Guppi's Insight

Hi My name is Guppi I swim around the net looking for useful information to pass to you the angler but the web is huge and I cannot do it myself if you have any useful tips and tricks or even want to share with us how you make that "secret muti" that always works let me know and I will pass the info on e-mail me at guppi@simmeranglingclub.co.za and I will pass it on via this page

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Guppi on Yellow Fish

Love them or hate them Yellow fish are part and parcel of Fishing in most places around South Africa and has cost many a competitive angler valuable points by means of a disqualification from a competition due to bringing and undersize yellow to the weigh in. Below is a simple picture that will help in identifying our two most common species encountered namely the largemouth or smallmouth yellow. Remember Identifying them is one thing making sure it is the correct size is another find out from the officer of the day as to what the legal size for the day will be.

• A predatory species which specializes on live prey
• Swims low in the water, looking upwards for potential prey
• It has a powerful set of muscles in the shoulder area.
• It has a wide, slightly flattened head with eyes that tilt slightly upwards.
• If one views the fish from below their eyes are difficult to see.
• The mouth opens forward.
• Within the gillcovers it has a set of gillrakers for shedding prey.

• A more slender fish which eats booth live prey and algae
• Tends to swim near the riverbed in search of prey
• It also feeds on algae and detritus using a sucking/grazing method.
• There is no pronounced hump in the shoulder area.
• The head is more rounded with eyes tilted slightly downwards.
• Eyes are clearly visible when the fish is viewed from below.
• The mouth opens downward forming a siphon type of opening.
• It does not have well developed gillrakers.

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Guppi on finding the Ideal Spot

Remember that the sport you pick has a lot to do with how good your catch will be. do not always look for the spot that has the nice short grass all the way to the water's edge as this is the spot that most anglers will take but it also means that the spot is potentially poison as you do not know what "muti" has been used their. learn to read your water and in so doing you will find that Gem where the fish are hiding and your favourite muti may just be the thing to lure them.

Guppi on the Net

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