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A dam among green hills with the Drakensberg under a heavy sky

Fishing

What are you fishing for?

Dams, streams, the bank and the sea. Pick your water and we’ll show you what we’d take.

  1. Bass The dams around Pietermaritzburg. Plastics, cranks, and the drowned trees.
  2. Fly Trout water in the Midlands and the Berg. Rods, lines and flies.
  3. Carp A proper bomb, the right flavour, and patience.
  4. Sea Rock and surf, and deep sea off the KZN coast.

Also on the wall

Tigerfish.

Teeth, speed and a jump that throws hooks. For the tigerfish waters up north you want lures that can take a beating, wire or heavy leaders, and rods and reels with some backbone. We have a selection of tiger lures and the rods and reels to go with them.

Hard baits
A silver minnow-shaped lure with two treble hooks

From the counter

The water around Pietermaritzburg.

Where the team has fished

  1. Albert Falls Dam20 kmAlbert Falls Bass Classic 2022: third-heaviest bag. Rochester boat photographs.
  2. Inanda Dam45 kmTeam photographs with the day’s bag.
  3. Durban and the coast65 kmRock and surf, and the launch sites for deep sea.
  4. Spioenkop Dam135 kmTournament dawn photographs from the boat.
  5. Goedertrouw Dam140 kmJoey's 2022 season, 6 August: team Rochester Tackle sixth of 35.
  6. Woodstock Dam150 kmPhotographs from the Woodstock prize-giving.

Other waters worth knowing

  1. Nagle Dam20 kmLargemouth bass and carp on the Mgeni, near Cato Ridge.
  2. Midmar Dam25 kmLargemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, carp and bluegill, in an Ezemvelo reserve outside Howick. You need a freshwater angling licence.
  3. Shongweni Dam40 kmBass, carp, barbel and tilapia. No motorboats on the dam: fish from the bank, a canoe or a kayak.
  4. Hazelmere Dam60 kmBass, carp, yellowfish and tilapia, north of Verulam. Permits at the gate.
  5. Kamberg Nature Reserve75 kmTrout in Eland and Erskine dams, fly tackle only. Open all year; pay the rod fee at reception.
  6. Wagendrift Dam85 kmLargemouth bass and carp, from the bank or a boat, in an Ezemvelo reserve outside Estcourt.

Straight-line distances from 28 Blackburrow Road. The first list comes from Rochester's own tournament sheets and photographs; the second is other public waters near Pietermaritzburg. Check access, permits and licences before you go. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Tell us where you’re fishing.

The water, the species, the time of year, what you already own. We’ll tell you what we’d use, and what you can skip.

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