Winning Ways Newsletter – Von Bach dam

Winning Ways Newsletter – Von Bach dam – 25.03.2017
 

The NBAA hosted the 2nd National Tournament of 2017 on the 25th of March on Von Bach dam. The event was well attended with the exciting prospect of this bass fishing haven returning to all its glory with the good inflow it received during this rainy season. The dam hit a low of 9% end of last year and currently stands at a proud level of 55%. Fishing conditions were still tough with the big metamorphosis the dam has undergone this rainy season. A total of 8 fish made it to the scales.

The NBAA would like to thank Bank Windhoek, Cymot and Score Energy for sponsoring this event! Without the loyal support of these sponsors all this would not be possible.

The results of the tournament are as follows:
 Senior Men:
1. Alec Williams                                   2 fish 4.810kg 
2. Willem Burger                                  2 fish 3.750kg 
3. Gregg Howard                                 1 fish 2.735kg

The biggest fish of the day was caught by Gregg Howard weighing in at 2.735 kg.

 
Alec's summary of the competition is as follows:

I used a weightless junebug trick stick on the one fish I caught and a paddle tail small fluke on drop shot with 6lb seagaur on the other. I did not have a strategy as I caught nothing during my prefish session so I just rotated between different spots.

Willem’s summary of the day is as follows:
Bait: Terminator, willow leaf spinnerbait in gold and silver, brown and white skirt.
Strategy: Concentrated efforts mainly on rock piles / rock ridges where there was a slight chop (waves) on the water.
Technique: Casted the spinnerbait out to the shoreline grass and bush and retrieved it slowly. Once out of the bush or grass line, I slowed down even more and fish the spinnerbait yo-yo with long pauses. I caught one fish in the grass line, the other fish picked up the spinnerbait on the drop of the yo-yo.I switched to plastics in the afternoon as there was no wind movement.

Gregg’s summary of the day is as follows:
 
I prefished the dam and concentrated on the cleaner water. I thought we had found some sort of pattern pitching plastics a few weeks prior to the event. However as the dirty water cleaned up close to the event I think a number of fish moved back into the main section of the dam. The day of the event I continued in the cleaner water and focused on the grass lines and points. It was quickly evident that the fishing had deteriorated. I practically threw the kitchen sink and managed to get one to commit to a baby bass spook. Fortunately it was a better one.

Well done to all three gentlemen!

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