hours I thought this would be another bad weekend, I’m never going to catch any fish! I started fishing in March, and after the 6th time of catching nothing bigger than my hand except a 2 kg blou kurper, I decided to make a late brunch to divert my mind from another possible horrible weekend.

Just as my wife and I sat down, my one line alarm went off, and it was screaming! I jumped up, stormed out and grabbed the rod with such a force I looked like a Jedi knight in a heated battle! "Now I've got it" I thought and carefully started reeling in, "this might be good day after all!" Suddenly all tension went along with my "moed". When I got my line out the hook was missing (bad knot, I am after all a beginner). I decided well I'm going to be here till Sunday morning, so lets try again. As I was putting bait on my "lost" rod the other alarm went. I stopped and said to myself "stop and think about what you were told to do". So I picked the rod up lightly and started rolling in the line slowly. When I got it out and it was the biggest fish I had ever seen alive. I finished putting the first line in and started prepping the second one. As I was putting my policeman on I heard the alarm go again. "That can’t be me, I’m not working that rough?!” So I looked and the policeman on the first rod was about 15 m out already. I kept my cool and did the same with this one. In the end I caught a total of 7 fish that day between 12 and 5, and lost 2. They were all above 4 kg as weighed on the scale by the people of the femme fatale competition. It was the best weekend I have ever had. All good comes to those who patiently wait.

Attached is a pic of the biggest one (4.8 kg on a flat scale)

Well done on breaking the Ice.
Must say that is VERY decent fish for Bronkies.
It is going to take a while to beat that.
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Well done Theunis and congrats on your stunning catch.

Theunis die spesie karphengelaars gaan jou uithaal oor jou carp care. Oor jou skepnet met knope en die feit dat jy die vis op die grond neergesit het.............ek is ook 'n spesie hengelaar maar ek glo weer veral alle klein karp moet uitgehaal word.

So sterkte die carp hugger ouens gaan jou uithaal, let wel ek neem kennis dat Karp 'n indringer uitheemse spesie is.

Goeie dag Jake. ek waardeur jou insette. ek hanteer al die visse versigtig. so as die net 'n probleem is dan vra ek omverskoning. ek het ni geweet dit is 'n probleem nie. kan jy dalk voorstel wattrer tipe sal werk. ek besit ook nie 'n keep net nie want ek gooi die visse terug.

Nice fishing and as said before you'll battle to beat that quality of fishing at Bronkies and thanks for sharing.

Don't hassle to much about the net. The more important thing and what the message is the Jake1 is trying to get across is general handling and respect for and care of the fish.

Seeing a fish laying like that on the ground and in the mud is not what would constitute a good advert for fishing and care of fish, especially if the fish is going to be returned as this type of handling can lead to infections and eventually death of the fish.

Should the fish end up on the ground (if you had a wet unhooking mat the fish would be fine) As what happened here it would be advisable to wash the fish off and then pose properly with the fish, showing a bit more of the beautiful fish that you caught.

It's a matter of education here.

Yes sometimes the guys get a bit anal about the whole thing but it really becomes important in captive environments where specific fish are targeted, imagine a place like Donaldsons where a fish could be caught as many as 10-15 times in a year, what would it look like if it was poorly treated each time it is caught.

Yes with your fish it may never be caught again in it's lifetime but a healthy respect for the fish we catch and intend returning to the water will improve all the fish's survival rates, especially at this time of the year when the fish we catch are full of eggs and ready to spawn (such as your fish)

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Goeie dag Jake. ek waardeur jou insette. ek hanteer al die visse versigtig. so as die net 'n probleem is dan vra ek omverskoning. ek het ni geweet dit is 'n probleem nie. kan jy dalk voorstel wattrer tipe sal werk. ek besit ook nie 'n keep net nie want ek gooi die visse terug.

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Theunis, moet my nie verkeerd verstaan nie, ek is nie 'n carp hugger tipe ou wat fishcare oordoen nie. Ek het ook nie met jou gemoan nie. Ek doen net fishcare in dedicated karp damme soos Bass o mania wat nie toegang het tot riviere nie- as dit toegang het tot riviere en ander plekke soos die olifantsrivier waar inheemse vis soos die geelvis is doen ek alles behalwe carpcare met hulle, ek doen ander goed met hulle wat ek nie hier sal noem nie maar wat ek met hulle doen bly binne die wet. In Kort ek hou daarvan om Karp te vang maar is pro inheems en dit kom vir my eerste!

Die skepnet wat jy nodig het moet knooploos wees sodat hulle nie seerkry op die knope nie. Meeste het ook nie keepnette nie want hule weeg net en neem foto en laat hom weer vry. 'n Unhooking mat kan jy ook aanskaf, hy moet nat wees voor jy die Karp insit. So ja daar gaan jou begroting in sy glorie in.....................dis nou net te sê as jy wil, geen van hierdie vereistes is wet  nie!

Sterkte en geluk met jou visse!

As ek mag vra wat het jy gebruik? Ek was laas naweek daar en het ook goeie vangste gehad, grootste was so 2.5kg. Het so 15 vis vir die dag gevang. Daar is nog so bietjie gras hier en daar wat die vis laat afkom, ek het seker so 5 veloor. Al die vis was in great toestant en het sterk geloop, heelwat beter as daai lui vaaldam karps.
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ek het Garlic floats gebruik.

 

 

Die enigste ding wat nie lekker by bronkies is nie , is dat wind baie sleg kan waai.

 

Ek is bly dat jy ook leekker daar gevang het.