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The science behind the bite: water temperature, oxygen, light and feeding.
Technique GuideProThe Science of Summer Bass Fishing in South Africa
What largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass do from November to February, and why. Water temperature, thermoclines, oxygen, light and storms, explained for South African dams.
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Technique GuideProThe Science of Summer Carp Fishing in South Africa
What common and mirror carp do from November to February, and why. Water temperature, the spawn, dead deep water, the oxygen clock, bait science and catch care, explained for South African dams.
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Technique GuideProAfter the Storm: Fishing Rising Dams, Muddy Water and Flooded Grass
What summer rain does to a South African dam and its fish, and how to fish each stage: the first rise, the muddy inflow, the full dam and the slow fall. Built around the weekly dam levels on AnglersHub.
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Technique GuideProBig Barbel on Summer Nights
How South Africa's own giant, the sharptooth catfish, hunts in packs, breeds after rain and feeds on hot summer nights. Where to find a 10 kg barbel, which baits and rigs work, and how to handle one safely.
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Technique GuideProSummer Kurper: Finding the Big Ones
Kurper breed all summer, which makes them easy to find once you know what to look for. How to tell the kurper apart, read their nests, find the 1 kg fish and catch them on light tackle, plus a family day plan for the holidays.
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Technique GuideFree this weekHow Bass See Colour: The Science of Light, Depth and Lure Colour
Bass have two colour cones, no blue cone, and see chartreuse much like white. Here is what the research says about bass vision, how water filters colour with depth, and which lure colours to pick in clear, green and muddy South African dams.
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Technique GuideProThe Science of Bait: How Carp Smell and Taste
A carp checks your bait three times before it swallows: with its nose, with the taste buds on its lips and barbels, and with the taste buds inside its mouth. Here is what the research says about each check, which tastes carp like and dislike, and how to build a better papgooi bait.
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