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Clanwilliam Smallie Festival – 14-16 April 2012

  A Smallmouth bass festival of note, enjoy the pics…… We’ve been dying to get back to the Smallmouth Capital of South Africa Clanwilliam since our last successful visit there in November. The opportunity arose when the venue for the final Leg of the BFSA Kickboat Trail was announced and being one of the sponsors [...]

The Bass Challenge 2012 – Leg 2

The Bass Challenge offers a platform for bass anglers in the Gauteng area who fish from float tubes, kick boats, pontoon boats, kayaks, inflatables and small bass boats to compete socially in a stress free environment. For more information and to join in the fun please visit http://www.basschallenge.co.za/ Brent Webber owner of Blue Water Gear and [...]

Garreth cashes in at Clanwilliam

Garreth returns to Clanwilliam dam and continues his great form with some great fish caught off of his float tube… Thanks for the great article Garreth! After last weekends great success and the fact that I was told my next offshore trip had been postponed I thought what better opportunity to get back to Clan! [...]

So this is why you guys go fishing

So this is why you guys go fishing! by Rob Holst Most guy anglers know that it’s all but impossible to explain to their other halves what it is exactly that draws them to fishing. What makes them wake up at ridonculous hours of the morning to be the first one at the dam? They [...]

Clanwilliam 21 – 23 January 2012

Malcom, Andrew and Garreth had another cracker of a trip to Clanwilliam dam in the Western Cape, getting into some really nice smallmouth and largemouth bass. Thanks again for the article Malcom and the great pics! Clanwilliam 21 – 23 January 2012 a.k.a The Garreth Show! Well after Garreth’s first trip to Clanwilliam he had [...]

Fishing in the Cape – December 2011

  Ok so in December we took a bit of time off and of course managed to fish a few spots in and around Cape town. Doordekraal First up was Doordekraal where  we enjoyed a great afternoons fishing with some nice fish being caught mostly on the wacky rig. Rob fishing hard and gets rewarded. [...]

Mofam Invasion-October 2011

Towards the end of October I gathered a posse of mates and invaded Mofam. We all arrived in good spirits at about 530am. From the time we parked the cars to the time we put foot to trolling motor was about 1 minute 30 seconds. The guys were amped, no time for banter.  Talking is [...]

Go remote – Clanwilliam 15-17 November 2011

Ok so it’s not remote  as in “its safe to fish kaalgat” but considering not many people fish the sections we went to, it qualifies. We had to put our new Froggy V-Craft Mudbug Float Tube through its paces and there is no better place to do it than on Clanwilliam. So we organised our [...]

Knorhoek Annual Bass Classic – 26 November 2011

Saturday saw the third edition of the Knorhoek Annual Bass Classic. Floattubes.co.za were proud to be tha main sponsor for the event.  All competitors had a great time, with challenging yet good fishing, great food and excellent prizes. Congrats goes to Gavin for winning himself a brand new Froggy V-Craft float tube for his efforts. [...]

BFSA Kick Boat Trail Leg 1 – 30 Oct 2011

Hi Guys, The first leg of the BFSA Kickboat Trail was held this past weekend in the Western Cape.  Great fun was had by all competitors and some good fish where caught. Below please find the report courtesy of Bassfishing.co.za. To discus this report please click here. For more information on the BFSA Kickboat Trail [...]