CarpFever 2015

FISHING TAILS
TWO FRIENDS, TWO YEARS
AND ONE MEMORABLE CATCH
Targeting a public day-ticket venue
is challenging. And not knowing
what stock of fish a water holds;
leaves one with only one option.
Start catching. Over the past
two years, Pieter and I dedicated
ourselves to targeting a public
day-ticket venue; fuelled by our
curiosity of wanting to know what
lurks beneath this wild water. This
is a story about two friends who
share a passion for carp fishing.
And one special catch.
Wynand Roest
Above: Wynand
Roest with Peach
Tank, caught for
the third time.
n 2011 a friend and I
I
started fishing a venue
near Cape Town. Armed
with the maddest mix
of particles (or so we
thought) and loads
of boilies; we were
convinced that we’ll catch the biggest fish
simply by piling in loads of bait.
Not quite.
Blank after blank; our over-confident
approach was greeted by extra fat slices of
humble pie. Looking back, it was Mother
Nature’s way of saying: “Thank you. Come
again”. I remember us spodding out a 15L
bucket full of feed all in a day; maze, tiger
nuts, hemp, your good’ol classic pap mix,
whole boilies, chopped boilies, a few tins of
tuna, peanut butter, you name it. We did not
realise that we were ruining our chances of
catching even before we put a rod out.
Seeing that you’re only allowed to fish
during the day; such a large spread of bait
drastically reduces your chances of catching
from the get go. There are simply too many
Looking
back, it was
Mother
Nature’s
way of
saying:
“Thank
you. Come
again”
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