Mike Laubscher

We launched from Durban harbour at 05h00 for a short 5hr trip. It was a nice morning and very little wind. We headed straight out to the 35m depth contour. On our way out the harbour mouth we saw a huge Queen Mackerel (Natal Snoek) jump several meters out of the water chasing a smaller fish. When we got to the 35m mark I saw a small Dorado jumping out the water.

The water surface temperature was just below 25deg. C and I set my spread of 6 lines, the boat had just got to speed and 3 reels started screaming, we landed 2 Eastern of around 3Kg (6.6lbs), and the other line was something huge and we got smoked with the whole spool emptied.

I put the 2 Eastern little Tuna out as live baits and trolled to 60m where we hooked up a large shark. The water here was a little warmer.

Whilst pulling the live baits I put new line on the smoked reel and set the spread again and we continued to troll hooking up several Eastern Tuna and then it all when quiet at around 07h00 and the wind started to shift and pick up. All our fish were taken on shallow run Rapala's.

We then did some bottom fishing but the 2 of the guests started getting sick and so we trolled some more yielding only 1 more Eastern Little Tuna before we went back in.

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Mike Laubscher

About The Author: Mike Laubscher

Company: Blue Water Charters - Durban

Area Reporting: Durban. KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Bio: I have been fishing since I was 5 years old in Durban and have fished many places around the world and in South Africa, but Durban is my home waters. I fished competitive for many years and I have been running my own charters since 2008 with 2 companies and 2 boats, fish a variety of styles and target a variety of fish species in both Salt and Fresh water, have many published articles in several magazines on fishing. Love nature and outdoors, Am very conservation minded and have a passion for birds. I am crazy about big Tuna, Marlin Fishing and Game Fishing, and also love light tackle spinning, am a total lure junkie. Represented my province in fly fishing for many years and am also pro staff for Rapala/Shimano. I want to write a book on fishing one day. 3 items left on my fishing bucket list, guess then a new bucket list will be in order. As a writer I have my own quote: \"I love taking people fishing because it releases their inner child, and in doing so keeps my inner child alive.\"

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