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Caleb
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Joined: 22 Jan 2010
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Location: South Africa

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Hi everyone

Lourens here. You can pronounce it like "Lawrence" if you want Smile
I am a very enthusiatic bass angler from South Africa.
I live for fishing and the outdoors. Just thought I'd join to see what the fishing community in Canada is like, since I'm dreaming of making Canada my home someday (hopefully sooner rather than later). And who knows, maybe I could make a few friends here!

Cheers
Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:12 am View user's profile Send private message
walleyepro1
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welcome to the site.

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woodwacker
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great choice for a new home. canadas the best country to live in.. lots of great outdoors.
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Crazzyjunior
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Location: London, Ontario

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Welcome 2 skunked

CANADA RULES! Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes canada canada canada canada canada canada canada canada canada canada

The more Fishermen the better.


Crazzyjunior

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Seastar
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Crazzyjunior wrote:
Welcome 2 skunked

CANADA RULES! Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes canada canada canada canada canada canada canada canada canada canada

The more Fishermen the better.


Crazzyjunior



yea that

And a personal greeting to you . I will look foreword to hearing about fishing in your part of the world .

John
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St Clair Hound
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Welcome

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other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming
"WOO HOO, What a Ride!"


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Fishing Farmer
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Welcome. Lots of great people on this site.

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Gouldy
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Joined: 05 Aug 2008
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Location: Corner Brook Newfoundland

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If yor planing on moving here from south africa i sugest buying a large walk in feezer to help climatize yourself fisrt. Kidding. Its only going to be -15c thie week.

Welcome.

Whats tends to be the go to bait or technique over there for bass?

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Caleb
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Joined: 22 Jan 2010
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Location: South Africa

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Thanks for the welcomes everyone!

I will post some pics of my fishing experiences shortly.

Well, I don't think the techniques we use to catch bass will be much different from what you guys do in Canada.
Personallly, my go to baits are Senkos, flukes and Jerkbaits. I like fishing Senkos weightless and my flukes on a light mojo rig.
My favourite jerkbait is the Rapala X-Rap hands down.
Many of our dams (reservoirs, we don't have many natural lakes) are very weedy and some have lots of standing timber, so we also spend alot of time pitching and flipping brush hogs and other creature baits.

I suppose we are fortunate in that we can fish pretty much year round. Our winter temperatures very seldom drop below -3 Celsius or so. Even then the afternoon temperatures are usually between 15 and 19 with some colder days inbetween. Our lakes never freeze over, heck the worst that could happen is a thin layer of ice on your dog's water bowl in the morning!

I think compared to Canada, we don't have lots of water to fish, but we do have a few very good bass lakes, especially in the almost tropical Kwazulu-Natal province to the South-east, and the warm bushveld to the North. The Cape province to the South-west has a few very good Smallmouth lakes, but smallmouth are very scarse throughout the rest of the country.
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always-topless
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Hey by the way........Welcome to the site.............Jim

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Big_Dog
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Hey! That spot is no Secret! I have been fishin there for years!!
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