Saffa Fishing - Tigers
Submitted by Adam Gallash on Mon, 2014-09-08 06:58
Hi All,
Just wondering if we've got any South Africans on the site that are experienced Tiger fishermen. I'm off to Zimbabwe next month to fish the Zambezi and have been given some tips of what to take and buy, but just thought I'd throw it out there to try and expand on my understanding of what to take and how best to fish for them?
Cheers,
Adam
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chris raff
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Khaki pants and shirt would
Khaki pants and shirt would have to be first on the list .. sounds adventurous , hope you don’t come back talking funny .
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anypuddle
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tigerfish
Caught them on large spinners (-think oversize redfin style lures) in river mouths on lake Kariba. Watch out for baboons -scary things!
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Hutch
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Take some x-raps and Magnums
Take some x-raps and Magnums as well as some large spoons/slices. Most things are cheaper over there anyway.
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Brad Y
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Fished for tigers once, on
Fished for tigers once, on the Chobe River in Botswana (in full flood) only got a few smallish 40-50cm ones but they go hard for their size. We just used metal spinners- slices, wobblers etc. Anything shiny they just belt. Maybe take some cheap mid/deep divers if you troll. I say cheap because they will probably get punctured after one or two fish. We did a river cruise on the zambezi but didnt fish it. Funny watching a Zimbabwe water police boat go past with a couple of local coloured blokes on there all fishing and not a uniform or any sign of work being done at all! Would love to go back there and do a trip with the fly rod when the water wasnt moving as fast to chase tigers and big tilapia. Oh and a word of warning when we were in Zim, they wouldnt accept one of the major forms of credit card. Possibly mastercard. Also we had to pay for everything in US dollars as thier own currency is that U/S they wont accept it from tourists. Made it more expensive than holidaying in Aus.
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psion
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Tigers
Land based or Boat?
I used to fly fish for them, good fun,
With a boat: we used to drift fish, with bait we used 3 inch bream on a weightless hook, with about 6 inches of trace. Buy some Kapenta and use it as berley.
We alway found that all the rods got "hit" a the same time. as they appeared to school. The fish weren't big, running at 80-90cms, but there were plenty of them.
We also used shiny spinners and spoons with some red in them. Again berley the water, put one baited rod in, and when she "sings" throw the lures in. worked a treat. Used the same tactic with a fly rod. berley up and strip a large red fly through the berley.
I took a 10 foot surf rod with me, and got ragged about it. Use it in the evenings for vundu (a large catfish that can reach 100lbs) Take a small tiger fillet rigged on a short piece of trace with a 6 oz running sinker. In the evenings boat it out about 200 yards and leave it, some time during the night you should be in for a bit of fun. We camped out at Churundu, (below the damwall). we weren't allowed on the water at night so were restricted to landbased fishing.
Take long sleaved shirt, long pants and a wide hat (you will get burnt to Sh-t). we all took towels with us. We dipped them in the water and them lay them over our legs to cool off. we were on the water for 10 hours a day.