KARIBA ANGLING SOCIETY
Midlands - Lake Mtirikwi - Masvingo

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Dam Facts
Capacity :-  1378 millin cubic metres Length :-  15 kilometers (both sides)
Greatest Width :-  6 kilometres Surface Area :- 9100 hectares
Wall Type :-  Concrete Wall Size :- 60 m high x 306 m wide 
River System :- Muturikwe Function :- Irrigation for Citrus and Sugar
Built : - 1960, raised 1976
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Directions
Access to The Kyle Boat Club is to take the Beitbridge Road on the right of town and opposite Rileys Service station there is a road on the left. Follow the road until you see the Kyle Boat Club on your left about 32 kilometres down.
Access to the National Parks area on the north bank, is via the Masvingo/Mutare Road, at the 284 kilometre peg and travel a further 14 kilometres to the Park entrance. These offices are only open between 6am and 6 pm.
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The Angling Species available are :-
Bass Bottlenose
Barbel Yellowfish (Largescale and Smallscale)
Redbreasted Bream Labeos
Robbies African Mottled Eel
Greenhead Bream (Macrochir)
(For fishing notes see Chapter 6 of the fishing booklet which covers most of the species in the dam.)
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Angling Societies
The most popular is Kyle Boat Club, being one of the older established clubs in Midlands.
At this time we are not sure of what other clubs have sites that are still active, or what facilities they have.

There are many co-operative fishermen plying the lake so watch out for nets.
There are Hippos in the dam so beware.

DNPWM do charge for fishing and boating on the Lake.
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