Was also at the vaal this past weekend and struggled to get hold of carp which resulted in no barbel bait out for Friday night. Caught a 4.8kg carp on Saturday late morning. Put the head out and 15min later into a descent fish that swam through all out other lines and broke me off at the side...Never even saw the damn thing!
After that I used 2x BIG carp fillets cable tied together with the skin on the outside and managed a good one. Unfortunately it was not weighed.
My fish finder also didn't work and I was unable to find deep holes. My 0.80mm leader was cut off a couple of times :? and on what I do not know...
Also, unfortunately I was unable to take photos of the baits as it was pissisting it down! The times it wasn't I just had to be quick and get the bait in the water.
All the baits were dropped with an inflatable.
After that I used 2x BIG carp fillets cable tied together with the skin on the outside and managed a good one. Unfortunately it was not weighed.
My fish finder also didn't work and I was unable to find deep holes. My 0.80mm leader was cut off a couple of times :? and on what I do not know...
Also, unfortunately I was unable to take photos of the baits as it was pissisting it down! The times it wasn't I just had to be quick and get the bait in the water.
All the baits were dropped with an inflatable.