Did any of you fish Baynesfield Estate dam when there was trout in it?

[A River Runs Through It]

Believe it or not this was true when Athol and Karen Currie managed the place some years back. The one dam was stocked with brown trout...there was a beautiful cottage on it which could be rented for a night or two at some ridiculous low rate...good old days . I got several including one of 4lbs...they were all in good condition too. The water remained very cool because it seeped from under ground...sadly that's a thing of the past as bass took over.

Athol used to charge you R50 to fish...heck it's a pity that such a fishery has been lost half way between Durban and Maritzburg...way out of the trout zone..there is still bass fishing but what a downgrade.

There was also a stream, Umlaas River that you could fly fish for Scaly and rainbow trout.

Why we don't look after such gems??