Freshwater fishing
There are many freshwater fishing locations in the Western Cape where you can catch different kinds of fish including:
- Carp,
- trout,
- catfish,
- bass,
- and Mozambique tilapia.
The different locations where the public can go fishing are:
- Brandvlei Dam: carp and whitefish
- Rietvlei: carp and Mozambique tilapia
- Lakenvlei: rainbow trout
- Misverstand Dam: carp, largemouth and smallmouth blackbass and Mozambique tilapia
- Sandvlei: carp, Mozambique tilapia, sharptooth catfish and mullet
- Theewaterskloof Dam: largemouth bass, carp, sharptooth catfish
- Vöelvlei: carp and sharptooth catfish
- Zeekoevlei: carp, Mozambique tilapia and sharptooth catfish
- Berg River: rainbow trout above Franschhoek. Above Paarl the river contains smallmouth bass and carp. The remainder of the river contains carp, Mozambique tilapia, sharptooth catfish and smallmouth bass.
- Breede River: rainbow trout dominate its mountain streams flowing into it (e.g. Elandsplaat, Holsloot and Molenaars rivers) but brown trout dominate the upper Witte River. The Breede River provides excellent angling for carp, smallmouth bass, catfish and some whitefish.
- Eerste and Lourens rivers: rainbow trout are common in the sections above Stellenbosch and Somerset West respectively. Carp are common in the middle and lower parts of the river.
- Liesbeek River: The lower reaches have large numbers of carp and sharptooth catfish.
