Outeniqua BassMasters

This past weekend Outeniqua Bassmasters hosted their 3rd club outing of the season at Brakkeduine dam.

Despite low water levels of 23% at the moment, we had good weather and good fishing with lots of fish and 5 fish over 2kgs caught.

Well done to Armin for winning the biggest bag (2 fish bag) and biggest fish! Armin even won the lucky draw prize! Well done! We all look forward to getting some of your lucky biltong at the next event 😀

Biggest bags (2 fish)
1. Armin vdHarst (jnr) 3.815kgs
2. Hayden Poulter 3.730kgs
3. Milan Spaans (jnr) 3.295kgs
4. Armand vd Harst 3.185kgs
5. Dean Searle 2.965kgs
6. Mieke Spaans (L) 2.865kgs
7. Jerian Spaans 2.825kgs
8. Chalky Whyte 2.515kgs

3 Biggest Fish:
1. Armin 2.250kgs
2. Hayden 2.175kgs
3. Milan 2.110kgs

Biggest BlueGill: Jerian 0.360kgs

Well done to all the winners!

Also a big thanks to Extreme Angling & Accessories, Stil fishing Armand vdHarst, Dean Searle, Matthew Pero from NOEBY South Africa, Redberry Farm George for all the wonderful prizes donated!

Outeniqua Bassmasters hosted their second club social/comp of the 2025/2026 season in November at Brakkeduine.

After some really bad wind and rain threatening on the weather forecasts since about Tuesday prior to Saturday we got off fairly lightly weather wise😁
Happily the fish obliged for the day with good numbers and quality

A very special thanks to those who came forward with cash and prizes for the event. Thank you!!

Biggest Bluegill. 0.265kg. Milan Spaans
Best ladies bag. 2.705kg. Gwen Rothman
Biggest Bass 2.315kg Dean Searle
Biggest bag 3.805kg Dean Searle

Other bag weights
2.705 Gwen Rothman
2.65 Matt Woolley
2.525 Mike Spaans
2.4. Jerian Spaans
2.35 Leon Rothman
2.255 Milan Spaans
2.245 Mark Gibson
1.935 Hannes Sevenster

The day ended on Saturday evening with a lekker braai and some good laughs thanks all.

We look forward to our next event on 31 January at Settlers dam in the Eastern Cape. This will be a first for Outeniqua bassmasters.

Outeniqua Bassmasters hosted their 1st club outing of the season at the Breede river.

Surprisingly, really tough fishing conditions were had and although decent fish came out, numbers of fish were difficult to find.

Congratulations to the prize winners!

Biggest bag - Paul Kemp 3,255kgs
2nd bag - Jerian Spaans 2,8kgs
3rd bag - Dean Searle 2,78kgs
4th bag - Bertus Jansen Van Rensburg 2,645kgs

Biggest fish - Paul Kemp 1,74kgs

We are looking forward to our next event on 1 November at Brakkeduine dam! It's going to be a good one!

Outeniqua bassmasters hosted their annual AGM recently and awarded trophies to the top anglers in the club in each category. Well done to those in the prizes!

A big thanks to all those that sponsored prizes for our club competitions.

Awards were as follows:
- Best Lady Angler –Gwen Rothman.
- Biggest Fish (Caught Locally W/SE Cape waters) - 2.31kgs Brakkeduine Dean Searle
- Biggest Fish Caught beyond Club Limits –4.19 kgs Lake Chicamba Armand vd Harst
- Best Junior Angler of the Year Club Trophy –Armin vd Harst
- The Club Leagues (Socials) Trophy –Armand vd Harst
- Top E. Division Angler for 2024-2025 Season - Hayden Poulter
- Service to The Club Shield –Jerian Spaans
- Biggest BlueGill: Hannes Sevenster 0.280 kgs

Club comp winners:
- Breede: Armand vd Harst
- Korentepoort: Gwen Rothman
- Brakkeduine: Dean Searle

We are excited about the coming season and a few nice club comps planned!

Outeniqua bassmasters hosted their final club competition of the 2024/2025 season at Poortjieskloof Dam this past weekend. There was a good turnout despite the distance to travel from the Garden Route.

Plenty of fish were caught, but bigger fish were hard to come by.

Well done to the prize winners. A big thanks to Raoul, Dean and Outdoors 365 Equipment for sponsoring prizes for the event.

Heaviest bag (3 fish)
1st - Raoul Overbeeke - 3.205kg
2nd - Hayden Poulter - 2.465kg
3rd - Gwen Rothman - 2.240kg

Heaviest fish
1st - Raoul Overbeeke - 1.930kgs
2nd - Hayden Poulter - 1.395kgs
3rd - Gwen Rothman - 1.380kgs

Ladies
1st - Gwen Rothman
2nd - Maryke Overbeeke

Juniors
1st - Armin Van Der Harst
2nd - Mattheus
3rd - Milan Spaans

We are already looking forward to next season, and possibly a few new venues!

Outeniqua Bassmaster hosted their penultimate social competition of the 2024/2025 season at Koos Raubenhaimer dam outside Oudrshoorn. It was a well attended event with some new faces which were welcome.

An absolutely beautiful venue with fun fishing. Lots of small fish in the heat (37deg) with some bigger ones spotted but not wanting to eat. 2 anglers did however manage to get a big bite...Chalkey with a fish of 2,21kg and Mieke Spaans with a 2,15kg
We fished a 3 fish limit owing to hot weather and hot water with concerns over fish wellbeing.

Results as follows:
1st - Mieke Spaans
2nd - Armin vd Harst
3rd - Armand vd Harst
4th - Chalkey Whyte

Well done to the winners and we are looking forward to our last event in April!

A small contingent attended the first outing of the year at Korentepoort, with 4 boats and 1 kickboat competing.

The fishing was tough, water level was at around 70 percent and bites were few. 2 fish of over 2kgs were landed, one by Gwen and the other by Bertus.

The days winners were as follows:
1st Gwen Rothman
2nd Armand Van der Harst
3rd Bertus Jansen Van Rensberg

Well done!

As always good fun and a beautiful venue!

Outeniqua BassMasters hosted their 2nd club competition of the season at Brakkeduine dam.

The turn out was good and the anglers were blessed with good weather for a change🙂

The anglers caught quite a lot of fish but bigger fish were hard to come by.

Biggest bag (2 fish bag)
1st place - Dean Searle 3.65kg
2nd place - Hayden Poulter 3.51kg
3rd place - Leon Rothman 3.35kg

Biggest fish
1st - Dean Searle 2.31kgs
2nd - Hayden Poulter 2.00kg
3rd - Bertus Jansen Van Rensburg 1.81kgs

Biggest bluegill
- Hannes Sevenster 0.28kgs

Junior:
- Armin VDH - 2.14kgs

A huge shoutout to those that sponsored prizes for this event; Georg Forg, Hansie, Hannes, Armand and AVDH, and Outdoors 365 Equipment

Well done to the guys in the prizes! We look forward to the next event in February at Korintepoort dam!

Last weekend Outeniqua Bassmasters hosted their 1st club competition/social of the season on the Breede River.

It was a great event with surprisingly good fishing, despite the recent flooding in the Western Cape and particularly the Breede.

Well done to the winners!

(2 fish limit)
1st - Armand VDH (3,745kg)
2nd - Mark Gibson (3,29kg)
3rd - Dean Searle (2,54kg)
Ladies - Gwen (2,44kg)
Juniors - Armin (1,90kg)

A huge thank you to the sponsors that sponsored prizes for this event:

(cooler box for biggest fish)
(Vouchers and gifts)
Xtreme Fishing (Rod & Reel combo - sealed weight, lures)

The next one will be 2nd November at Brakkeduine. We hope to see you there!!

Outeniqua Bassmasters hosted their AGM and prize giving this month.

A huge congrats to the prize winners for the 2023/2024 Season:

Individual Club Comp Winners trophies:
* Breede: Armand vd Harst
* Korente: Armand vd Harst
* Brakkeduine: Armand vd Harst

Yearly trophies winners:
* Mens Angler of year: Armand vd Harst
* Ladies Angler of year: Mieke Spaans
* Jnr Angler of year: Armin vd Harst
* Eastern Division Angler of year: Hayden Poulter
* Service to Club Shield: Tyrone from Border BassMasters
* Biggest Bluegill for year: Milan Spaans, 0.390kgs Brakkeduine
* Biggest Bass Club Comps: Armand vd Harst 2.34kgs Korentepoort

* Biggest Bass outside club Comps: Dean Searle 3.5 kgs Wriggleswade

We look forward to the coming season and seeing you at our club competitions. Dates soon to be announced!

A huge congrats to 2 of our club members Hayden Poulter and Dean Searle on winning the annual Theewaterskloof Bass Classic last weekend.

An amazing achievement! Well done!

Congratulations to our 3 club members who fished this passed weekends SABAA Opens Eastern Divisional trials this weekend.

On Saturday all three anglers made the top 5 at Brakkeduine Camping with Armand Van der Harst, Dean Searle and Hayden Poulter finishing in 2nd, 4th and 5th respectively.

Sunday was hosted at Impofu dam and keepers were difficult to come by. Hayden, Dean and Armand finished 2nd, 9th and 12th respectively.

All our anglers are climbing the overall standings for the Division with the final events, numbers 7 and 8 in scheduled for March.

Good luck guys!