Grootdraai Dam
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Grootdraai Dam
Fishing
The Grootdraai Dam
has healthy
populations of carp, bass, mudfish, yellowfish, and barbel. Fishing is
productive both from the shore, which is easily accessible, and from
boats and tubes. Fishing for carp in Grootdraai Dam is similar to carp
fishing in the Vaal dam, with flaoties and boilies being most
productive. Fishermen have also reported good catches with brown bread
and egg, as well as mielie pap flavoured with curry.
Bass also occur in the Grootdraai Dam and the smaller surrounding dams,
with good results on plastics and other artificial lures, as well as on
platties and other small live baits. Many of the smaller dams in the
area have also been stocked with trout, making the Grootdraai area
perfect for a variety of species.
Grootdraai Dam
(Standerton) Information
The Grootdraai Dam is located in
the upper
part of the Vaal River less
than 10km upriver of the town of Standerton. Grootdraai has a water
catchment area of 8195km2, a average annual
rainfall of
about 750mm, and a natural inflow of 580 million m3/annum.
Grootdraai Dam wall is a
composite wall
constructed with a centrally situated concrete
gravity section 360m long and two earth fill flanks which result in a
total crest length of 2180m
and a maximum dam wall height of 42m above the foundation level. The
Grootdraai Dam was completed in
1982 and was built mainly to fulfill the water needs of the SASOL I, II
and III coal to
petrol plants at Secunda, ESKOM's, Tutuka Power Station as well as the
Matla, Duvha,
Kendal and Kriel power stations located on the coal fields in the
nearby Olifants River
basin.
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