Spring Grove Dam, Natal Midlands

[Korrie]

Does any forumers have news about the Spring Grove dam?
Is it completed?
how full is it?
what are the plans in terms of fishing for the dam. trout, bass etc?

[Korrie]

did a bit of Googling
Storage capacity 139 million cubic meters of waters
Current level 75% full

For the Capies, as comparison, Clanwillian dam is 122 million cubic meters.
Can accomodate a lot of trout in Spring Grove

[JadeDsantos]

I wonder what the biggest trout still water in ZA is? I mean where the majority fish is trout. I can imagine back in the day Sterkies was a pretty big trout fishery before the yellows arrived.

J

[Korrie]

I wonder what the biggest trout still water in ZA is? I mean where the majority fish is trout. I can imagine back in the day Sterkies was a pretty big trout fishery before the yellows arrived.

J

after the post, of the Yellows in the fish tank, hammering the gold fish, I wonder if the trout, where not almost "out muscled" by the trout in the end?

[smallstreams.co.za]

after the post, of the Yellows in the fish tank, hammering the gold fish, I wonder if the trout, where not almost "out muscled" by the trout in the end?

Guess we can stop using Rotenone then, right???

It has always been like that. I recall my father-in-law's father telling us stories about large yellows they caught as kids. "Steepsakke vol" was the term he used. They did much more damage than trout could ever do to a yellow!!

[Korrie]

Mario
The yellows never occured in some of the waters that the trout now occur.
That is the argument of Nature conservation.

[Korrie]

I wonder how much this dam's level will fluctuate every year?
That might influence the fish holding capacity of the dam.

[smallstreams.co.za]

Mario
The yellows never occured in some of the waters that the trout now occur.
That is the argument of Nature conservation.

It's a very subjective argument from their side, since there are far more invasive species than trout to tackle. Anyway, not related to this topic.

[JadeDsantos]

I was kind of shocked to learn that the Breede is now pretty devastated as a bass fishery. I remember catching great bass there around 15 years ago. Pretty sad what carp and barbel have done to the system.

[Korrie]

I am sure that Gareth George and Wildfly would have secured a consession on the dam, seeing that it is at his front door.