KARIBA ANGLING SOCIETY
Matabeleland - Insiza (Mayfair) Dam
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Dam Facts
Capacity :- 176 million cubic metres Length :-  14 kilometres
Greatest Width :-  3.5 kilometres Surface Area :- 1250 hectares
Wall Type :-  Wall Size :- 44 m high 790 m long
River System :- Insiza Function :- Water Supply for Bulawayo
Built : -  1976 - Raised 1981
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Directions
Access is via the Esogodini Road to the Mbalabala junction onto the Masvingo Road.  14 kilomteres later turn left at (approx 199.5 km peg) Mayfair Road (gravel) and keep left at the "Y" junction, until you reach Rietfontein Farm and a business centre. From here you can either go straight for a few kilometres to the Dam wall or turn left to go to the DNPWM site.
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The Angling Species available are :-
Bass Longfin Eel 
Barbel
Redbreasted Bream (Mellie)
Mozambique Bream
Canary Largemouth
(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
No angling Societies have sites at the dam.

Beware of Crocodiles and Hippos.!!!!
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