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From the bank

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Real sessions, real fish. Every photo comes straight off a guided trip — tap any image to view it full size.

Bankside footage

POV Catching a 40 at Roodekoppies...

How a big one goes down — from the fight to the net, in order.

01 · FPV Of The Fight
02 · Netting the forty
The Roodekoppies 40 held at golden hour
The Roodekoppies 40 in the shallows
The Roodekoppies 40

Client session

Rietspruit Heron Club

A guided session with client Du Waal Engelbrecht — the best fish a 17,6 kg common, and Du Waal's biggest a 14,7.

01 · Bringing it in, from above
02 · Light over the dam
03 · Netting at dusk
The 17,6 kg common held in the water at sunset
The 17,6 kg common
Both anglers holding their best carp of the session
Two of the session's best
Angler holding a golden common carp
A golden common on the mat
Specimen common carp held above the unhooking mat
Released — safe and sound

Guided session

Friends on the bank

A session spent helping friends sharpen their specimen skills — reading the water, better bait presentation and bites that count.

01 · Casting it out
02 · Into the shallows
03 · Night shift
A friend holding a big common carp after dark
Big fish after dark
Two friends holding a large common carp at night
The night's best

Guided session

Aqua Paradiso

A session targeting the mirrors at Aqua Paradiso — with a few commons in between, and the best a whopping 15,3 kg mirror.

01 · The Aqua Paradiso teaser
02 · Netting the mirror
The 15,3 kg mirror carp held up under the trees
The 15,3 kg mirror
03 · Letting her go
A common carp held beside the lodge
A common in between
A mirror carp held at night under the headlamp
Night shift mirror
Rods out on the swim at Aqua Paradiso
Rods on the swim
Another golden common carp from Aqua Paradiso
A golden common to round off the session

Guided session

Icy PB at Roodekoppies

Helping Avinesh catch a new personal best of 17,4 kg at Roodekoppies — in icy conditions.

01 · The fight in the cold
Avinesh holding his 17,4 kg personal best common carp
The 17,4 kg PB
Avinesh and Juan with the personal best carp at Roodekoppies
A PB worth freezing for

The fish

A wall of carp

Every fish that's come off our sessions — commons, mirrors and the ones that made the night shift worth it.

A big scaled common
Big one from the shallows
A pale mirror
Big common, blue sky
Back to the water
Not so perfect shots are perfect
Mirror after dark
Two rods, two fish
In the shallows
Overcast common
One for the books
On the mat
A proper mirror
Night doubles
Three anglers, three fish
A 17,6 kg common
A golden common
Carp and company
Session bests
The 15,3 kg mirror
Night shift mirror
A common in between
Rounding off the session
The Roodekoppies 40
Forty pounds of gold
Big fish after dark
Night shift success
A 17,4 kg PB
PB worthy

Your fish could be here

Sessions are limited and booked around water conditions. Send your angling background through and we'll come back with dates.

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