By Alex Willers
Trying to find a fishing venue for the whole family can be a hard task, but there is one such a venue where the angler, wife and kids can all be satisfied! Klein Paradys in Brits North West, is the perfect family resort that offers some of the best carp fishing to everyone. The resort sits on a little stream that eventually runs into Roodekoppies Dam and has dams open to fishing as well as a very nice caravan park equipped with full scale waterpark. Swimming pools, shop and restaurant galore!
The Venue
The venue is small and consist of 3 dams to choose from. They all have carp, bass, kurper, catfish. The main dam has amazing camping facilities and hosts a large number of stands which are easily accessible with a caravan. The dam has got plentiful carp in it and is a great venue for the rookie to start off specimen carp angling and great fun even for the expert specimen carp angler! The carp average from 5kg to 10kg and there are rumours of 13 and even 16kg carp that have been caught in the main dam! The 2 smaller dams are for day fishing only but also have some really nice swims and big carp. For the family there are a number of swimming pools, water slides and other activities to enjoy whilst the angler can enjoy som good fishing.
Ground bait
• Hemp
• Tiger nuts
• Maize yellow
• Bird seeds mix
• Crushed boilies pyscho Original
• Chic chic cooked till creamy
Hook baits
• Double tigers on a KD hair rig (sweet corn )
• Signal tiger (plain) on a hair topped with yellow fake maize
• Pyscho original boilie with pink pop up on a 360 rig
• Any fruity flavours
The main hookbait they love and can’t leave alone is a sweet corn tigernut!
Note – the carp in this dam aren’t to fuzzy and will take on any baits and flavours. Carp Care is essential as these carp get hammered by anglers every year and some have extensive damage in their mouths because of that. Specimen anglers are also advised to share their knowledge and carp care procedures with the fishing holiday goers as this will help prevent further deterioration of the fish health.
Location
• Try find feeding bubbles that’s a good sign as to where to fish the floating bridge is a good place to drop a line.
Dam is fairly flat with hardly any drop offs the most under water features are at the out let by the dam wall.
For more info contact 012 252 1938
or visit http://www.kleinparadys.com/
Also check out this post https://carpsa.co.za/african-carp-paradise/