BELL RIVER CATCHMENT - Rhodes upstream

Tuschielaw

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Chrissie Barnard

Entrance:                 At the Bell River bridge TO TUSCHIELAW

Upstream:               30º 47´ 16.50” S                    27º 58´ 01.61” E

Downstream:           30º 47´ 33.13” S                    27º 57´ 52.11” E

Proceed down Ross Street towards the Bell River until reaching the bridge. Walk upstream until reaching a mat across the river and continue until another mat shortly before the confluence of the Carlisleshoekspruit and the Bell River.

Newstead

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Janbert & Caroline Reeders

Entrance:                At the Bell River bridge TO NEWSTEAD

Upstream:              30º 47´ 14.87” S                   27º 58´ 01.61” E

Downstream:          30º 47´ 16.50” S                   27º 58´ 17.96” E

Travel out of Rhodes on the Naudesnek road. +-1km from the village turn left onto the Carlisleshoek/Tiffindell road.  +-500m from the turnoff, cross the bridge over the Bell River and immediately after the bridge is a gate on the left. Turn in, close the gate behind you and park in the shade of the crack willows. From the bridge, fish downstream only to +-250m below the confluence of the Bell River & Carlisleshoekspruit.

Lovedale

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Janbert Reeders

Entrance:                30º 46´ 58.59” S                27º 59´ 25.67” E

Upstream:               30º 46´ 53.65” S                27º 59´ 47.78” E

Downstream:           30º 47´ 03.02” S                27º 59´ 47.78” E

Travel out of Rhodes on the Naudesnek road. +-4km from the village slightly before the entrance to Lovedale homestead marked by a “Lovedale” sign, a gate will be found on the left. Turn in and drive down the track until reaching a willow tree near the Bell River. Park & fish up or downstream for +-1km each way. Topmost boundary at pool next to a poplar wood on the river bank on the right. Bottom boundary located on a right-angled corner +-400m from a big rock that slopes into the riverbed.

Tenahead Mountain Lodge

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River Hotels,Keegan & Bianca

From Rhodes,travel on the R396 on the Naudesnek Pass road.  Immediately before the descent begins, take the signposted road on the left. Continue until crossing a cattle grid where a fence down to the Bell River marks the downstream boundary. Drive on and park at the lodge. Either walk back along the road to the downstream boundary and fish back upstream to the lodge or fish from the lodge upstream until the track crosses the Bell River that is the upstream boundary.