Mike Laubscher

Nikao Fishing Adventures took 4 clients Deep Sea Fishing off Durban, we launched at 05h30 and there was a breeze blowing.

We first collected some live bait and for a change this happened very quickly with only Mackerel coming out and no Sand Soldiers for a change. After we had about 30 Mackerel I rigged up 2 of them to do a slow troll for some Game Fish, I decided not to pull lures as the swells were quite big even though spaced apart. This produced us nothing.

We then went out on a reef to do some bottom fishing and we got several bottom fish including the biggest Mackerel I have ever seen which was about 500mm long and gave a good fight. The wind just started blowing harder and harder and at around 11h00 a large wave broke right over the boat and made us all sopping wet and we decided to call it a day.

The wind was relentless and picked up even more and we took a slow ride in big swells back into port and spent a little time in the bay before ending the booking.

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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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