Other Interests: Fishing at Hillcrest Wine Farm

A few friends and I have decided to take up a little fresh water fishing. The group currently comprises Lee, Gary, Philip, Clive & myself.

We went the whole nine yards last week: We bought rods, reels, lures (poppers, spinners, plastics, worms, frogs) and the likes.

Of course, Gary has to be brag-gat buy the R600 rod... After Saturday, his nickname is Mr. Birds Nest! More expensive is not always better... Gary thinks this is KNOT funny...

You have gotta love an over-wind... NOT!

Also, I am not sure if it is correct to include Clive in this as he didn't pitch to our first fishing extravaganza at the Hillcrest Wine Farm.

For those of you that are interested: Hillcrest is a wine farm in Durbanville that has opened it's quarry up for fishing. The dam has Carp, Bass and Trout. The site itself is very picturesque. Lovely green grass for the kids to play, a place to make a fire and do the family thing... Check the pictures out, they speak 1000 words.

The prices are as follows:
R75 per person fishing
R25 per child fishing
R25 per person not fishing

The hours are from 9am to 5pm. This is unfortunate as fish bite mostly in the early morning (6 - 8am) and late evening (4-6pm).

Lee managed to snag a small, small mouth bass. Unfortunately, I could not get there with the camera quick enough (Sorry Lee). Also, we chatted to one of the more professional fisherman and he said that there was too much contrast between shallow and deep water. This is apparently not so good for fishing.

Overall, we had fun. We are going again this weekend, but to another venue in Lakeside. I can't wait to blog about cooking a trout or a bass!