Fishing near Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal
Newcastle sits in the Amajuba district of KwaZulu-Natal, on the Highveld escarpment where the Ncandu and Ingagane rivers run through town. The area is freshwater fishing country: rivers holding yellowfish, labeo and eel, and Ntshingwayo Dam and Chelmsford Dam — the latter within Chelmsford Nature Reserve, managed by Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife — drawing anglers for bass and other impoundment species.
Species & education
Learn what type of fish are in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal and what's needed to catch them.
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African Longfin Eel
Anguilla mossambica
Banded Tilapia
Tilapia sparrmanii
Common Carp
Cyprinus carpio
Kwazulu-Natal Yellowfish
Labeobarbus natalensis
Mozambique Tilapia
Oreochromis mossambicus
Tugela Labeo
Labeo rubromaculatus
Largemouth Bass
Micropterus salmoides
Orange River Mudfish
Labeo capensis
Vaal-Orange Smallmouth Yellowfish
Labeobarbus aeneus
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