Quote Originally Posted by Kollman
Now that is what I call fishing, nice golden bone there on the last picture. You got to love any lake you can land a nice rainbow and a carp all on the same water. I do a lot more warm water around here, so carp are more of our sport fish and the big trout are a day trip away. Lucky man to have both!
Yep, we are lucky with some great fishing in Africa.

Nope Kollman, that’s not a carp (cyprinus carpio) but an indigenous Clanwilliam Yellowfish (albeit a very fat one) – South Africa is home to nine yellowfish species (labeobarbus).

Their behaviour, feeding habits and fighting characteristics differ widely and are very different to carp, although they are often confused from appearance. In addition, they are protected, unlike carp which is threatening our freshwater ecosystem throughout South Africa.

Here’s a pic of a carp – note the differences in the head, dorsal fin and tail.



Here are some pics of our largemouth yellowfish – a predator of note. Yellowfish are very hard fighters and are often referred to as freshwater bonefish over here.