These net floats slide over the landing net handle and securely lock in place with a velcro strap at the base of the landing net to ensure buoyancy of the net making it hands-free and easier to lan...
All traces are tied with 10lb 0.25mm hook lines and 40lb 0.45mm shaft lines. The hooks are tied on with snell knots with a blood knot on the swivel side. The shaft line consist of a perfection loop...
3D Printed LED lighted bobbins with magnetic ball bearing line keeper. These bobbins feature an easy on-off setting to save battery life during daylight hours.
Bottom Trace swivel is a great product for anyone wanting to make the popular Vaal Dam/Bottom trace. Simply slide it onto a shaft line and your assembly is complete. You can add two for a double-ho...
The Maruseigo (Ultra) hook meaning round, sturdy and narrow-shaped is originally used for catching Sparidae (sea bream species) in Japan where the pattern and shape of the hook lends itself to the ...
Slammer Series Mieliebom is a very easy to mix dry popcorn ground feed. Simply add 2 parts of dry feed to one part water, mix thoroughly and let it stand for 20 minutes to absorb the water whereaft...
The Ultragreen line from Maxima is a very tough and durable line that has stood the test of time. The line has no solid colour pigment making it slightly lighter in actual weight meaning better dis...
The Vanadium Carp Pro hooks from VMC are amazingly sharp, forged for strength and boast more fantastic properties to ensure that bank and carp anglers hook and land more fish!*Note: #8 equal/simila...
A 3-way swivel with a difference. These are PERFECT for Bottom/Vaaldam/Boer traces as well as the underrated Baby Shoes trace. It can also be used to make a fixed Rietvlei trace. VMC Quality swivel...
Cull-up with the Berkley PowerBait® CullShad. Taking shallow water swim-baiting to a new level, the CullShad combines big profile drawing power with proprietary Honey Comb Technology for next-level...
Welcome to CrushCity™, a destination in the mind of every angler, where fish are big, and the bite is hot. It’s what tournament anglers live for and every angler dreams of. CrushCity™ is the collab...
Berkley® Underspins are for everyone, from the novice to the avid angler. The Underspin pairs perfectly with a variety of baits due to its conical bait keeper, and it provides additional fish-attra...
Topped off with an irresistible PowerBait® flavored skirt and a Fusion19™ hook, the Berkley® Swim Jig features all the right things in all the right places for a high-quality jig that simply puts m...
Designed by Elite Series veteran and 2009 Bassmaster Classic Champion, Skeet Reese, the Berkley Powerbait Pit Boss was created to give anglers the ultimate flipping and pitching bait. Built with a ...
The legendary Abu Garcia Cardinal is a no-nonsense good quality spinning reel that stood the test of time. Perfect for general purpose short-range fishing and all bass spinning setups. Supplied wit...
SENSATION BTX/RTX/GTX Baitcasting Bass Rods
FEATURES
MINI GUIDES
24 TON GRAPHITE BLANK
EVA GRIPS
7' Medium Heavy actions make these rods ideal for general purpose bass fishing with all kinds of b...
The Mitchell Peppastick is a wonderful fishing rod for anyone, from beginner to pro! These rods have lovely medium fast actions making them suited to a wide range of fishing types from bass to kur...
Red & Black Gummy Stops that slide onto your line under firm pressure. These work perfect on Vaaldam/Bottom/Paternoster and various other traces. It can also be used for Bass fishing on Texas/M...
Ever since it was launched back in 2011 this recipe of fine maize ingredients has caught A LOT of fish in our lakes and rivers. It's a unique product seeing that the extruding process of the raw ma...
The flagship ground bait producing fantastic results on a highly competitive level for all of Team Super Cast. Truly in a class of its own this ground bait is made from real popcorn maize, yeah you...
Cooked to perfection these maize particles will attract carp no matter where you take it. Infused with the ever-popular "Level 5" feed mix it smells (and tastes) divine!
A mixture of coarse and fine components with the legend Schalk van Breda’s favourite custard powder included. This unique ground bait mix is tailor made for the tournament angler as the fine compon...
The original popcorn ground bait responsible for decades of great catches all over the country. A plain popcorn based mix thats super attractive smelling of pure cooked maize. A sure fish catcher f...
Here at Total Fishing we pride ourselves in putting you first and don't sell tackle just to make sales - feel free to send us a WhatsApp message where we can chat about your planned adventure. Having the right tackle and bait suiting your budget for the venue, species, time of year and best methods to use to catch the fish are our priority. We want you and your kids to be successful and enjoy your precious time together. We have a list of wonderful safe fishing venues on our Article/Video tab where you can go fishing.
Vaal dam is home to a number of different species including carp, catfish, mudfish, yellowfish and grasscarp. These species all love soft ground bait (mieliebom) introduced accurately on a spot between 50m and 70m from the bank. Use a trace with a spring to ensure the soft feed ball stays on during the cast. Hookbaits that work well are plain yellow and white soft floaties with small sweet white dough backing. Natural baits like dead maggots and Kariba earth worms also work well as hookbaits especially when mudfish and catfish are on the bite.
Dips you can try include Perdeby, Sniper, Scorpion, Gumtree, Paint Tartrazine, Lootie and Stuttaford.
We’ll advise you to spool up your reels with very strong line like Sensation Pro Series14lb 0.30mm Yellow and three to four rod lengths of Awa-Shima Classic Competition 0.40mm leader line. Our Korean made power swivels and #4 Baitholder bronze hooks are perfectly suited when baits such as worms, flying ants, crickets, fish fillets and small fish heads are used. For bigger baits and whole or live fish we recommend using a #4/0 circle hook with the barb flattened.
Total Fishing is a South African, Pretoria based tackle and fishing specialist shop focussing on freshwater angling for competitive and social anglers. The main aim is to help people catch more and bigger fish with expert advice from world champion, world class anglers with Wall of Fame and multiple Protea colour stature in different facets of freshwater angling including Bank Angling, Feeder Angling and Match Angling.
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