BELL PARK DAM in Drakensberg

[markhup]

We were there last year. I wanted to float tube, but decided agains it. While scratching the banks a local came looking for his canoe. I had a long chat with him regarding the croc issue. He said he used to swim in the dam regularly, but stopped three year back due to the killing of a croc in the dam. He did not personal see the croc, but it was enough to make him uneasy. There is still a rumor running that there is a second one.

I was wondering weather a croc would survive the cold winters.

I fished the Drakensderg Sun. Stunning dam.

And any success as Drak Sun?

[poppernel]

And any success as Drak Sun?

oNE TO THE CROCK.!!!

[Mad_Max]

Only one very late in the afternoon. It was a hard days fishing.

[firephish]

It was a rumour started by the surrounding land owners to try and dissuade waterskiiers and jetskiiers.

Worked pretty well too!

still doing a pretty good job of the rumor ... not sure i'd risk it:

[GrahamS]

still doing a pretty good job of the rumor ... not sure i'd risk it:

Ha ha. They had huge problems there a few years back with jetski cowboys tearing the place up, and that's when the crocodile magically appeared. I used to know a lot of the land owners around there, and the story was told many times in the local golf club after a few. Winter temps in that area would never support a croc IMO, and funny enough the locals still enjoy the dam most summer weekends... It's also not that big of a dam that signs of a croc would be hard to find.

[core fly]

Its a stunning dam.The croc story did not put me off fishing it a few years back.I mean the locals were swimming and fishing merrily away,so i guessed the croc would attack them first anyway.
There seem to be some really big bass in that dam.With a boat you should do very well there.