Will & Dre

After my short visit to Thulani fishing & leisure resort I visited Klein Paradys again on invite from my niece and her husband.

Our stand at Klein Paradys

It was a windy morning. In my experience, windy weather delivers less fish so I was a bit sceptical, but the wind stopped soon after we had our lines in.

The bass fishing didn’t went very well. I got stuck many times on structure in the water or twigs close by. The dam was quite full and even a bit muddy but nonetheless peaceful, neat and clean. By 10 in the morning Rienk caught the first fish, a relatively decent sized, blue talipia (kurper).

Rienk caught the first one

A while later I had a bite. The first of many blue ones for me that day.

Catching Kurpers at Klein Paradys

Throughout the day we caught many more kurpers, of which only two of them were smaller than my hand!

My niece, Mariska, caught her first fish on a marshmallow. (She used the plain white marshmallows you can buy at the grocery store). Marshmallows proved to work but unfortunately two really big ones got away…

Mariska's catch

Postponing our drive back home a bit (how can you go home when you’re on the roll) I was able to land another beautiful kurper.

Beautiful Tilapia

Just as I was preparing my lines for the next one, my other reel screamed. A team effort by me and Rienk safely landed the beauty carp…

Biggest carp for the day

I lost count of how many we caught, but the day surely exceeded my expectations!