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Man killed at De Rust, Hartebeespoort dam
October 4, 2011 | 
Author A man was shot and killed this weekend at De Rust, Hartebeespoort dam. Six men approached mr. Jaco de Jager and his friend Hennie Jones. De Jager was shot in his camping chair and died in the arms of his wife. You can read the original article as it was written in Beeld here
Please make sure that you always visit De Rust and nearby venues as a group. We do not recommend camping at this moment in time. The owner claims that security takes priority and that they are working hard to improve the safety of their campers. Unfortunately, as an angling community we can only rely on ourselves when it comes to safety at our fishing venues. This is an unforgiving and selfish act by people with no regard for human life.
Our prayers are with the family of the victim.
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Tags: crime, De Rust, fishing, Hartebeespoort dam, Hennie Jones, Jaco de Jager, killed, shot | 
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De Rust, Hartebeespoort dam
Last weekend we had a workshop at De Rust with our new fishing club and decided to face the cold in return for some valuable knowledge from the more experienced anglers.
Some of the photos below were provided by Koedoe angling club.
We arrived early Saturday morning and was soon greeted by a few friendly faces, a warm fire and a cup of coffee. Because this was a workshop and we had a prior engagement later that afternoon we decided not to take our rods along, in hindsight, clearly a mistake. Two of the youngsters, Charldon and Roald Matthee caught two beautiful Hartebeespoort dam carps of 5.30 and 5.90 kilograms respectively early on and as the day progressed Markus Swart, Elrich Lambrechts, Sarel Boshoff, Barend Booyse and Peet Vorster joined in with their fish weighing in at 5.50, 3.90, 6.95, 6.00 and 3.30 kilograms.
Fishing depths varied, carp caught earlier the morning fed at 70 to 80 metres while the carp that came out as the day progressed was caught at a distance of 100 to 120 metres, all on sweet white dough.
In the past Hartebeespoort dam have been criticised for the amount of pollution in and around the dam. Altough there is still a fair amount of pollution affecting the area it must be said that conditions have greatly improved in the past two years and fishing standards are once again good. Unfortunately crime is still a problem and there are no real facilities for women to speak of at De Rust. If you decide to pay this venue a visit and to spend the night, make a point of going in a group and have at least two or more people awake at any point during the night.
For more information or to leave your comments, visit our De Rust page.
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