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I’ve always been wondering about the resort I always pass, in Lavender road, on my way to Bon Accord dam. I strolled through the place one late afternoon, just before closing time and promised myself to try out the fishing sometime.

Fishing for bass at Thulani

The resort is neat and braai facilities and grass shadings are provided, there’s a pool and you can span out next to the Apies river under the trees on the lovely green lawns. You can try fishing in the river or you can fish for Bass in the dam or pond.

When me and my buddy Joe arrived at the resort Saturday afternoon we were surprised by the amount of people. Groups have to book ahead and we probably visited the wrong time because there were large groups of people around the river banks. The pools where also very full so we didn’t bother swimming.

Thulani resort dam

The dams were mostly left in peace with only a few people trying their luck with their bass gear. I was one of them of coarse.

Bass Thulani

I only had a few hours before closing time so I had little time to prove myself to the other anglers there. The rules are strictly catch and release and the right fishing gear is enforced, meaning barb-less hooks among other things. This is great because it means that these people are serious about bass fishing as a sport and hobby.

Small bass at Thulani

One of the anglers caught three fish. All big mouth bass. I caught nothing. I tried using spinners, worms and all sorts of artificial bass lures. People started leaving and it was getting late so we decided to leave as well, but trying just a last time was irresistible. Good thing I did because my last try provided for my one and only catch that afternoon!