Hooked on fishing. Addicted to angling: From the horse's mouth - Angling Grounds' Gideon shares his insights and tips with us

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This blog is about three brothers, Bossie, Savage and Foxtrot, and their fishing trips to fresh water destinations around South Africa and neighbouring countries. Bossie, Savage and Foxtrot are inexperienced anglers, sharing the lessons they've learned during their fishing outings. Come and read about the fish that got away and the stories they share. Please feel free to add your comments. This site is all about putting the fun back into fishing and sharing our little secrets that allowed us to land the big ones.We try and fish for almost everything out there in our fresh water rivers and dams. We'll write about angling spots, bait & tackle, our gear, technique and a lot more. Check out our pictures sections...we've got to show you proof right? ;-)

Tuesday, 13 March 2007

From the horse's mouth - Angling Grounds' Gideon shares his insights and tips with us

After our trip to Roodeplaat, I spoke to Gideon the owner of Angling Grounds. He had a couple of interesting stories and tips that he shared with us.

Gideon has been the owner of Angling Grounds since early 2005, and has since come to know the place very well. He did comment about the big old tree, and I’m afraid to say, we got it all wrong.

Gideon agrees, best place to catch carp is left of the big gum tree. The big kurpers however, and here I’ll let you in on a little secret, are caught closest to the main gate, and at the very furthest point towards Hengelaarsvriend.

There is big fish in those waters
A 25kg Carp was caught in April of 2005 at Angling Grounds. The biggest barbel caught there, that Gideon knows of, weighed a massive 15.9kg. “Daar is verseker groot kurpers, die grootste wat ek gesien het was 3kg” says Gideon.

Oom Schoeman
He also commented that the dam can be very stubborn sometimes. “As die dam wil hê jy moet vang, dan gaan jy nie kan voorbly nie. Soms gaan jy leë hande huis toe.” This seems true for the most of us I guess, except for a legendry guy called “Oom Schoeman”. Everybody else would catch nothing! But Oom Schoeman will still catch his fish every single time. The legend goes that if Oom Schoeman puts your bait on your line, you’ll catch a fish. So, if you meet a guy out there called Oom Schoeman, ask him to help you out!