Will & Dre

Last week I got myself a new bass rod which I tried out over the weekend.

Because of the fact that we camped as a group my time for fishing was relatively limited, but I did manage to fish a few hours during the Saturday morning and afternoon.

When I got to the dam on the Saturday morning I was pleasantly surprised by the neat grass banks surrounding the waters. Although the dam was not very big it wasn’t exactly small either. Fishing is allowed on the one side only, but if you are practised you’ll be able to cast almost anywhere in the dam.

Early morning at Weesgerus Dam

I’ve course I tried fishing for bass but I also had my two other rods set up just for in case…

It took me almost 2 hours of sweat and hard work to reel in my first fish, a very small Bass which I caught on artificial lure in the form of a Rapala.

First small bass

And then came the rain… Once again I was caught in a storm next to the waters, sitting under a small grass cover, waiting for the wind to blow the clouds over so that I could cast in again. After about an hour I had another bite on the Rapala. This time it was a Kurper who made sure for some excitement.

Kurper on a Rapala

Unfortunately we had to leave early the Sunday morning so my fishing trip ended with only two fishes for the weekend, but luckily I could prove that even though the one I caught was very small, there are definitely Bass in the dam at the Weesgerus Holiday resort.